Biography

Grammy Award-winning guitar great Robert Cray fuses blues and Memphis-style R&B in his music, often evoking the funky soul sounds of O.V. Wright in the process. Cray is justly praised for his understated approach; the subtlety of his singing and playing indeed set him apart from much of the modern blues scene, and the songs he and partner Dennis Walker write bear the mark of true storytelling. Bursting onto the music scene in 1983 with BAD INFLUENCE, Cray continues to create stellar blues into the 21st century.

Top Tracks

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• 1040 Blues

• 12 Year Old Boy

• Already Gone

• Back At The Chicken Shack

• Back Door Slam

• Bad Influence

• Black Cat Bone

• Chicken In The Kitchen

• Do That For Me

• Does It Really Matter

• Help Me Forget

• I Didn't Know

• I Guess I Showed Her

• I Was Warned

• I'm Gonna Forget About You

• I've Slipped Her Mind

• Let Me Know

• Let's Have A Natural Ball

• Lotta Lovin'

• Love Gone To Waste

• Moan

• My Last Regret

• My Problem

• Nice As A Fool Can Be

• On The Road Down

• Phone Booth

• Playin' In The Dirt

• Poor Johnny

• Porch Light

• Right Next Door

• Right Next Door (because Of Me)

• Simple Things

• Smoking Gun

• Steppin' Out

• T-bone Shuffle

• That's What I'll Do

• That's What Keeps Me Rockin'

• The Grinder

• This Time

• Twenty

• Your Pal

• You're Gonna Need Me

Discography

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• Cookin' in Mobile

  Nozzle Records / Vanguard

  2010

• Authorized Bootleg: Austin, Texas 5/25/87

  Mercury

  2010

• This Time

  Nozzle Records / Welk / Vanguard

  2009

• Live from Across the Pond

  Vanguard / Nozzle/Vanguard

  2006

• Twenty

  Sanctuary

  2005

• Time Will Tell

  Sanctuary

  2003

• Shoulda Been Home

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  2001

• Take Your Shoes Off

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  1999

• Sweet Potato Pie

  Mercury

  1997

• Some Rainy Morning

  Universal Special Products / Mercury

  1995

• Shame + A Sin

  Mercury

  1993

• I Was Warned

  Mercury

  1992

• Too Many Cooks

  Tomato

  1990

• Midnight Stroll

  Mercury

  1990

• Strong Persuader

  Mercury

  1986

• Showdown!

  Alligator Records

  1985

• False Accusations

  Hightone

  1985

• Bad Influence

  Hightone

  1983