BabyGirl
03-25-2005, 02:37 PM
Ray Charles' famed recording studio to host museum for soul legend
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A museum chronicling the career of late soul legend Ray Charles will be opened in his former recording studio in Los Angeles, his publicist announced.
The museum will house "archive materials from recordings, to awards, to ephemera, to wardrobe," said publicist Jerry Digney, who worked for the man dubbed the "Genius of Soul" for years.
An old tour bus used by Charles and his entourage on the road will also be part of the permanent display, said Digney, adding that the museum, which will include an educational center, was expected to open in late 2007.
The museum will be set up at the Ray Charles Studio and offices, where the singer, who died in June at the age of 73, worked for years and where he recorded much of his final album "Genius Love Company," Digney said.
The city of Los Angeles declared the studio a historic landmark in May, just before the legend's death of liver disease.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A museum chronicling the career of late soul legend Ray Charles will be opened in his former recording studio in Los Angeles, his publicist announced.
The museum will house "archive materials from recordings, to awards, to ephemera, to wardrobe," said publicist Jerry Digney, who worked for the man dubbed the "Genius of Soul" for years.
An old tour bus used by Charles and his entourage on the road will also be part of the permanent display, said Digney, adding that the museum, which will include an educational center, was expected to open in late 2007.
The museum will be set up at the Ray Charles Studio and offices, where the singer, who died in June at the age of 73, worked for years and where he recorded much of his final album "Genius Love Company," Digney said.
The city of Los Angeles declared the studio a historic landmark in May, just before the legend's death of liver disease.