Kenny is now leading and touring with a 12- piece band and 3 sultry female vocalists doing a concert/theater work in which he brings the music and the story of the great Ray Charles to life. He can be seen in the classic movie musical Hair. Most recently he played a soulful organist in Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s The Total Bent at New York’s Public Theater. He played a leading role in Canadian Stage’s production of What Makes A Man, a show about the life and music of the legendary Charles Aznavour, one of the world’s best “showmen”. Kenny has also recently played lead theatrical roles as a blues man in both Dan Dietz’s Clementine in the Lower 9 at Theatre Works in Mountain View, California and a blues based musical called The City Club, Off Broadway in New York. Georgia on My Mind (Original Master Recording) Lyrics: Georgia / Georgia / The whole day through / (The whole day through) / Just an old, sweet song / Keeps. Septem1 Song, 3 minutes 2020 The Ray Charles Foundation/Tangerine Records. He has been featured with BB King and has dazzled in Blues Suite live on stage with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Georgia on My Mind (Original Master Recording) 3:37. He presently leads a group called the Brawner Brothers Band known for its old-school sweet soul music, blues, Latin, African and jazz modes and volcanic funk. I do NOT own anything in this videoAll rights reserved to the respective ownersI just made this video so everybody. Carmichael was an actor, performer, and popular songwriter - some of his other compositions include 'Stardust' and 'Winter Moon. Brawner led and composed for a jazzfunk recording band called “Raw Sugar.” During that period, his funk composition Whups it on Me was chosen ‘Showstopper of the Week’ on WBLS in New York and featured with the band on the television show, Soul Train. Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles Album: The Genius Hits The Road ( 1960) Charted: 24 1 License This Song lyrics artistfacts songplace Songfacts: This was written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell in 1930. However, the lyrics of the song are written ambiguously enough as to refer to the state or to a woman named Georgia. Charles recorded for several small West Coast labels during this time, but most notably for Jack Lauderdale 's Swing Time Records. Ray Charles tribute artist Kenny Brawner is a critically acclaimed keyboardist, vocalist, composer and actor, who as a musician, plays his own distinctive style of Jazz, Funk, R&B and Blues. Ray Charles' first recording sessions from the late '40s and very early '50s show an artist heavily influenced by Nat King Cole and Charles Brown and working in a pronounced pop direction.
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