Robert Cray was the blues laureate of infidelity in the ’80s and early ’90s, a smooth and innovative classic-soul craftsman who brought synthesizers to blues, gave John Lee Hooker a career-jolting ...

Forty-five years after releasing his first album, “Who’s Been Talkin’,” Robert Cray is nothing but pleased to still be around and making a living by playing his guitar and singing. “It had always been ...

The Georgia born, Washington raised musician, Robert Cray first picked up a guitar after seeing The Beatles on TV then, having witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform in Seattle, determined that his destiny ...

Despite all the hair metal, shred, synth-pop and early-stage hip-hop, the Eighties was actually an incredibly fertile period for blues guitar. Obviously, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Cray, and ...

If you want a reminder of just how much the music industry has changed in the past few decades, consider the case of Robert Cray’s 1986 hit “Smoking Gun.” Based out of the Pacific Northwest, Cray ...

Long before he was famous, Robert Cray got schooled in the blues by jamming alongside Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and John Lee Hooker. Now, at 72, the singer-guitarist worries today’s young blues ...

If ever an artist firmly stood at the intersection of rhythm and blues, it’s Robert Cray. While the Georgia native has earned many accolades (and quite a number of Grammys) for his acumen as a blues ...