Robert Cray - 1989-01-24 - San Francisco, CA (FM)

Robert Cray

1989-01-24

Warfield Theatre

San Francisco, cA

KFOG-FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Introduction

02. I Guess I Showed Her

03. Foul Play

04. Across The Line

05. The Last Time

06. More Than I Can Stand

07. Acting This Way

08. At Last

09. Instrumental

10. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

CD 2:

11. Don't You Even Care

12. Piano Instrumental

13. Still Around

14. Night Patrol

15. I Can't Go Home

16. Right Next Door (Because Of Me)

17. Playin' In The Dirt

18. Nothing But A Woman

19. Smokin' Gun

20. KFOG outro

Robert Cray - 1989-01-24 - San Francisco, CA (FM) 

Double Bill At The Warfield - #2: As promised, here;s the 2nd half of our Same Tour, Different Show entry featuring a lead in band and the main act on the same night in San Francisco in 1989. In 1977, Robert Cray formed his first band, with hopes of building a career to match his musical influences Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters. The next year, he appeared in the movie, National Lampoon's Animal House as an un-credited bassist in the house party band Otis Day and the Knights. In 1982, he earned his first record contract and began to develop a reputation as a strong live performer. Then in November 1986, he released the album Strong Persuader, and became an “overnight successes”, which of course, was a misnomer if there ever was one. The album climbed to #13 on the Billboard charts, and earned Cray a Grammy. The single from the disc, Smoking Gun, went to #22 on the charts and brought Cray’s music to a wider audience. He released his follow up disc, Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark in August 1988. While it was not quite as successful as Strong Persuader, it still went to #32 on the Billboard charts, This FM broadcast captures Cray on tour in support of Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark in San Francisco, following the lead in set by John Hiatt,  on January 24, 1989, 26 years ago today.