Robert Cray
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Biography
[Edit]Tin-eared critics have frequently damned him as a yuppie blues wannabe whose slickly soulful offerings bear scant resemblance to the real down-home item. In reality, Robert Cray is one of a precious few young blues-based artists with the talent and vision to successfully usher the idiom into the 21st century without resorting either to slavish imitation or simply playing rock while passing it off as blues. Just as importantly, his immensely popular records helped immeasurably in jump-starting the contemporary blues boom that still holds sway to this day. Blessed with a soulful voice that sometimes recalls '60s great O.V. Wright and a concise lead guitar approach that never wastes notes, Cray's rise to international fame was indeed a heartwarming one. For a guy whose 1980 debut album for Tomato, Who's Been Talkin', proved an instant cutout, his ascendancy was amazingly swift — in 1986 his breakthrough Strong Persuader album for Mercury (containing "Smoking Gun") won him a Grammy and shot his asking price for a night's work skyward.
Cray was born on August 1, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia. An Army brat who grew up all over the country before his folks settled in Tacoma, Washington in 1968, Cray listened intently to soul and rock before becoming immersed in the blues (in particular, the icy Telecaster of Albert Collins, who played at Cray's high school graduation). Cray formed his first band with longtime bassist Richard Cousins in 1974 . They soon hooked up with Collins as his backup unit before breaking out on their own. The cinematic set caught a brief glimpse of Cray (even if they weren't aware of it) when he anonymously played the bassist of the frat party band Otis Day & the Knights in National Lampoon's Animal House. Cray's Tomato set, also featuring the harp of Curtis Salgado, was an excellent beginning, but it was the guitarist's 1983 set for HighTone, Bad Influence, that really showed just how full of talent Cray was. Another HighTone set, False Accusations, preceded the emergence of the Grammy-winning 1985 guitar summit meeting album Showdown! for Alligator, which found the relative newcomer more than holding his own alongside Collins and Texan Johnny Copeland. Strong Persuader earned two Grammys in two years and made Cray a familiar face even on video-driven MTV.
Unlike many of his peers, Cray continued to experiment within his two presiding genres, blues and soul, on sets for Mercury such as Midnight Stroll in 1990, I Was Warned in 1992, and Shame + a Sin in 1993. After switching to Rykodisc in the late '90s, Cray released Take Your Shoes Off in 1999 and Shoulda Been Home in 2001, proving that the "bluenatics" (as he amusedly labels his purist detractors) have nothing to fear and plenty to anticipate from this innovative, laudably accessible guitarist. Touring regularly with the likes of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Cray stayed active in the studio as well, signing with Sanctuary Records and releasing Time Will Tell in 2003, Twenty in 2005, a pair of live albums, Live from Across the Pond in 2006 and Live at the BBC in 2008, and This Time, which was issued by Vanguard Records a year later. Cray released his third live album in four years, Cookin' in Mobile, in 2010. The material that comprised the album was taken from a single performance at the Saenger Theatre in Mobile, Alabama in February of that year. The Kevin Shirley-produced Nothin But Love, a solid outing featuring narrative songs that circle around the trials and tribulations of love, appeared in 2012. Nearly two years later, he announced details of his 17th album the Robert Cray Band called In My Soul. Released in spring of 2014, In My Soul saw Cray reuniting with producer Steve Jordan, who had previously helmed Take Your Shoes Off, and settling into a deep, soulful groove. ~ Bill Dahl & Al Campbell, Rovi
Title: The Redux Club, Dallas, Tx, January 21, (Feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: The Blues Collection 25: Who'S Been Talkin'
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Pop
Title: 4 Nights of 40 Years Live (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: Authorized Bootleg - Live, Outdoor Concert, Austin, Texas, 5/25/87
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Blues
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Robert Cray
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Robert Cray
Artist: Robert Cray
Genre: Blues
Collections
Title: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Vol. 1: 1986-1991 (Live)
Genre: Rock
Title: Contemporary Blues Collaborations
Genre: Blues
Title: The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: The Very Best of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Amazing Blues Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Hoodoo Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Gambling Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: The Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Texas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 5
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 12
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 18
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story CD 24
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - The Blues Story CD 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - The Blues Story CD 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Compact Disc Club - Black & White Blues CD 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Ballads CD 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Ballads CD 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues Vol. 2 CD 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Blues Vol. 3 CD 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Grandes Guitarristas De Todos Os Tempos
Genre: Rock
Title: The Guitar Album
Title: Akella Present - Black Pure Blues - Vol. 8 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Akella Presents - Black Pure Blues - Vol. 8 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Akella Presents - Black Pure Blues - Vol. 7 (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Blues Ballads 04
Genre: Blues
Title: The All Time Greatest Songs - 08 - Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Audiophile Vol. 6 - Best Blues Guitars
Genre: Blues
Title: Where Blues Meets Rock Vol. 9
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: The Best Blues Album In The World Ever (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Blues 2005 Part 4 - 1970-2005 (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Avalon Time 80s Lifes (CD2)
Title: The Blues Magazine Vol. 12: A Suitcase Full O' Blues
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Jazz & Blues Heritage
Title: The Blues Magazine: The Best Of 2014
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: The Blues- A Musical Journey (Martin Scorsese) (CD5)
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues - The '90s Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Magazine Vol. 24: In Safe Hands
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Deuses Da Guitarra
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Blues Magazine Vol. 26: The Cream Of 2015
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Blues And Rock Ballads 2017 (CD2)
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: Five Star Blues Rock
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: 100 Tubes Blues (CD5)
Genre: Blues
Title: Soulful Blues 2019
Genre: Blues
Title: Modern Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: Rock Drive 10 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: 100% Blues Ballads & Slow Blues 5CD Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: 100% Blues Ballads & Slow Blues 5CD Vol. 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Rock Drive 10 (CD2)
Title: The Purest Blues 2020
Title: Blues Rock Forward! 32
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Blues Rock Forward! 34
Title: Blues Rock Forward! 35
Title: Blues Rock Forward! 37
Title: Blues Rock Forward! 38
Featuring albums
Title: Lightning In a Bottle (Original Sountrack Recording)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Crossroads Revisited Selection (CD1)
Artist: Eric Clapton
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Eric Clapton And Guests: Crossroads Revisited
Artist: Eric Clapton
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock & Roll, Pop, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (CD2)
Artist: Eric Clapton
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Country