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April 3, 2009 in Features
Staying loose stylistically
Robert Cray Band stops for Spokane concert
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The Robert Cray Band will perform at the Knitting Factory on Saturday.
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Five Grammys, 17 albums and thousands of gigs into his career and Robert Cray still gets freaked out about the idea of recording a live album.
You wouldn’t guess it considering the last two releases by the blues-soul-pop singer/songwriter/guitarist.
In 2006, Cray released “The Robert Cray Band: Live From Across the Pond.” It was the first live record in his three-decade career, the first release on his own Nozzle Records, and it earned his 13th Grammy nomination.
“Recording a live album is such a huge deal to us,” Cray said in a telephone interview. “We get psyched up because we …
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