Bad Influence [Bonus Tracks #1] (CD - 1983)

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Robert Cray Band: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Walter Rand (alto saxophone); Mike Vannice (tenor saxophone, keyboards); Richard Cousins (bass); David Olson (drums).Additional personnel: David Ii (percussion); Philip Walker, Tony Matthews, Night Train Clemens (background vocals).Recorded at Music Lab, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Albert Clemens (vocals); Warren Rand (saxophone, alto saxophone); Mike Vannice (saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards); Dave Olson (drums); David Li (percussion); Night Train Clemons, Tony Matthews, Phillip Walker, Tony Mathews (background vocals).Photographers: Lynne R. Henderson; Donna Cline.Cray's second effort hews to the same musical template as TOO MANY COOKS, his under-appreciated debut. That is to say that BAD INFLUENCE is hardly the work of a blues puritan. There's just as much Memphis-style R&B and soul as blues in the mix, making for a potent fusion.Cray's guitar work is more impressive than ever, particularly on "No Big Deal," where he rips jagged metallic lines out of his Stratocaster as if he were channeling Otis Rush. The two bonus tracks are particularly entertaining, as Cray offers a suitably rowdy version of Texas bluesman Peppermint Harris' often covered "I Got Loaded" and an intense, almost gospel-style reading of Booker T.'s "Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need."

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Bad Influence

Bad Influence receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS score of 3.7319 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #42 of all time . The rating and ranking is based on critic scores, billboard charts and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the album ranking and to see how it ranked in other genres or against other albums, click on the link below. You can also view album tracks, lyrics and read album facts on...

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