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The Robert Cray Band

The Robert Cray Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how The Robert Cray Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Robert Cray, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Healey Band, Charlie Musselwhite and Michael Burks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Van Morrison, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ted Hawkins and Chuck Berry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around The Robert Cray Band, reaching back through Albert Collins and forward to Van Morrison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Robert William Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Robert Cray BandAlbert CollinsFreddie KingMuddy WatersVan MorrisonJimmie VaughanStevie Ray VaughanTed HawkinsChuck BerryTina TurnerEric ClaptonJohn Lee HookerRobert CrayJohn Mayall & The Bl…The Jeff Healey BandCharlie MusselwhiteMichael BurksThe Derek Trucks BandJeff Beck

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The Robert Cray Band connections

The Robert Cray Band grew out of Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters, shares an orbit with Robert Cray, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Jeff Healey Band and Charlie Musselwhite, went on to shape Van Morrison, Jimmie Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ted Hawkins. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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