Bad Influence (CD)

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.

• Category:  Music  »  Blues  »  Contemporary Blues
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: January 2, 1996
• Label: Hightone
• UPC: 012928800129
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106619694
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #28474 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #574 in Blues (See Top 100 Blues Bestsellers)
• #155 in Contemporary Blues (See Top 100 Contemporary Blues Bestsellers)

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Robert Cray Band: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Walter Rand (alto saxophone); Mike Vannice (tenor saxophone, keyboards); Richard Cousins (bass); David Olson (drums).

Additional personnel: David Ii (percussion); Philip Walker, Tony Matthews, Night Train Clemens (background vocals).

Recorded at Music Lab, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.

Cray's second effort hews to the same musical template as TOO MANY COOKS, his under-appreciated debut. That is to say that BAD INFLUENCE is hardly the work of a blues puritan. There's just as much Memphis-style R&B and soul as blues in the mix, making for a potent fusion.

Cray's guitar work is more impressive than ever, particularly on "No Big Deal," where he rips jagged metallic lines out of his Stratocaster as if he were channeling Otis Rush. The two bonus tracks are particularly entertaining, as Cray offers a suitably rowdy version of Texas bluesman Peppermint Harris' often covered "I Got Loaded" and an intense, almost gospel-style reading of Booker T.'s "Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need."

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