ROBERT CRAY - BBC 1986-1991

ROBERT CRAY - BBC 1986-1991 October 22, 2014 – 4:50 am. Click on the panels for a better view or to download artwork. ROBERT CRAY BAND BBC Broadcasts 1986-1991 [no label, 3CD] Live at Glastonbury (June 22, 1986); Glastonbury (June 19, 1987); Hammersmith Odeon 1988; Hammersmith Odeon 1991. Very good to excellent BBC Radio 1 FM broadcasts. About File Formats. MP3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management (DRM) technology. Because our MP3s have no DRM, you can play it on any device that supports MP3, even on your iPod!

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ROBERT CRAY BAND
BBC Broadcasts 1986-1991 [no label, 3CD]
Live at Glastonbury (June 22, 1986); Glastonbury (June 19, 1987); Hammersmith Odeon 1988; Hammersmith Odeon 1991. Very good to excellent BBC Radio 1 FM broadcasts.

Blues musician Robert Cray started getting a rap with his Bad Influence (1983) and False Accusations (1985) albums and became a contender with the crossover Strong Persuader (1986), which yielded the Smoking Gun single.

Here are some excerpts from a 1989 Robert Cray interview with Bill Milkowski of Guitarworld magazine:

Hendrix, Clapton and all the great electric blues-based rock players of the day caught his fancy during his high school years, but it was seeing Albert Collins at a rock festival in 1969 that really turned his head around. Two years later, Collins played at Cray’s high school graduation party in Tacoma, Washington, and the ice-pick sound really sunk in deep.

“That was it,” Cray recalls. “That changed my whole life around. From that moment I started seriously studying the blues.” He began emulating Albert’s licks, which were difficult to reproduce on a standard-tuned guitar, and required some ridiculous stretches on the fretboard. “I’d hear something that Albert was playing, not realizing that it maybe took him two fingers pressed down on six strings in D minor or C minor tuning with that capo he uses to get that sound. And with my standard tuning, it usually meant a mile-long stretch. But I worked on it until I finally got it down…”

“He was like a father to us,” says the [then] 35-year-old guitarist. “He showed us the ropes, showed us how to travel and get along on the road. It was a great time, and he’s become a good friend. And he’s still a big inspiration to me as a guitar player. I just love the way he digs in with his fingers, pulls the strings and lets ‘em fall. I like that. I think guitars were meant to be abused. Just like that one song he does called ‘Don’t Lose Your Cool.’ Man, he’s poppin’ the hell outta the thing on that tune. His fingers are just like picks, man. They’re hard!”…

Even he admits that the term “blues” does not really accurately describe what he’s been doing, particularly over the past few years.

“In the early days, we were doing a lot of straight blues stuff, and also putting in some funky James Brown covers. But when I started to write more of my own material, all the gospel and R&B influences started coming out, and it just turned everything all around. Now, I don’t mind being called a blues musician, but it doesn’t encompass everything we do. There are better blues musicians out there than myself. And, besides, I don’t think I want to stay in one particular bag. I like gospel and R&B and a lot of different kinds of music. I’m influenced a lot by what else is going on around me, so it’s not right to just call me a blues musician. It’s too confining.”

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Disc 1
Glastonbury 1986
Track 101. Don’t Touch Me 4:03 (6.8MB)
Track 102. Where Do I Go From Here? 4:17 (7.2MB)
Track 103. That’s What I’ll Do 2:40 (4.5MB)
Track 104. Porch Light 6:24 (10.8MB)
Track 105. Right Next Door 4:27 (7.5MB)
Track 106. Phone Booth 4:46 (8.0MB)

Glastonbury 1987
Track 107. Bad Influence 3:47 (6.3MB)
Track 108. I Guess I Showed Her 4:02 (6.8MB)
Track 109. Right Next Door 5:26 (9.1MB)
Track 110. T-bone Shuffle 4:52 (8.2MB)
Track 111. New Blood 5:41 (9.5MB)
Track 112. Playin’ In The Dirt 5:16 (8.9MB)
56 mins

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Disc 2
Hammersmith Odeon 1988
Track 201. I Guess I Showed Her 2:18 (3.9MB)
Track 202. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 4:34 (7.7MB)
Track 203. Last Time 6:29 (10.9MB)
Track 204. Don’t You Even Care 5:02 (8.5MB)
Track 205. Still Around 5:40 (9.5MB)
Track 206. Night Patrol 5:35 (9.4MB)
Track 207. I Can’t Go Home 7:43 (13.0MB)
Track 208. Gotta Change The Rules 2:25 (4.1MB)
Track 209. Playing In The Dirt 6:57 (11.7MB)
Track 210. Nothin’ But A Woman 4:53 (8.2MB)
Track 211. Smoking Gun 6:39 (11.2MB)
59 mins

Disc 3
Hammersmith Odeon 1991
Track 301. Phone Booth 4:51 (8.1MB)
Track 302. I Guess I Showed Her 4:33 (7.6MB)
Track 303. These Things 6:52 (11.5MB)
Track 304. The Forecast 5:16 (8.9MB)
Track 305. Where Do I Go From Here? 6:28 (10.9MB)
Track 306. Move A Mountain 6:13 (10.5MB)
Track 307. Consequences 4:58 (8.3MB)
Track 308. Things You Do To Me 6:10 (10.4MB)
Track 309. Holding Court 6:19 (10.6MB)
Track 310. Walk Around Time 8:25 (14.1MB)
60 mins

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