Robert Cray News

I really am a blues music fan, but we don't have a whole lot of blues bands in Chattanooga.

Trombone player Bugs Beddow has played quality R&B in Detroit for more than two decades and, with his current band, for nearly 10 years.

Catch Blue Monday with Megan Slater during the 1:00 Request Hour every Monday at 1:00p.m. Honoring the roots of rock with artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, & The Allman Brothers.

Robert Cray last performed in Japan 13 years ago at the Japan Blues Carnival - an experience that for him is now a bittersweet memory.

Tim 'Too Slim' Langford and his band the Taildraggers, a funky and appealing roots-rock, Americana and blues power trio, perform Thursday, May 7 at the Rockfish Grill.

Five-time Grammy winner and revered blues performer, Robert Cray has been hailed as one of the best singer-songwriters and guitarists of his genre for years, and as his nearly four decades of work attest, he deserves the praise.

"When I was a kid, we moved about every three years, so it kind of prepared me for the life of a touring musician."So says Bobby Murray, who finally settled down - at least in a sense - in Detroit more than a decade ago, although he's not as well-known as many other prominent local musicians.

CALL Staff Writer Organizers of Kansas City's blues and jazz festival, Rhythm and Ribs, announced this week that the event will not take place from June 19-20, as planned.

The Robert Cray Band will perform at the Knitting Factory on Saturday. Five Grammys, 17 albums and thousands of gigs into his career and Robert Cray still gets freaked out about the idea of recording a live album.

"IT'S FUN TO PLAY SOMETHING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SONG - PAUSE FOR A SECOND - AND THEN hit a note that doesn't seem to fit," says blues stalwart Robert Cray.

One of the few blues artists who managed to cultivate a mainstream following in the '80s and '90s is coming to River Rock Casino Resort Friday night.

Less like Langston Hughes' 'The Weary Blues' and more like the lively piano sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis, the music of the D. K. Stewart Band will likely set you to dancing instead of wanting to drown your sorrows in the nearest pint.

The Tampa Bay Blues Festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 20-22, at Vinoy Waterfront Park, 701 Bayshore Drive N.E. Established in 1995, the festival has evolved into one of the leading blues events in the country.

If you've ever yearned to shack up, then head to Clarksdale, Miss., and the Shack Up Inn.

Chris Meyers and Hannah Prater make sweet, optimistic folk that has drawn growing kudos as their Nashville group steadily expands beyond its Southern base.

Here are excerpts from an interview with blues musician Robert Clay. For the full interview, log on to: www.hofstrachronicle.com The Chronicle: How did you get your start? Robert Cray: Richard Cousins, the ...

Those who attend this year's Last Fling in Naperville should expect to be feeling the blues.

Guitar legend Robert Cray comes to Ridgefield BY KEITH LORIA Hour Correspondent As a youngster, Robert Cray dreamed of a career in architecture, but blues lovers everywhere are grateful that he found a better ...

His music defies any one particular genre, but always has that underlying soulful melody and rhythm and blues style.

American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, Robert Cray, whose work often blurs the lines of pop, rock and blues, will be heading to the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on February 28.