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Robert Cray

Anointed the primary savior of the blues by the mainstream press, guitarist Robert Cray had the looks, the voice, and the guitar chops to do the trick. The Beatles were Robert's original inspiration for taking up the guitar in fifth grade, but he got hip to Albert Collins (who played at his high school graduation!), O.V. Wright, and a plethora of other blues and soul greats, greatly impacting his musical maturation.

"That comes from listening to a lot of different kinds of music, and being a big fan of R&B singers and gospel singers,"says the Stratocaster-wielding Cray."I'm not torn between the two, but I enjoy the two."

Born August 1, 1953 in Columbus, Georgia, Cray was an Army brat who grew up all over the country before his family settled in Tacoma, Washington in 1968. Cray and bassist Richard Cousins put together a band in ‘74 and backed up Collins before going on their own. Producer Bruce Bromberg caught the young band, co-fronted by harpist/vocalist Curtis Salgado, in San Francisco at the 1977 NAIRD Convention.

"They're going along and they're playing these songs, and it's kind of cool because it's some soul stuff, not what most blues bands were doing in those days,"says Bromberg. "All the covers were fairly obscure. And then Robert sang a couple. He was playing a Gibson in those days. The first album was made on a Gibson, not on a Strat. He sang like two songs, and my bell rang, man. I said, 'Oh, man!'"Work soon began on Cray's debut album ‘Who's Been Talkin',' which came out on the Tomato label in 1980. "They didn't really have any originals. I think Curtis had like one song. I told 'em, 'You ain't gonna get anywhere singing other peoples' songs,'"says Bromberg."I flew Robert down for a few days, tried to write some songs with him, and then cut him with some local guys."  Salgado shared vocal duties on the set.

Tomato soon folded, and the Robert Cray Band's head-turning 1983 encore album ‘Bad Influence' was released on Bromberg and Larry Sloven's fledgling HighTone label. Only two covers this time with a set of uniformly great originals, and Salgado was gone so Cray sang them all. "We didn't have any money,"says Bromberg, who co-produced with Dennis Walker. "Their road manager had some money, and he loaned us money to do the first sessions. They would come in off the road, and we'd just take 'em to some little room and cut the stuff pretty much live." ‘False Accusations,' their next HighTone set in 1985, kept momentum building. 

With the 1986 emergence of Cray's ‘Strong Persuader' album on Mercury rather than HighTone (major label acceptance at last), Cray embraced mainstream stardom, fueled by regular play on MTV (Cray's handsome visage was as easy on the eyes as his pop-accessible blues/soul hybrid was on the ears). "‘Strong Persuader' just took off; sold like 100,000 in two weeks," says Bromberg. The set was cut in Los Angeles, Bromberg and Walker producing and the band now made up of Cray, Cousins, keyboardist Peter Boe, and drummer David Olson, bolstered by the Memphis Horns. The smoldering Smoking Gun, penned by Cray, Cousins, and Bromberg, was a #22 pop hit in early '87, and ‘Strong Persuader' sold platinum and won a Grammy. Now the Robert Cray Band was selling out concert halls.

"It was real scary,"laughs Cray."Because coming out of the clubs, everything started happening really quickly, when the 'Strong Persuader' thing came out. We were kind of like, 'What the hell is going on here?'"Cray hasn't let up since. He remains one of the idiom's top-selling artists. He and Bromberg long ago parted ways, but his ex-producer sees Cray as more than a sexy, soulful singer. "I still think he never gets credit for being as great a guitar player as he is,"says Bromberg. "Whatever we did, it was a new sound at the time."

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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That's What I Heard (CD)
Robert Cray: That's What I Heard (CD) Art-Nr.: CDNOZZLE72098

