Article successfully added.

Robert Cray Collected (3-CD)

$28.24 *

* incl. VAT / plus shipping costsDepending on the country of delivery, the VAT at checkout may vary.

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today,
delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

  • CDMOCD2156
  • 0.2
(Music On CD) 54 tracks, digipack Robert Cray is an influential American blues guitarist and... more

Robert Cray: Collected (3-CD)

(Music On CD) 54 tracks, digipack
Robert Cray is an influential American blues guitarist and singer who has already won over a wide audience with several chart relevant songs such as Right Next Door (Because Of Me) or Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark. During his 40-year career he released more than 20 albums, bridging the gaps between Blues, R&B and Soul.

Robert Cray grew up in the Northwest of the USA with gospel, Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar and Beatles pop sounds.
His musical career began in 1974 as a teenager; by the mid-1980s he had already established a reputation as a live artist.
His 4th album Strong Persuader received a Grammy and the first single of the same name became his most successful hit.
Over the years he has worked with many great musicians, including Chuck Berry, Tina Turner, BB King and Eric Clapton.

All of these collaborations can be found on the third CD.

Article properties: Robert Cray: Collected (3-CD)

Cray, Robert - Collected (3-CD) CD 1
01 Too Many Cooks Robert Cray
02 That's What I'll Do Robert Cray
03 Nice As A Fool Can Be Robert Cray
04 Got To Make A Comeback Robert Cray
05 Phone Booth Robert Cray
06 Change Of Heart, Change Of Mind Robert Cray
07 I've Slipped Her Mind Robert Cray
08 I Guess I Showed Her Robert Cray
09 Smoking Gun Robert Cray
10 Right Next Door (Because Of Me) Robert Cray
11 Foul Play Robert Cray
12 More Than I Can Stand Robert Cray
13 Nothin' But A Woman Robert Cray
14 Night Patrol Robert Cray
15 Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark Robert Cray
16 Acting This Way Robert Cray
17 Don't You Even Care Robert Cray
18 The Forecast (Calls For Pain) Robert Cray
19 Bouncin' Back Robert Cray
20 Consequences Robert Cray
Cray, Robert - Collected (3-CD) CD 2
01 Just A Loser Robert Cray
02 I Was Warned Robert Cray
03 The Price I Pay Robert Cray
04 Some Pain, Some Shame Robert Cray
05 1040 Blues Robert Cray
06 Moan Robert Cray
07 I Can't Quit Robert Cray
08 Do That For Me Robert Cray
09 24-7 Man (Rock Mix) Robert Cray
10 Pardon Robert Cray
11 Love Sickness Robert Cray
12 Baby's Arms Robert Cray
13 Times Makes Two Robert Cray
14 Poor Johnny Robert Cray
15 Trouble And Pain Robert Cray
16 Great Big Old House Robert Cray
Cray, Robert - Collected (3-CD) CD 3
01 A Memo Robert Cray
02 You Move Me Robert Cray
03 Fine Yesterday Robert Cray
04 Nobody's Fault But Mine Robert Cray
05 The Same Love That Made Me Laugh Robert Cray
06 I Don't Care Robert Cray
07 She's Into Something Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland Robert Cray
08 Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Live) Chuck Berry & Robert Cray Robert Cray
09 634-5789 (Live) Tina Turner & Robert Cray Robert Cray
10 Baby Lee John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray Robert Cray
11 Mr Lucky John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray Band Robert Cray
12 Playin' With My Friends BBKing & Robert Cray Robert Cray
13 Rumors The Memphis Horns & Robert Cray Robert Cray
14 Love Struck Baby (Live) Robert Cray Robert Cray
15 Give Me One Reason Joe Bonamassa & Robert Cray Robert Cray
16 Crossroads (Live) Eric Clapton & Robert Cray Robert Cray
17 Phone Booth (Live) Robert Cray
18 Back At The Chicken Shack (Live) Robert Cray
Robert Cray Anointed the primary savior of the blues by the mainstream press, guitarist Robert... more
"Robert Cray"

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

PLUG IT IN! TURN IT UP!

Electric Blues 1939-2005. - The Definitive Collection!

 

Review 0
Read, write and discuss reviews... more
Customer evaluation for "Collected (3-CD)"
Write an evaluation
Evaluations will be activated after verification.

The fields marked with * are required.

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

Item has to be restocked

$16.92 *
4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (2 CD + DVD)
Robert Cray: 4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (2 CD + DVD) Art-Nr.: CDPRD74635

Item has to be restocked

$21.45 *
4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (1-Blu-ray,2-CD)
Robert Cray: 4 Nights Of 40 Years Live (1-Blu-ray,2-CD) Art-Nr.: BLRYPRD74639

Item has to be restocked

$22.58 *
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (CD)
Robert Cray: Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm (CD) Art-Nr.: CDJV2017

Item has to be restocked

$19.18 *
Collected (2-LP, 180g Black Vinyl)
Robert Cray: Collected (2-LP, 180g Black Vinyl) Art-Nr.: LPMOV2379B

Item has to be restocked

$39.55 *
Memphis Days Vol.1 (CD)
Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days Vol.1 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15460

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$15.79 $18.05
Memphis Days Vol.2 (CD)
Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days Vol.2 (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15500

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$15.79 $18.05
The Be-Bop Boy with Walter Horton and Mose Vinson (CD)
Joe Hill Louis: The Be-Bop Boy with Walter Horton and Mose... Art-Nr.: BCD15524

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$15.79 $18.05
When A Guitar Plays The Blues (CD)
Roy Lee Johnson: When A Guitar Plays The Blues (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD16321

Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$16.92 $19.18
Texas Flyer, 1974-1976 (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Freddie King: Texas Flyer, 1974-1976 (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD16778

This article is deleted and can no longer be ordered!

$124.43
(The Complete Recordings (2-CD)
JOHNSON, Robert: (The Complete Recordings (2-CD) Art-Nr.: CD729675

only 2x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$10.13 $18.05
A Soul To Claim  (CD)
Doug MacLeod: A Soul To Claim (CD) Art-Nr.: CDFR746

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$21.45
It's Tele Time - A tribute to Roy Buchanan & Danny Gatton (CD)
Tom Principato: It's Tele Time - A tribute to Roy Buchanan &... Art-Nr.: CDPOW140

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$20.31
Hint!
Cruisin' Deuces (CD)
Danny Gatton: Cruisin' Deuces (CD) Art-Nr.: CDWOU1465

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$16.92
Live At The Regal (CD)
B.B. King: Live At The Regal (CD) Art-Nr.: CDBGO235

only 1x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$13.52 $20.31
XVI (CD)
Blindside Blues Band: XVI (CD) Art-Nr.: CDJMR12023

only 2x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$20.31
History Box Vol.1 - The Brain Years 1979 - 1981  (4-CD Box)
Epitaph: History Box Vol.1 - The Brain Years 1979 - 1981... Art-Nr.: CDMIG02932

Item has to be restocked

$30.50
Hint!
When It's Gone (LP)
The Hawkmen: When It's Gone (LP) Art-Nr.: LPGREY043

Item has to be restocked

$28.24
Obsessed With The West (CD)
Brennen Leigh: Obsessed With The West (CD) Art-Nr.: CDSIG2137

Item has to be restocked

$19.18
Shakin' That Big Fat Arse (CD)
Johnnie Fox & The Hunters: Shakin' That Big Fat Arse (CD) Art-Nr.: CDFTR023

only 2x still available
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays

$20.31