Willie Nelson - Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind

[Christian7thSF]

Ray charles is a Florida boy!

[RastaPlatypus]

Anyone else notice the drummer switches from 3 to 2 on some of his fills? I have never noticed that style.

[1Winoh]

Side Bar F**K Yes

[martinrikop]

it has a sound if thwy would have many memories from such place . . . many many experiencies . . . that is impossible to foget !!! ♥

[ocrix]

yea Robertvalcin... Georgia is too much of a soulful song.... except the crowd can't differentiate Ray from willie.. All the respect to Willie.. but its a soul Ray Charles song..

[IamXrayy]

who saw this in the side bar and said oh F**K YEAH

[robertvalcin]

i love this song, and i love Ray Charles, but i think Willie Nelson sang that miserably, definitely not his style.

[MsMAV77]

@robertvalcin your a fucking moron!

[77RevoLver77]

Listen to this after my Grandma died and during her visitation. Same year as the upload!

Miss you Meme! You're always on my mind.

[pnamajck]

omg . . . omfg. ray surely knows how to let it loose. pls  praise the good lord.

[rgjerde53]

Two of my favorite singers, one of my favorite songs -- what could be better.

[DreadedWarriorKing]

2 legends right there and RAy RIP

[humanist7117]

Bassist is spectacular.

[woodman68iou]

If I'm not mistaken this was recorded at a club on 6th st, in Austin Tx. That I was lucky enough to be walking past in1986. It was amazing. even standing outside on the sidewalk.

[cidcampeador1952]

BRAVISSIMO ! ! ! !

[MadForItMatt]

Anyone that dislikes this song seriously got to listen to some REAL music!

[karim8724]

25 people love justin bieber

[10dogkennel]

SIT BACK AND SIP, I WISH I HAD

[10dogkennel]

SIT BACK AND SIP

[barbtylor]

Absolutely AWESOME!!!

[miked1997]

Played this when spreading my grandma's ashes in the ocean. Cried so much. I miss you and your warm embrace. R.I.P

[newfietothebonesamps]

thats what georgia is man ,that old sweet song

[wbooker10]

i wish i could of ask Ray what was the sweet song that keep Georgia on his mind, and then i would tell him that (Georgia on my mind) is the sweet song that keeps Georgia on my mind.

[cidcampeador1952]

BRAVOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[An0nim0us360]

Live in the now, slave days are over. How can we heel this country from prejudice it you keep opening the wounds?!!

[righthand48]

"Georgia on my mind" NOT mine, not in a godless barbaric state.

What next? Bring back lynching for the Blacks. Dispense with notions of justice and court cost, and just string 'em up in KKK country.

"Rainy night in Georgia" but NOT all over the world. Most states learnt from the ideals PREACHED by the 'Great' hypocrisy/democracy and actually believe and live them!

[TitBroFarts]

23 people can spontaneously combust for all fuck.

[sheherazade69100]

exceptionnel pour toi papou

[jcline1978]

Modern 'singers' could learn a valuable lesson from Willie: know your range, the sweet spot in your voice, build a style around it, and stick to it. If you need auto-tune, you're doing it wrong.

[huntinfool28]

you see a dislike button? ya me either

[gophersk]

Willie's voice and delayed delevery is an interesting contrast to Ray Charles and this Classic

[Jmanheroboy16]

WHy the hell is Willie Nelson there, he can't sing at all.

[deedeethekingofqns]

THX thx - speaking of Hoagie, WN's version of Stardust. while lovely, pales in comparison to the "owner" of that song - FAS's words not mine - Nat King Cole.

Just watch out for versions that were slowed down to sound "sadder" - Nat's original, more upbeat presentation, with it's forced cheerfulness, is far more heartbreaking. In fact, it's devastating.

[thx11572000]

808pipeline, hate to burst your bubble but Hoagy Carmichael wrote this song for his sister Georgia not for the state of Georgia

[PuppetMask]

...Now my life is complete.

[808pipeline]

why is willie sounds like hes talking. he needs to go to georga to really see how it is. then hell sing with passion

[valvetrom]

now thats a cool keychange up a fourth. YES

[MrSilverwolves]

These two together are the best

[darthvader0820]

RAY AND WILLIE ARE THE MEN!! THEY PUT SO MUCH PASSION AND TALENT IN TO EVERY NOTE THEY PLAY!

[RAYHOG1]

So what if he toles. Ain't none of your damn business. He is damn good as an artist and you are a loser.

