Robert Cray Band - Bad Influence

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1983
Styles: Blues
Time: 42:42
Size: 98,3 MB
Art: Full

(3:32) 1. Phone Booth
(2:56) 2. Bad Influence
(4:09) 3. The Grinder
(2:53) 4. Got to Make a Comeback
(4:01) 5. So Many Women, So Little Time
(4:03) 6. Where Do I Go from Here
(3:31) 7. Waiting for the Tide to Turn
(2:25) 8. March On
(3:25) 9. Don't Touch Me
(4:14) 10. No Big Deal
(3:37) 11. I Got Loaded
(3:50) 12. Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need

One of Robert Cray's best albums ever, and the one that etched him into the consciousness of blues aficionados prior to his mainstream explosion. Produced beautifully by Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker, the set sports some gorgeous originals ("Phone Booth," "Bad Influence," "So Many Women, So Little Time") and two well-chosen covers, Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "Don't Touch Me" and Eddie Floyd's Stax-era "Got to Make a Comeback." Few albums portend greatness the way this one did. -- Allmusic.
When the Washington-state-based bluesman cut this album for Hightone in 1983, his second, Robert Cray was still four years away from his major-label and Top 40 hit "Smoking Gun." Nonetheless, his signature sound is intact: horn-colored Stax-style arrangements, a backbeat laced with funk, Cray's own gospelized vocals, and the stiletto-tipped notes that he rips from his Stratocaster. What's most fun here is listening to Cray pay homage to his good influences. He covers numbers by Johnny "Guitar" Watson and Eddie Floyd, and charges into his guitar solos with a brittle tone and bristling attack that at times recalls the underrated Watson, Cray's mentor Albert Collins, and Chicago legend Buddy Guy. But it's really the sound of a modern virtuoso distilling his craft from the raw material of blues history. -- Amazon.

Bad Influence

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