Robert Cray - Strong Persuader
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Free Music Review: Great Soul-Blues CD Proves That Great Blues Can Come From Anywhere
Hit: 5 Stars
STRONG PERSUADER, Oregon bluesman Robert Cray's classic 1986 breakthrough album, is a unique mix of blues and Stax/Volt soul which proves that great blues can come from anywhere, not just the Midwest, the South, or even England. Cray's sound and style take the blues to the next level, proving that you don't have to have slept in boxcars or picked cotton in order to be a great blues musician; you just have to be human. This is a great album about love gone wrong in contemporary settings, with Cray playing both victim and perpetrator, sometimes both on the same song. This is a wonderful CD that's a must-own for any blues/roots-rock fan.Free Music Review: a must have
Hit: 5 Stars
this absolutely, positively a must have cd for any one who appreciates great music. it is all good. Free Music Review: Great introduction to Robert Cray and great cross over CD
Hit: 4 Stars
Robert Cray is one of those singers who is a quintessential crossover artist because he is able to bring a type of music (in this case blues)into the mainstream. Of course when you do that the hardcore blues fans will say its not bluesy enough etc.. but who cares. The first several songs on this CD are so catchy I still hmm them 18 years after I bought this CD!Free Music Review: The guitar players' guitar player... shines!
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the cool features of the Blues is how many types and styles there are. Unfortunately for my wallet, I enjoy just about every form out there. Way back when Strong Persuader came out, it just knocked my socks off. It was quite different from anything I'd ever heard. The more I listened into it, the more I heard. I was rewarded with every repeated playing. This album isn't like Stevie Ray Vaughn, isn't like Clapton when he plays the Blues, isn't' like Muddy Waters, isn't like Hubert Sumlin, Son House, Lonnie Johnson.... it isn't like anything but Robert Cray... and that's a good thing, as Martha would say.
Guitar players worldwide admire the tight, efficient, textured, smooth style of Mr. Cray. Clapton, Mark Knopfler, B.B. King, and even Chuck Berry have all sung the praises of Mr. Robert Cray on electric guitar. THAT should tell you something.
I have much of his catalog in my collection and some of it is uneven. Not this baby! There are no bad songs here... period. Cut after cut, the playing is energetic and the singing is spot on. There's only as much there as there needs to be and no more than that. Because of that, the music and the lead licks get a chance to breathe a little. They're not covered up by the other instruments in the mix.
I've been lucky enough to see the Robert Cray Band twice in fairly small venues, both in Spokane, WA, and he simply tore the joint up both times without looking like he was doing it. When you listen to this disc, you definitely get a strong taste of what those two concerts were like.
From my perspective he is the consumate professional and a most courteous musician who has no problem with the spotlight being on someone else. On my 2-disc version of CHUCK BERRY: Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll, there's Robert playing RHYTHM guitar in the background, laying down in the weeds and putting out that trademark sound which allows the pyrotechnics of Mr. Berry to be luminescent due to the contrast. Make no mistake; Robert Cray is a Big Dog in the world of Blues. It tells you all you need to know about the guy when you see and hear him do something like this.
If you get this one, try playing it on a "big" system sometime - one with strong, tight bass and crisp sparkle in the treble area. When you close your eyes, you can almost hear the angels... and the devils gettin' down...
In going back to his roots as far as his catalog is concerned, you can't go wrong here. I'd give this one 6-stars if I could.
Free Music Review: Robert Cray/CD
Hit: 5 Stars
The CD came in excellent quality!! I love it!!
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