Charley Pride

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My favorite story about Charley as he told it was while mowing his lawn
in Dallas a man stopped and ask what he charged to mow the lawn.
He responded that he didn't charge as he got to sleep with the lady of
the house. Guy jumps in his car and takes off.
 
Old Arkansawyer said:
My favorite story about Charley as he told it was while mowing his lawn
in Dallas a man stopped and ask what he charged to mow the lawn.
He responded that he didn't charge as he got to sleep with the lady of
the house. Guy jumps in his car and takes off.
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I heard the same story only on Lee Trevino, when asked by a lady driving by about lawn service and what his price; “ well ,the lady that owns the house let’s me sleep with her whenever I want. What’s it worth to you??
 
I was standing in a line at the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, MS once when I noticed the guy in front of me had a giant ring on encrusted with jewels, sort of like a Super Bowl ring or a World Series ring. I tell the guy that's a heck of a ring there is it some sort of sports championship ring and he say here try it on. Had a big ruby red T on it, it was a Texas Rangers 2011 American League championship ring. He said look what's on the side and it said owner. Then I looked up at his face and noticed I was talking to Charley Pride. I had to tell him I was a Cardinal fan, they beat Texas in the series that year. He took it real well.

Later I looked up his bio on the internet and sure enough, one of the owners of the Texas Rangers. He'd come a long way cause it also told me he's played Negro League Ball for Memphis back in the 50s.

Nice Guy, class act.
 
I remember an interview with him maybe 10 years ago. The interviewer asked him why he ended up singing CW and not blues or jazz.

The answer was that most of his friends when he was growing up were white and that's what he and they all listened to.

Quite fortunately for fans of CW music.

The Easy Parts Over Now
 
Charlie was always one of my dad's favorites.
I've always liked his music too, even though I'm not a huge Country Music fan.
 
Onomea said:
Great story, Sheepdawg!
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IIRC Charley was playing minor league baseball in Missoula Montana and either the owner or the manager of the team arranged for him to be a paid performing artist before the games. Literally doubling his income (he got paid the same to sing for 15 minutes as to play a game) and effectively launching his music career. He became a big local attraction playing on live radio and in local venues. He moved his wife and children to Montana and bought a house there before eventually moving back south.
 
harleyvato said:
I heard the same story only on Lee Trevino, when asked by a lady driving by about lawn service and what his price; “ well ,the lady that owns the house let’s me sleep with her whenever I want. What’s it worth to you??
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I heard Bill Cosby that that one about himself.:rolleyes:
 
"American Masters" on PBS had a profile of him on last night. Well, it was on locally at least.

Pride was in fact a minor league player and played in the Negro League as well. As you note, he was playing baseball in Missoula when he started his singing career.

He sang at a club there and that launched his career. People were a bit surprised to see a black man singing Country, but once they got over that, he was well received.

Eventually, he moved to Dallas, I think. He didn't to live in Nashville even though that was where most of the recording studios were.

TomkinsSP said:
IIRC Charley was playing minor league baseball in Missoula Montana and either the owner or the manager of the team arranged for him to be a paid performing artist before the games. Literally doubling his income (he got paid the same to sing for 15 minutes as to play a game) and effectively launching his music career. He became a big local attraction playing on live radio and in local venues. He moved his wife and children to Montana and bought a house there before eventually moving back south.
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Mississippi Delta Town

Me born and raised in the Mississippi Delta,thus my favorite is Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town. Charlie Pride was a true Gentleman luck to have met him twice. He just wanted to be a MLB player in life,
 
I don't know where Charley Pride lives now, but in the early '70s, I believe he resided on McShann Rd., just below the intersection of LBJ Freeway and Preston Rd. in North Dallas. Maybe that's where the alleged lawnmowing incident occurred.
 
Also like Mississippi Cotton Pickin Delta town.
Charlie is from Sledge.
Probably hard to write a song about Sledge.
No much rhymes with it!
 
Did the Grand Ol Oprah thing two years ago and Charley was in the show.
After the show he was in the gift shop talk8ng with fans and selling a new CD.

Seemed like a real genuine guy...
 
I had the distinct pleasure and privilege to be assigned the duty of being very close to Charley Pride during the time he was in the small town where I was a city policeman. I believe this occurred in the year of 1967. He performed at the college gymnasium which was new at the time and the biggest such place available at the time. I spent over four hours with this gentleman that evening, including being very close at hand while he was performing.

I was able to spend a good part of those hours being personally close to him, part of the time when he and I were the only ones present. I escorted him to and from the stage and in and out of the building. This man was the nicest person, especially among the several other performers and personalities that I was in personal contact with over the next many years at different times under similar circumstances. I have the greatest possible respect for him as a person, and I am also one of his biggest fans. He was humble, polite and very well mannered, and would sit and talk with me just as if we had grown up together. He was very comfortable with himself, but in no way overly impressed with his success or who he was. He was who he was, wherever and with whomever he was around. And he was a great performer as well. I had the opportunity to spend some time with him again after he really became "famous". He was the very same man he was when I first met him before he really became well known. And as far as I know, he is the same man today. I have a great deal of respect for him, as opposed to many of the other famous personalities that I had occasion to spend time with and around. The only other such person who comes very close to being the same kind of person, in my experience, is Chet Atkins. Spending several hours with him was also a pure pleasure.

Charley Pride is the real deal and in every way, a true gentleman who just does what he does and enjoys it very much. I can tell you that his head is the same size it has always been, and I'd be very happy to be around him anytime anywhere!
 
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