1. Robert William Cray was born on August 1,1953 and is an American blues guitarist and singer.
13 Facts About Robert Cray
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Robert Cray has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards.
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Robert Cray was born on August 1,1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while his father was stationed at Fort Benning.
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Robert Cray released the album Who's Been Talkin' on Tomato Records in 1980.
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Robert Cray was signed to Mercury Records and in 1986 released his fourth album, Strong Persuader, produced by Dennis Walker, which received a Grammy Award, while the crossover single "Smoking Gun" gave him wider appeal and name recognition.
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In 1987, Tina Turner invited Robert Cray to be part of her Break Every Rule television special.
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The Robert Cray Custom Shop Stratocaster is made in the US in the Fender custom shop and is identical to the guitars that Cray currently plays, while the Robert Cray Standard Stratocaster is a less-expensive model made in Fender's Ensenada, Mexico plant.
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Robert Cray had the opportunity to play alongside John Lee Hooker on his album Boom Boom, playing the guitar solo in the song "Same Old Blues Again".
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Robert Cray is featured on the Hooker album, The Healer; he plays a guitar solo on the song "Baby Lee".
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King's 1993 duet album Blues Summit: the duet between King and Robert Cray, which was written by Robert Cray and Dennis Walker specifically for the project and called "Playin' With My Friends", and the duet between King and John Lee Hooker.
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Robert Cray was invited to play at the "Guitar Legends" concerts in Seville, Spain at the 1992 Expo, where he played a signature track, "Phone Booth".
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In 2005, Robert Cray was inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk at Guitar Center.
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In 2011, Robert Cray was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame and received the Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance in 2017.