[anarchistxakademist]

awesome with chuck norris on gituar:)

[freefallin1309]

I think everyone knows Willie tokes man, its been one of the most famous things about him for 30+ years :) The only thing more famous about Willie than his songs is his love of weed :)

[dinkarrao1]

i love hanamoon

[gregjcase]

Some 30+ years ago i didnt think much of Willie (other than he wrote "Crazy" for Patsy Cline), then I heard him sing this song that i loved (Ray's version of course) and I suddenly realized ;;; Willie Nelson had soul. Very different "soul" than Ray's, but it was good and there in spades, and I became a fan that day.

[stairwaygoddess]

Ooooooh.

[MrDocoffin]

Almost as good as Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash yet still better then any music coming out now-a-days by far.

[TheFredwilldie]

how does he know when to sing charles??

[sabbatha1]

This song makes me miss my Great Grandmother. She was a beautiful woman inside and out. Her name was Georgia. Born and raised in Georgia too. A true Steel Magnolia.

[bigdeath903]

I like how Ray Charles was the innovator of the head bang!

[TAULANT27]

this video should have about 5 billions of views.

they are legends!!

[rmorera64]

que bestias

[Ansular]

Willie is playing the piano and Ray is reading the music to him from behind those glasses. : >

[lagofala]

willie nelson and ray charles are mutually exclusive

[drjaz696]

This is my favorite version.i sing this 2 but i love this.jaz

[The3Wh1teMamba]

Ray Charles > Willie Nelson

[Murindal]

Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson - Folsom Prison Blues:

"this piece of masterwork is content of fucking bullshit! because of them you aren't able to relish it"

[toasthasbutter]

I love how ray's just like

:DDDDDDDDD

throughout the whole video

[dionysios1991]

@toasthasbutter Isnt that sweet? I always admired him. And i like that a country artist does not have this ''racist'' belief and stands together with a great black musician. This is an example for all these rednecks.

[toasthasbutter]

@dionysios1991 If they think that, they're not even real rednecks. Real rednecks read their Bible and listen to the word of the Lord, which is to love all our brethern :) it's the white trash, unsophisticated ones who give the good country folks a bad rep... I pray they will find God's love in them in realize God has made us all equal and given us all a chance.. peace, brother :)

[dionysios1991]

@toasthasbutter you spoke to my heart brother! Peace!

[asheyblack]

he called him brother, i love it that's right Ray, a blind man that can see better than most of us

[PenguinHunter64]

Must agree this is awesome, two legends singing together and having fun bringing music to the masses. I love YouTube for things just like this, you'd never see this anywhere else? Awesome clip here!

[64i79t]

21 people are deaf or just plain stupid!

[rampantlion1986]

@64i79t I vote Stupid.

[ethiopianlover]

@rampantlion1986 You vote stupid?

[outdoorguy67]

The gods have spoken

[buffet62]

As much as I love Willie Nelson, this song is definitely a Ray Charles specialty.

But these 2 legends are priceless.....absolutely priceless. RIP Ray.

[paulocaresia]

DUPLA PERFEITA !! OFERÇO ESSA MUSICA AO MEU CUNHADO DAVID !!!

[shawndw151]

they both were fantastic...fuck the haters...this is good music at its best

[Cappuccino40]

Black and White together...beautyful!!!!

[unplugthis1]

@Go0Go0Barabajagal an excellent question, young grasshopper, yes I can and so can you if you know how to go to the within inside yourself and look outward from there!

[GeorgiaBoii32]

love this.

[Traciamaria81]

I think alot of you have quite a bit of growing up to do. The racial comments are ridiculous and your lack of appreciation for the roots of good music is insane. I can only imagine the talentless garbage you listen to, which i'm sure is nothing but studio effects that almost make your idols sound decent. You all must feel pretty stupid. You certainly have made yourselves sound it

[unplugthis1]

check it out at 4:49: eye contact ! too beautiful! 

[SILVERMERLIN101]

@unplugthis1 Good one.

[Go0Go0Barabajagal]

@unplugthis1 can you make eye contact with a blind person?

[LetheForLife]

This is beautiful.Both of them sing through their mouths but with their hearts and souls.Unlike most singers nowadays who just focus on having the "best" voice or way of singing.I wish i was born in the times where music was at its best.The time where you could listen to the music throughout the whole day without a single thought going through your head.Just close your eyes.And bask in the force of true music.

[lisa417651]

here we have two of the greatest old timers preforming together for the love of music and their fans. both of these preformed decade after decade & willie is preforming for his beloved fans, these men came from a time when pleasing your was most important.

