Cray was born on august 1, 1953 in columbus, georgia. Mercury 870 7152,hightone records 870 7152,polygram music video 870 7152,mercury 080 0192,hightone records 080 0192,polygram music video 080 0192. Find robert cray discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in d minor transposable. View robert cray song lyrics by popularity along with songs featured in, albums, videos and song meanings. Listen to songs by robert cray on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. He has led his own band and won five grammy awards. The set that made cray a pop star, despite its enduring blues base. Lyrics to smoking gun 1987 recording by robert cray. Robert cray strong persuader full album roy hulland. I remember buying an early album after getting familiar with the strong persuader lp, that was weird to me as the playingsingingsongs were all there, but the guitar tone clean or almost direct but little reverb was so different felt cold. Robert cray performs in the music video smoking gun from the album strong persuader recorded for mercury records. Robert cray napa valley blues fest 1992 ak256 robert william cray born august 1, 1953 is an american blues guitarist and singer. Crays musical beginnings go back to when he was a student at denbigh high school in newport news, virginia.
I get a constant busy signal when i call you on the phone i get a strong uneasy feeling youre not sitting there alone im having nasty nasty visions and baby youre in every one, yeah and im so afraid im gonna find you with a still hot, smokin gun maybe you. Shop our newest and most popular robert cray sheet music such as old love, old love unplugged and right next door, or click the button above to browse all robert cray sheet music. The musician posed for this atlanta department of corrections mug shot following a may 2001 bust for speeding and driving without a license. One music journalist noted if you define blues by the rigid categories of structure rather than the flexible language of feeling allusion, robert cray. Verse 1 i get a constant busy signal when i call you on the phone i get a strong uneasy feeling youre not sitting there alone im having nasty, nasty visions and. The grammy awardwinning godfather of the 80s blues revival which ultimately led to u2s. The robert cray band discography 19802014 2016328 download more. Robert cray strong persuader 19862015 qobuz flac 24. Robert cray sings and plays guitar in a number of different locations including the san francisco blues festival and seattles the rainbow club. A fivetime grammy award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career. Robert cray performing smoking gun, track from the outstanding strong persuader album, recorded in 1986.
Robert cray was born on august 1, 1953, in columbus, georgia, while his father was stationed at fort benning. His family eventually settled in the tacoma, washington, area. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. This transcription is the bass line on smoking gun by robert cray. Free guitar backing track for smoking gun by robert cray in mp3 format. Crays smoldering stance on smoking gun and right next door rendered him the first sex symbol to emerge from the blues field in decades, but it was his innovative expansion of the genre itself that makes this album a genuine 1980s classic. We and trusted third parties use cookies and similar technology on this website. Robert cray has created a sound that rises from american roots and arrives today both fresh and familiar. For a guy whose 1980 debut album for tomato, whos been talkin, proved an instant cutout, his ascendancy was amazingly swift in 1986 his breakthrough strong persuader album for mercury containing smoking gun won him a grammy and shot his asking price for a nights work skyward. Robert cray live performance in austin tx in may 1987.
Broadcast on the nationally syndicated king biscuit flower hour on multiple fm radio stations. Smoking gun guitar tab by robert cray with free online tab player. Check out smoking gun by robert cray on amazon music. Download robert cray strong persuader torrent or any other torrent from audio flac direct download via magnet link. Robert cray napa valley blues fest 1992 ak256 torrent. Smoking gun tab by robert cray songsterr tabs with rhythm. This transcription includes accurate notefornote transcription, one written in standard notation and tab, and the other in just standard notation. While there, he played in his first band, the oneway street. In addition, cray was nominated for the 1987 mtv video music awards for best new artist in a video for this song background. In 2011, cray was inducted to the blues hall of fame. A fivetime grammy award winner, he has led his own band the robert cray band, as well as an acclaimed solo career. We have 8 albums and 129 song lyrics in our database.
Ed hogan of allmusic remarked that the song contained an arresting, uptempo. Robert cray live at the bbc by robert cray on tidal. Smoking gun by robert cray song free music, listen now. Watch the video for smoking gun from the robert cray bands classic rock playlist plus for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Robert cray smoking gun 1986 addeddate 20170517 19. Print and download smoking gun sheet music by robert cray. In just over 40 years cray and his band have recorded 20 studio releases, 15 of which have been on the billboard charts, and played bars, concert halls, festivals and arenas around the world. Robert cray celebrates 40th anniversary with the release of 4 nights of 40 years on provogue on august 28 contemporary blues icon robert cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, 4 nights of 40 years live on 28th august 2015.
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