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Ray Charles at Clemens Center — August 17, 2001

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Ray Charles brought a lifetime of American music to the historic Clemens Center in Elmira. Brother Ray at the piano, rolling through ‘Georgia on My Mind’ and ‘What’d I Say’ — a genuine late-career treasure, coming less than three years before his death. The Southern Tier got one of the last true giants. Twenty-five years ago.

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