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Ray’s unique mastery of music allowed him to continue to explore all forms of music, freely floating between jazz, blues, pop, rock, soul and country while continuing to combine them in new, unprecedented ways.

One of the greatest artists of all time, Ray Charles successfully mastered and forever changed the blues, jazz, gospel, rock, pop, and country music landscapes.

“I hope the listener will step inside the canoe and float down the Missouri River of their mind.  I hope they will hear the gospel of the country, and taste the liquor in the speakeasies.  I hope they will feel the freedom in the jazz of the cities, heed the call to morality in the spirituality of a day’s hard work, and the call to the Great Beyond from the Appalachians.” – Paula Cole

An 18th-century mountain ballad, “Wayfaring Stranger,” came to Cole via Emmylou Harris, whose own version of the song appeared on 1980’s ‘Roses in the Snow,’ and was “a profound influence” on Cole.

Marcus King joins the couple on “Deep River,” turning in a fantastic guitar break, rocketing off the momentum that Ida Mae builds.

‘WHOA!’ the debut studio album from Strung Like a Horse was released on October 30th, 2020 via Transoceanic Records

“Hopefully I added to the story of Townes and my home with this cover, but like I said, it’s hard to put your spin on something you’ve always felt was perfect.”

Folk Standard, “He Was A Friend of Mine” re-interpreted by Max Gomez for George Floyd and the BLM Movement