Some Rainy Morning

by

Robert Cray

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Some Rainy Morning is an excellent blues cd. This disc is killer. I love this one. There is a lot of pain in Cray's voice this time out(which makes for a great blues record). There still has the soul and r&b feel on this one, but Cray and his band dip deeper into the blues. This disc reminds me why Robert Cray is one of the best bluesmen in the business. Every Cray fan has their own favorite disc, this one's mine. I love all of Cray's work but "Some Rainy Morning" is my personal pick. I have been listening to Robert Cray since the release of "Strong Persuader". I knew very little about the blues, after I started listening to Strong Persuader......I wanted to listen to "the roots" of blues. So thank you Mr. Cray for turning me onto one of the greatest forms of music, the blues.

Some of my favorite tracks on this one are "Steppin' out" "tell the landlord" "jealous love" "Will You Think of Me" and "moan". If you are a fan of Robert Cray and don't have this release you should pick it up. If you are a fan of the blues, and would like some good blues music mixed with some soul and r&b you should try Robert Cray's Some Rainy Morning.

I first saw Robert Cray perform at the Crossroads concert with Clapton and an array of other great blues musicians. Based on that performance I checked this cd out of the library and was greatly disappointed. There are at times some good guitar moments but most of the songs lyrics do not match the mastery at the guitar. There are gem moments but I'm afraid for me not enough to warrant any purchase of this cd. I am afraid this is one of only a few cds I have ever listened to that have not excited me or shown me something of a genre I did not know or feel, this takes the blues to no higher level. But don't take my word only you can tell...