[tuxguys]

I was all ready to comment on this... and then wisely read all of the comments, and found that I already HAD. (Too much YouTube?) Let me simply observe, in addition, that what makes these two so great in interpreting a song is that they never lose sight of the primacy of THE SONG. (Hearing Ray do "Ruby," or Willie do "Once In a While," is like hearing these standards for the first time.) For aspiring singers, in any style: GRADSCHOOL.

[rockabye274]

I love this duet...Ray and Willie were absolutely wonderful. Poignant and emotionally profound. Very heartwarming.

[torontoBluejays87]

Holy crap.....At a loss for words. I love both of these men so much.

[earsmcgee]

Comparisons? It must be understood no one could ever own the stage while Ray was there. The greats know how to share the stage. Better yet they forget about it and just feel. Save the scorekeeping for bowling night. Be glad we can see things like this.

[sml411]

I didn't like this performance. I LOVE the song and LOVE both studio versions from both of them. I saw the kid on American Idol do "Georgia" and it was insane! Standing ovation from his peers.

[dvuk559b]

I'm reading posts below mine and I really miss times when people loved music for it's rhythm lyrics performances etc. I's a great song and these two vocal kings preforming this song just makes it better, I'm not from usa, so I don't understand yours misunderstandings about who is better...

But I've heard of them all the way through here where I am and I haven't heard for any of you, so your spitings on them doesn't matter 'cause you are no one...

[Tyfooo1]

I dont think willy ruined this, this song was born down south, willys from the south. And there are sooo many different versions of this song its hard to tell which is best.

[tag1989]

WILLIE NELSON RUINED IT!!! >:(

[Tabularastaify]

Ray thought that was funny!

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[Brimania723]

Ray should have sang the whole thing. No offense to willy but come on.

[TheWBarry]

@Brimania723 -- why would Ray sing the whole thing?? come on.. .its about the music.

[kmoore3536]

I think willie gave ray some of his stash that night.

[redsoxkitty2]

hey peacefulpoet...I have a sticker on my truck that I think Ray would aprove of. It says "disability does not mean inability"

[Arthro92]

@redsoxkitty2

Amen

[TheBitterWeed]

Astonishing.

[23zowie23]

Why bother putting complimentary stuff here when all you seem to want and publish is mostly banal crap . People with genuine remarks are lucky to be printed. And there are plenty of us out there. Graham Melb Aus

[MrTexasClem]

- This was filmed at Alley Oops in Austin, TX.

[OpenYourMindQuaid]

The drummer sounds horrible.

[KookyCanuck]

@OpenYourMindQuaid Drummer, YOU are the weakest link! :D

[ridinthewind333]

@OpenYourMindQuaid 

[MrMoePacino]

Oh Dear God what a song

what a great artists

so gooooooooood

[hemet92544]

God particularly loves the blind and since God is invisible and can only be felt,

[SavageInsight]

@hemet92544 Stop telling God what/how to be :P

[tromboneblues]

ray charles dident loose his eyes he was just simply to good for them.

He was able to walk without a cane in unfamiliar and familiar surroundings, could fly and fix a plane, dress himself in matching cloths,build and rebuild machines,and tell who in his family was in a room buy how they walked. Barely anyone with vision can do ANY of those things.

[zymurgist63]

18 people need to burn their Justin Bieber CDs and listen to some good music for a change.

[TerrorSquadLaxer]

@zymurgist63

shut the fuck up about the dislikes

[kjordon1]

For a guy who was blind Ray Charles swang his head too much. What if he hit one of those mikes or head butt Willie Nelson.

[McGigi666]

@kjordon1 omg, u r a stupid prick, my friend.

[kjordon1]

@McGigi666 OMG you must be a bored and miserable prick my friend. All you do here is read other people comments and call them stupid. What kind of miserable life is that?

[McGigi666]

@kjordon1 really, my friend? and what did u expect after a comment like urs? blind people, my poor moronic character, have other senses, too, like u and me - only sharper. after decades of blindness, ray could not only walk without a stick in a familiar environment, but he could even - wow! - arrange his own mike. and willie was touching ray with his shoulder the whole time - it's a trick even u must have noticed. the only real disability is stupidity, kjordon.

[koedel15]

If you notice the white (Willie Nelson ) dude sings with a white mikrophone and the black dude (ray charles) with a black one!!! WTF

[276merton]

@koedel15 Why would notice that?

