Robert Cray

Musicians like Robert Cray aren't supposed to exist in the 1980s. Any A&R honcho at
Conglomerate Records will tell you that smart black musicians in their thirties aspire to be
Prince (if they're skinny), Lionel Richie (if they're decorous) or Luther Vandross (if they're
hefty) and that they've probably never heard of Bobby "Blue" Bland or Magic Sam. The
honcho also knows that black blues and soul singers are guys in polyester suits... More >