Song Analysis Of The Song Georgia On My Mind

“Georgia on my mind” is a classical, jazz record that was a hit that shot to number one on the billboards, but the song also was so famous that the state of Georgia had adopted the song as their own. In the 1960s, the civil rights movement was going on and many people were protesting because of how the floor was only for whites-only and they had one section for blacks and he refused to play at his event in Augusta, Georgia. When Ray Charles decided to not perform, the stadium placed a fine on him. He paid the fine and he never performed in the part of Georgia. The song was so popular that many artists tried to duplicate the singer sound and passion in the song. The singer Willie Nelson also covered this song with his award-winning voice and was one of the few artists to actually be successful in the cover of the song. In Ray Charles’s rendition, he has a strong, soulful voice over a powerful orchestra. Ray Charles has back up from a piano, saxophone, drums, and etc. The instruments heightens Ray Charles’s emotions in his song to actually make it sound that he is depress or could be something come from the heart. Willie Nelson’s version is country and his voice is more relaxed and calm. Willie Nelson has a harmonica, drums, and an acoustic guitar
Since that he was born there having arms reached out to him and seeing tenderly smiles that he felt a since of security and comfort from being from Georgia. While, his music career has him traveling all around America and visiting all these new places and being around new people that he really has no time to go back home and relax and maybe see some of his family and loved-ones. Willie Nelson’s life has really no ties to Georgia, but I also believe he made his version to honor the death of Ray