2009 Kickoff Event | Robert Cray Band | Fender

Robert Crays name has become synonymous with soulful modern blues with clean, impeccably phrased guitar work. Born in 1953 in Georgia into a military family that moved often, he grew up listening to blues, jazz, gospel, soul and pop and he began playing guitar in his early teens. Near the end of high school in Tacoma, Wash., Cray was considering an architecture career and formed a cover band in which he sang and played guitar.
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[@DogCatchersBand]

No overdriven Marshall amp, no whammy bar or neck tapping: just honest playing with great touch and tone. Mr. Cray is a cool cat who has his own sound.

[@msstevie1951]

Best concert I ever saw was Sept. 2008 at Horse Shoe Casino,Indiana.This man does not get old, he only get's better with age like a fine wine! He becomes one with his guitar when he picks it up,it's magical to see him live.That's my "Young Bob" ,the great persuader "Right Next Door!" Love him to pieces ♥ Thanks for this great post fendermusical,msstevie ♥

[@farofir]

Unique voice,unique guitar sound, unique style, makes him my favorite Blues singer of all time.///

[@massimos6863]

Robert Cray Is absolutely awesome ❤️🎸👏👏

[@jlr022159]

Always love his music! Reaches right down into your soul.

[@upukulakumpaka]

Amazing raw playing... so much feeling, and a great singer aswell.

[@stepitupandgo67]

what a talent....this is great

[@Thilo9191]

this is what blues is about

[@thecosmicstring]

3:12, how does he make that stretch!!?? what a legend

[@The_Narrow_Path]

I am the back door slam...love it!

[@judgefredd1943]

Pure class

[@vonhorn29]

Great to see Richard Cousins back on bass in this

[@KimGreenwood]

What a great vibrato

[@prompen3]

Cool Robert Cray is the man!

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Oh yes, that is a winning performance..and a difficult situation to generate that level of intimacy...he does it though.

[@Twistchawa]

@shredacuda I am an avid Buddy fan, and Collins, and King, and did hear a lot of Collins, but Buddy is in there. And Robert would be the first to tell you that Buddy is a master.

[@tommyandtammy1]

good video. thanks

[@guiterry]

The amp he is using is a "Matchless". It's one of those WAY over priced "boutique" amps. Not sure if they still make 'em, but a 2x12 combo will set you back at least 2K.

[@whizmachine]

People: Cray knows what he's doing. His mic is always low like that and his strings are .11's. He plays the shit out of them every night and that's part of how he has his incredible tone.

[@djizzah]

His singing made him a star and the guitar playing is ok but let's face it, the voice is the king of instruments

[@Thumbshifter]

Great playing as always, Young Bob! In a funny way, he's a little like Billy Gibbons - playing the blues, but rarely the I-IV-V style - always putting a new spin on it, but always the blues... Keep it up Robert!

[@djizzah]

You're spot on , he is a standout and an original in an ocean of Blues players

[@davidteissier5704]

💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@MartynDunnMusic]

Okay thanks ;D

[@dcd442]

wow...thanks. Doesn't seem like he's being promoted anymore. I wonder what he's been up to from time to time. I actually bought that last song, while I watched this vid.

[@MeanGuitarist]

@HalloweenEve1030" Time Makes Two" is the name of the song.

[@msstevie1951]

@johngolby No he doesn't age one bit ,he only gets better with time! I could watch & listen all night to "Young Bob" especially if he was "Right Next Door" LOL Love this man and his cool style,he's not full of himself, just very casual, like he doesn't know how great he really is! It's amazing to hear him live he sounds just like his records,maybe better. ♥

[@rgbme]

Tony Bruanagel Late of the Phantom Blues Band

[@Twistchawa]

@shredacuda Heard a bunch of Buddy licks in this video. . . Give respect where respect is due.

[@Twistchawa]

Buddy can fuckin' play. And he does it well. There's a reason Jimi cancelled a gig to get a chance to jam with Buddy at a small club.

[@MartynDunnMusic]

Robert Cray is definitely one of the best! By the way, what amp is he using? I can't really read the brand name.

[@BigEvilLadia23]

What kind of pickups he use on his Stratocaster

[@josephbelcher2568]

Always liked Robert Cray's singing & playing. His tone was always cleaner than I liked. Did he throw Eric Clapton under the bus over vaccines after Clapton was a friend to him?

[@shredacuda]

and yet again, let's hear some bull from daphneblues...........your killing this great vid and song.

[@shredacuda]

he is so overlooked in blues....people rave about buddy "jerry curl" guy who can barely play.

[@stratitis]

he use a Fender Vibro-King and two Matchless Clubman 35s with 4x10 cabinets...>;o)

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Any die-hard Robert Cray practitioner out there? Help please. MANY THANKS Does Robert use any guitar effect pedal in studio or live performances? Distortion Pedal Overdrive Pedal Fuzz Pedal Delay Pedal Reverb Pedal Wah Pedal Chorus Pedal Phaser Pedal Flanger Pedal Octave Pedal Tremolo Pedal Tuner Pedal Noise Gate Pedal Acoustic Pedal Volume Pedal

[@intheblues]

who put his microphone so low down lol

[@jlr022159]

He typically likes that it seems… I’m guessing he feels better singing slightly downward as opposed to stretching his neck upward.

[@shredacuda]

@Twistchawa sorry, but i don't hear any Buddy Guy licks here. You would hear more Albert Collins and Albert King sounding licks, but not Buddy Guy.....

[@Twistchawa]

@HallPassExpired Haha not Bootsy, Albert. . . But Bootsy is the man too. Haha

[@djizzah]

A Marshall class " A " with slant quad would have nailed the tone, Rob's great and I love strata but not a fan of fender amps

[@josefranciscolopes7884]

Eu não sei nada de inglês

[@orochinhokister6164]

Que pena 😢

[@HallPassExpired]

@Twistchawa Someone say Bootsy Collins???????

[@mrbaiser4133]

Listen to U2's "Love is Blindness", Robert...

[@shredacuda]

please.................

[@DavidFeilyMusic]

cray should use heavier strings

[@shredacuda]

i told you daphneblues couln't keep the mouth shut.

[@alanpaulchina]

Robert is great but that is a stupid, borderline racist comment about buddy.

[@funkyjones]

guitar sounds thin

[@andersbarfodsvaneskolan9378]

That's what you get from a stratocaster low ouptut bridge pickup or second position on a clean amp.. I would think he would benefit of a fat p90 type pickup in the bridge.. even his second position would benefit from this..

[@stgerma1n]

cry baby

[@Fender56]

That look like his old band from way back, I think that is Dave olsen on drums. Cool