Robert Cray - 1987-01-21 - Dallas TX (FM)

Robert Cray   
with Stevie Ray Vaughan

1987-01-21

Club Redux 

Dallas, Texas

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. I Guess I Showed Her 

02. Still Around 

03. T-Bone Shuffle

04. Right Next Door (Because Of Me)

05. Smoking Gun 

06. More Than I Can Stand 

07. Bad Influence 

08. Playing In The Dirt 

09. Porch Light

10. Foul Play 

11. Phone Booth 

12. False Accusations*

13. Robert Cray/SRV Jam*

14. New Blood*

* with Stevie Ray Vaughan

Robert Cray - 1987-01-21 - Dallas TX (FM) 

1980s - #4: 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 uncredited 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. This FM broadcast captures Cray on tour in support of Strong Persuader in Dallas on January 21, 1987, 32 years ago today. Cray gets a little help from another blues legend for the final 3 songs, the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan!