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X-WR-CALNAME:"I Shot Ray Charles": Howard Morehead\, Photographer in M
	emphis at Stax Museum of American Soul Music - Eventful
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SUMMARY:"I Shot Ray Charles": Howard Morehead\, Photographer
DESCRIPTION: Location: Stax Museum\, 926 East McLemore Avenue at Colle
	ge\, Memphis\, TN 38106 Note:  "I SHOT RAY CHARLES" at the Stax Museum
	 June 6\, 2008 - December 31\, 2008 The Stax Museum of American Soul M
	usic is pleased to announce that it will be home to a very special exh
	ibit from June 6\, through December 31\, 2008 – “I SHOT RAY CHARLE
	S\, Howard Morehead\, Photographer.” This collection of some 50 imag
	es of the late\, great Ray Charles features the singer\, songwriter\, 
	and entertainer as captured by the distinguished photographer Howard M
	orehead. One of the few successful African American photojournalists t
	o work regularly in the entertainment field\, one of Morehead’s favo
	rite subjects was his friend Ray Charles. The photos in this exhibit s
	pan 40 years\, depicting Charles at the peak of his career and in the 
	twilight of his life. The show’s title comes from an essay written b
	y Morehead and discovered among his photographs that were donated afte
	r his death in 2003 to the California African American Museum (CAAM) i
	n Los Angeles\, where this exhibit originated. An opening reception fo
	r “I SHOT RAY CHARLES – Howard Morehead\, Photographer” will tak
	e place at the Stax Museum Friday\, June 6\, 5-7 p.m. and will include
	 complimentary hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks and a cash bar. Admiss
	ion is $10 to the general public and free for Soulsville Saviors. “I
	 SHOT RAY CHARLES” is on loan from CAAM\, which recently hosted the 
	Stax Museum’s exhibit\, “WATTSTAX: I Am Somebody.” The photograp
	hs have been carefully selected from the more than 2\,500 photos that 
	were donated to CAAM by Fran Cooper and the Morehead estate. While man
	y of the photos capture Charles alone in his musical empire and person
	al space\, others show him in the company of other icons\, including t
	he famed “It’s the Real Thing” Coca Cola commercial with soul ma
	tes Aretha Franklin and Billy Preston. For more than 45 years\, Howard
	 Morehead\, the first West Coast staff photographer for Ebony and Jet 
	magazines\, used his camera to create dramatic images\, establish face
	s\, distill time\, and capture icons in action. The Stax Museum of Ame
	rican Soul Music\, located in Memphis\, Tennessee at the original site
	 of Stax Records\, is an entity of the Soulsville Foundation\, the non
	profit organization that also operates the Stax Music Academy and The 
	Soulsville Charter School. For more information\, please contact Tim S
	ampson 901-261-6324\, tim.sampson@soulsvillefoundation.org. Sponsored 
	by AT&T The Real Yellow Pages www.yellowpages.com
LOCATION:Stax Museum of American Soul Music @ Tennessee, United States
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