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Ray Charles in Seattle

Seattle

Touch: read his towns off a Braille page, write his name in six dots, drop the Augusta rope, walk the Albany keys to the turning statue.

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Touch: read his towns off a Braille page, write his name in six dots, drop the Augusta rope, walk the Albany keys to the turning statue.

2 places in Seattle

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1 cultural connections

He chose Seattle in 1948, and dropped his surname so nobody would confuse him with the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.

A public street in the Chinatown–International District, free to walk.

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2 cultural connections

At the Rocking Chair, on 14th just off Yesler, the producer Jack Lauderdale heard the trio and offered them a record deal.

A public corner in the Central District, free to visit.

Sources and geography

Touch: read his towns off a Braille page, write his name in six dots, drop the Augusta rope, walk the Albany keys to the turning statue.

City photograph: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Display-cropped for this layout.