Robert Cray like sound


Can anyone provide me with artists that have the above sound? Clean vocals, full band back-up, blues but with jazz in the mix? Robert Cray absolutely kills me....

Thnx,

Matty
mattybumpkin
Kal David. Try the Double Tuff or the Live CD.
Guaranteed a must have if you like robert Cray! (I DO )

Here's the website to get the cd's

BlueKal@aol.com

You won't be disapointed. Ramond.
If you think you might be interested in listening to one of the prime historical precursors to Cray's mix, try picking up a collection by the late, great Magic Sam. Combining the lighter, soul-inflected vocal leanings with the economical but incisive guitar style, charismatic presence, and strong original material, performed by a younger (and prettier!) member of a new generation of urban electric blues inheritors coming up in the mid-60's, it's not hard to see and hear Sam's inspiring influence on Cray. Unfortunately, this talented pioneer, who promised to be one of the future leaders in the genre, died tragically young, so his recorded legacy is not huge, but what is there is very choice indeed.
Terry Evans puttin it down is pretty good. The XRCD version is stunning...
I would recommend getting "Showdown" which features your main man himself with the late Johnny Copeland and the late Albert Collins, both worth the price of admission on their own. I concur with the Duke Robillard recommendation, and, while you're at it, don't forget his old band, Roomful of Blues. If you can find Zuzu Bollin's " Texas Bluesman" on Antone's, you should not hesitate to part with your coins. Good day
They came out of Rhode Island in the mid 70s, the original Roomful Of Blues with Duke Robillard out front on guitar. Not as soulful as Cray, they were more into a jazz/swing thing. I recommend their eponymous first album and it's follow-up, "Let's Have A Party". Robillard was (and still is) a big disciple of T-Bone Walker.

Robillard is also fetured on two high quality Johnny Adams recordings, "A Room with a View of the Blues" and "Walking On A Tightrope. Robillard appears again on both of Joe Beard's Audioquest label releases "Dealin'" and "For Real". The Adam's records are soulful with Beard dipping deeper into the blues.