RELEASED 23.2.2009
His immensely popular records helped immeasurably to jump-start the contemporary blues boom that still holds sway to this day. Robert Cray has become respected enough to play with the likes of John Lee Hooker, and be opening act for Eric Clapton and Albert Collins. His breakthrough album "Smoking Gun", released in 1986 won him a Grammy in the US. Cray has also had guitars by Fender designed and named after him. Cray continues to record and tour the world as the leader of "The Robert Cray Band" Smoking Gun / Nothin’ But A Woman / Right Next Door / I Guess I Showed Her / Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark / Acting This Way / Night Patrol / The Forecast (Calls For Pain) / Consequences