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Robert Cray
1980-01-14
Keystone Palo Alto
Palo Alto, CA
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. announcer intro
02. Cold Women
03. band intros > If You’re Thinkin’
04. Wrapped Up In Love
05. Your Friends
06. Mohair Sam
07. From The Bottom
08. I’m Tired Of Your Jive
09. Blind, Crippled And Crazy
10. Can’t Hold Back The Tears
11. I Don’t Want No Wife
12. Too Many Cooks
13. Hands Off That Woman
14. I’ve Got Everything I Need
15. instrumental
16. encore break
Encores:
17 Move On Back Darlin'
18 2nd encore break (with announcer)
19 Doin' Every Barbecue
1980s - #4: In 1977, Robert Cray formed his first band, with the 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 soundboard recording captures him early on in his climb to stardom, at the Keystone in Palo Alto on January 14, 1980, 43 years ago today.
2 comments:
Hi,
Big Thanks!
Chris-France
Didn't know he was in Animal House band; Thank you for RC history. I appreciate it.
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