[Verruckt20]

@koedel15

Ray was blind. The black sash over his mic was there to muffle the sounds of rubbing against it. Sometimes blind people can't tell where they're face is in reference to a microphone, amongst other things. No overtly racist overtones need be read into this classic duet. Thank you.

[koedel15]

@Verruckt20 your right i commented on this quite a while ago.. still was stupid off me to say that

[inspiration4him1]

@koedel15 who cares, they were best buddies.

[McGigi666]

@koedel15 stupid remark. next time, keep it to urself, baby.

[dlr3377bluesluvr]

I would like to know what this event was...A birthday? Whose?

Bluesluvr

[DHrocks90731]

flagged this video for spam because this is too amazing to be real.

[A1Cvenom]

Two legends of their genres, no matter what some of these pathetic trolls might say.

[magrngg59]

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE U WILLIE

[CalebSandford]

@magrngg59 Giggity

[australia83m]

we will never have artist like ray charles anymore a genius has died and with him the blues and soul.........

[Ss0ol33]

fregonnn!!

[NYCya]

This recording is good for the soul. Just washes over you.....

[Jay7un]

Their are way too many music critics on YouTube. You all just need to chill out. Willie and Ray have completly too diffrent voices!! And both of them are good and are legends.

[radiance65]

@Jay7un I agree totally. Why can't we all just enjoy the gift of music that Youtube delivers to our fingertips instead of having pointless arguments about "who is better than who". All music has a message if you listen hard enough, no matter who is singing it.

[peteski321]

Two legends..2:38 lol..

[padaleckichick]

haha :) my name is georgia. i LOVE hearing people sing this song to me XD

[PINKIT120]

i had no idea ray charles was blind till i saw the comments, and he can still play the piano!? amazing!

[kjordon1]

@PINKIT120 You had NO idea that Ray was blind? Where have you been? Certainly not in America.

[theviciouscircle777]

@kjordon1 He's fucking ignorant if he don't know that he was blind, but it doesn't matter if he's American or not. I'm argentinian and I know that. I've never been in EE.UU., but that doesn't stop me of enjoy good music and learn things about it. Stupidity doesn't discriminate for where you come from. Neither Ray charles' legacy.

[kjordon1]

@theviciouscircle777 I'm from Jamaica originally and I knew he was blind before I came to the US. Ray Charles surely had world fame.

[tmc1511x]

Willie Nelson really sounds like shit!!!! His voice is to high pitched, it wobbles, and is unclear. Ray is older, blind and sounds a million times better. The only country singer that can do this song any justice is Travis Tritt. Travis and Ray did CMT Crossover together in 2002 and it was truly awesome check that out!!!

[Bolche23]

haha i love how ray almost head-butts Willy when he starts singing!

[kaybea]

BEST MUSICIAN'S

[TheCaptainT]

Sorry... but Willie sounds like crapola on this song. When Ray starts singing it's like it suddenly became a good song. The first half while Willie sings the song makes me want to kill myself, it's that bad. Kudos to Ray Charles for pretending Willie wasn't ruining the song. He schooled him, though. Willie Nelson is just immune to the fact that he sings with no soul.

[joebaka]

what i love about this song my neice is named jorgia

[califgirl11]

Two greats!

[chuckeieio]

awesome!

[ReaLTalk974]

this is the worst shyt ever Y DA HELL WILLIE NELSON SINGIN BOUT GEORGIA HE SUCKZZ ASS

[RebelTactics]

@ReaLTalk974 hey, fugk you

[ReaLTalk974]

@RebelTactics datz how i feel fuck willie nelson da dude aint even gotta voice he sux dick

[amandaakaye]

@ReaLTalk974 fuck you and any and everything that even resembles you

[fiyaburnz]

@ReaLTalk974 i fucks wit some of willie nelson but he ruined this song...this is hooooorible on his part, waitin on my man ray

[TheIowaporter]

SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!

[jboski12]

Fuckin A right

[australianfan]

love it !

[4watchintube]

awesome!!

[nitramgnal]

I love this. It's like they decided they'd do something wonderful together, and then they went and did it.

[antifrizcro]

he stole it from mišo kovač

[dragance25]

@antifrizcro :))))))))))... He also stoled "Seven Spanish angels" from Mišo Kovač :)))

[dragance25]

@antifrizcro @antifrizcro :))))))))))... He also stoled "Seven Spanish angels" from Mišo Kovač :)))

[TheBitterWeed]

utter. UTTER genius..