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2002 Interview with Ray Charles, Part 2

NPR

Published June 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

We continue our tribute to the legendary Ray Charles with a re-broadcast of the second part of a September 2002 conversation with the "Genius of Soul," who passed away last week at the age of 73.

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