Robert Cray
Robert Cray
Robert Crayis an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, and had an acclaimed solo career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth1 August 1953
CityColumbus, GA
CountryUnited States of America
came far screenplay song video wife wrote
We did a video for the song "No One Special" on the CD, which my wife wrote the screenplay and directed. We haven't thought about it. We had an old one on VHS that came out a while back. As far as a new one, we aren't doing that right now.
style chance copies
All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.
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Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.
political age vote
I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.
jobs love-life trying
Blues for me is having things not go your way - life, love, job, money, ... It is not about the oppression of my ancestors, who were trying to get back at the overseers. Blues is different for my generation.
guitar notches
She was just another notch on my guitar.
war people greed
I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.
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Yes, I sing songs about relationships on the edge, relationships of all kinds, but remember I did not write them all, ... They are not all based on my experiences. Years ago, I wrote with Dennis Walker and Bruce Bromberg, who were 10 years older and divorced two or three times. They had great senses of humor, which is where lines like 'a boatload of lawyers just sank' came from. It is their stories on Strong Persuader, my breakthrough album from 1986. Sneaking out the window, 'Porch Light,' they are not my songs or lines. So, my life is not as miserable as some of the music makes it out to be. My wife Sue and I have been married for 15 years. She's an actor, but Sue gets the credit she deserves on some of my songs.
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We were coming back into the States from Canada when that all went down. I didn't come up with the idea. The idea came from the promoters. I said, "Yeah, let's do it." Seattle was the right place for that. That was the original home base for me, so we had a great turnout.