The Robert Cray Band, Bad Influence (1983)
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This was the first Robert Cray I heard. And it remains my favourite. My mum bought the album – I assume she bought it on a whim; I don’t think they’d heard of him, just an impulse buy. A guy with a guitar on the cover – that must’ve sold my mum at the time. I was about eight years old I reckon, maybe even seven …
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