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Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Peter Boe (keyboards); Richard Cousins (bass); David Olson (drums); Lee Spath (percussion).The Memphis Horns: Andrew Love (tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone).Recorded at Sage & Sound and Haywood's, Los Angeles, California.STRONG PERSUADER won a 1988 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording.Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Andrew Love (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone, horns); Peter Boe (keyboards); Dave Olson (drums); Lee Spath (percussion).Audio Mixers: Jeff Hendrickson; Bill Dashiell.Recording information: Haywood's, L.A., CA; Sage & Sound, L.A., CA.Photographers: Henry Diltz; Aaron Rapoport.1986's STRONG PERSUADER was a milestone both for Robert Cray and blues in the '80s. It earned Cray, a veteran of the Pacific Northwest blues scene, both his first solo Grammy and Top 30 hit ("Smoking Gun") along with a lift out of the blues ghetto which he'd been excelling in during recent years. As for the blues themselves, Cray infused fresh blood into a genre that had been limping along in that particular decade.With a smooth singing style to go with an equally recognizable guitar tone, Cray developed a sound that owed as much to soul stylist O.V. Wright as it did to Texas guitarist Albert Collins (with whom Cray had won a Grammy along with Johnny Copeland the prior year). The use of the Memphis Horns strengthened the soul connection on songs such as the punchy "Nothing But A Woman" and the chugging effervescence of "Guess I Showed Her." Of course, Cray's heart lay in the blues and when he wasn't lamenting the woes of infidelity in "Right Next Door (Because Of Me)" and a bad break-up in "Still Around," his guitar playing smoldered throughout the forlorn "New Blood."
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Artist: Robert Cray
Format: CD
Year: 1986
Genre: Blues
UPC: 00042283056824
Strong Persuader receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS score of 3.5404 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #330 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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