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(Nozzle) 12 tracks. Robert Cray, artiste des Trente Tigres, fait le pont entre le blues, la soul et le R&B depuis quatre décennies, avec cinq Grammy et plus de 20 albums acclamés. Son dernier album, That's What I Heard, a été enregistré...
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(Music On CD) 54 titres, digipack Robert Cray est un influent guitariste et chanteur de blues américain qui a déjà conquis un large public avec plusieurs chansons pertinentes pour les charts comme Right Next Door (Because Of Me) ou Don't...
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4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (2 CD + DVD)
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(2015/Provogue/ CDs: 19 tracks, DVD: 17 tracks. Contemporary blues icon Robert Cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, '4 Nights of 40 Years Live' on 28th August 2015. This live album was...
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Cray, Robert Who's been Talkin'
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"Leur premier enregistrement révolutionnaire. Grande line-up avec la circulation Curtis Salgado à l'harmonica. Il s'agit d'un album de blues «réel», la fondation pour la gloire plus tard de Cray. Il contient ses remaniements essentiels...
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4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (1-Blu-ray,2-CD)
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(2015/Provogue) CDs: 19 tracks, Bluray: 17 tracks. Contemporary blues icon Robert Cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, '4 Nights of 40 Years Live' on 28th August 2015. This live album was...
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4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (2-LP)(180g)
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(2015/Provogue) 13 tracks. Contemporary blues icon Robert Cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, '4 Nights of 40 Years Live' on 28th August 2015. This live album was recorded at Venture,...
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Collected (2-LP, 180g Black Vinyl)
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(Music On Vinyl) 23 Tracks - Deluxe Klappcover - Robert Cray est un guitariste et chanteur de blues américain influent qui a déj? conquis un large public avec plusieurs chansons pertinentes comme Right Next Door (Because Of Me) ou Don't...
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Nothin But Love (LP, colored Vinyl, Ltd.)
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(Mascot Music) 10 tracks, vinyl couleur en bleu clair, édition limitée Des oreilles et un esprit ouverts sont l'essence même du chanteur, guitariste et auteur-compositeur Robert Cray, dont la carrière s'étend des racines du blues aux...
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In My Soul
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(2014/Provogue) 11 tracks. (ltd. Edition) In My Soul " est l' album studio 17 15 fois nommé et cinq Grammy gagnant . " In My Soul " , a été produit par les multi-instrumentistes américains et ami de longue date Cray , Steve Jordan , qui...
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In My Soul
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(2014/Provogue) 10 tracks. In My Soul " est l' album studio 17 15 fois nommé et cinq Grammy gagnant . " In My Soul " , a été produit par les multi-instrumentistes américains et ami de longue date Cray , Steve Jordan , qui a déjà...
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Live At Redux Club In Houston, TX January 21, 1987 (LP, Vinyl 180g)
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(2016/Dol) 11 tracks. Feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (CD)
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(2017/Jay-Vee) 11 tracks. In collaboration between the excellent producer Steve Jordan and the extraordinary talent Robert Cray, the new work 'Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm' shows a special symbiosis that revives the old times of the legendary...
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Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (CD)
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(Music On CD) 10 titres "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" est un album solide des vétérans du Robert Cray Band. Les chansons sont toujours fortes et Robert Cray est au sommet de son art. Sa voix douce, son travail de guitare piquant et son...
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Strong Persuader
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(2013) Analogue Prod., 10 tracks
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Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (LP)
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(2017/Jay Vee) 11 tracks. In collaboration between the excellent producer Steve Jordan and the extraordinary talent Robert Cray, the new work 'Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm' shows a special symbiosis that revives the old times of the legendary...
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Authorized Bootleg - Live Outdoor Concert
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"En ces jours-Robert Dray Band était chaud! ""Smoking Gun"" venait de tracé. Cet enregistrement live professionnelle d'un spectacle en plein air a été produit et enregistré par émission de radio légendaire ""King Biscuit Flower Hour»....
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Cookin' In Mobile (CD-DVD)
Robert Cray: Cookin' In Mobile (CD-DVD) Art-Nr.: CD78073

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Robert Cray avec son groupe actuel fantastique line-up. Il est en bonne forme, professionnel, divertissant. Il est un grand chanteur et accompli, guitariste de bon goût, et sa bande est absolument parfait. Enregistrement et filiming...
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This Time
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(2009 'Nozzle Records') (48:09/09) Digipak. - ROBERT CRAY - gtr/voc, JIM PUGH - kbds, RICHARD COUSINS - bass, TONY BRAUNAGEL - drums.
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Cray, Robert Nothin But Love
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(2012) Provogue
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Cray, Robert This Time
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(2009) BUSE dossiers
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Twenty
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