LAST LISTENED TO ages ago
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT teeny tiny (although i did listen to Jimmy Smith's version last night)
RATING
Some of Ray Charles' early blues recordings don't really do it for me. His version of Ma Rainey's See See Rider is one of these tracks. It was recorded in 1950 in the period before he found his own voice, when he sang in a voice similar to Nat 'King' Cole. It's a fairly competent blues, but there is nothing special going on here. The only reason for interest in it is when it is seen as part of the whole Charles cannon, which makes it one for the fans.
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