Robert Cray

Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American soul blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards. Robert Cray was born on August 1, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while his father was stationed at Fort Benning. Cray's musical beginnings go back to when he was a student at Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia. While there, he played in his first band, The One-Way Street. His family eventually settled in the Tacoma, Washington, area. There, he attended Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington. By the age of 20, Cray had seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert and decided to form his own band; they began playing college towns on the West Coast. In the late 1970s he lived in Eugene, Oregon, where he formed the Robert Cray Band and collaborated with Curtis Salgado in the Cray-Hawks. In the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House, Cray was the uncredited bassist in the house party band Otis Day and the Knights.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel wasn't that keen on the singer's material, but his friend and colleague, Andy Kershaw, was enthusiastic about the musician's songs in the 80's and 90's, including playing a track from him, when sitting in for Peel in 1986, but he didn't seem to play any material from the singer in the 00's.
==Shows Played==
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*04 November 1986: Still Around (LP - Strong Persuader) Mercury
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists