In 1998, Ray Charles was one of the performers at the Back to the Ranch benefit concert, held in Montauk’s Theodore Roosevelt County Park. The concert series, which was staged at Deep Hollow Ranch—thought to be the oldest cattle ranch in the nation and the birthplace of the American cowboy—was an annual fixture during the 1990s and would draw thousands of people.
Walter was there on this particular day in 1998, and he took this photo of Ray at his piano…
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Ray Charles performing at the Back to the Ranch concert in Montauk, 1998. Photo by Walter Iooss.
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Now here’s a similarly rapturous, but far more recent, photo by Walter. He took it this past Saturday, at Ditch Plains Beach at 6:30 PM. It’s a southeast swell…
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Photo by Walter Iooss.
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