Robert Cray
Robert Cray was born in Columbus, Georgia, United States on August 1st, 1953 and is the Blues Singer. At the age of 70, Robert Cray biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American blues guitarist and singer.
He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards.
Early life
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.
Career
By the age of 20, Cray had seen his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King, and Muddy Waters perform in concert and decided to form his own band; they began playing college towns on the West Coast. In the 1970s, he lived in Eugene, Oregon, where he formed the Robert Cray Band and collaborated with Curtis Salgado in the Cray-Hawks. Cray, the uncredited bassist in the Otis Day and the Knights film in 1978, was the uncredited bassist in National Lampoon's Animal House.
In 1980, Cray released the album Who's Been Talkin' on Tomato Records. Both albums on HighTone Records in the 1980s, Bad Influence and False Accuses, were moderately successful in the United States and Europe, where he was building a reputation as a live artist.In 1985, he released the album Showdown!
Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland, his hero, are on display in Seattle.Cray was signed to Mercury Records and released his fourth album, Strong Persuader, produced by Dennis Walker, which received a Grammy Award, in 1986, but "Smoking Gun" gave him more exposure and fame. He performed with Ted Hawkins in 1986 under the pseudonym "Night Train Clemons." In 1985 film Chuck Berry: Hail! He was invited by Keith Richards to join Chuck Berry's backing band.Hail!
Taylor Hackford's film Rock 'N' Roll. Tina Turner invited Cray to be a part of her Break Every Rule television special in 1987.By now, Cray was an opening act for such well-known celebrities as Eric Clapton and sold out larger venues as a solo artist. Cray has generally played Fender guitars (Telecasters and Stratocasters), and there are two original Robert Cray Stratocasters models available from Fender. The Robert Cray Custom Shop Stratocaster is made in the United States and is identical to Cray's guitars, while the Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster is a less expensive version made in Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant.
In the song "Same Old Blues Again," Cray had the opportunity to perform alongside John Lee Hooker on his album Boom Boom. On the album "Baby Lee," he appears on the Hooker album The Healer; he also appears on the song "Baby Lee." The entire Robert Cray Band supports Hooker on his 1992 album Mr. Lucky, where Cray plays lead guitar, sings, and bans Hooker throughout the song. The band has also appeared on two B.B. songs. The duet between King and Cray, written by Cray and Dennis Walker specifically for the occasion and titled "Playin' With My Friends," as well as the duet between King and John Lee Hooker ("You Shook Me").
Cray appeared with Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Stevie Ray Vaughan at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin, where they appeared on "Sweet Home Chicago" in August 1990. This was Stevie Ray Vaughan's last appearance before he died in a helicopter crash later that night.
At the 1992 Expo in Seville, Spain, Cray was invited to perform "Guitar Legends" concerts, where he performed on a signature track, "Phone Booth." On this blues night of the "Legends" shows, Albert Collins was also on the bill.
Cray was inducted into the RockWalk at Guitar Center in Hollywood in 2005.
Cray is still on the road to record and tour. He appeared at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2006 and helped Eric Clapton with his 2006-2007 world tour.
In 2011, Cray was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and was given the American Music Lifetime Achievement Award for Achievement in 2017.
Cray has postponed his participation in Clapton's forthcoming 2022 Europe tour after controversies with Eric Clapton over the lyrics of his song "Stand and Deliver" by Van Morrison.