Name: Live From Across the Pond
Brand: Vanguard Records (USA)
SKU: 60387
Price: 6.73 USD
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Live From Across the Pond

Rating

Album: Live From Across the Pond
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phone Booth
2)	Poor Johnny
3)	Our Last Time
4)	Right Next Door (Because of Me)
5)	12 Year Old Boy
6)	I Guess I Showed Her
7)	Things You Do to Me, The
1)	I Was Warned
2)	Twenty
3)	Bad Influence
4)	One in the Middle, The
5)	Back Door Slam
6)	Time Makes Two
7)	I'm Walkin'

Album: Live From Across the Pond
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Phone Booth
2)	Poor Johnny
3)	Our Last Time
4)	Right Next Door (Because of Me)
5)	12 Year Old Boy
6)	I Guess I Showed Her
7)	Things You Do to Me, The
1)	I Was Warned
2)	Twenty
3)	Bad Influence
4)	One in the Middle, The
5)	Back Door Slam
6)	Time Makes Two
7)	I'm Walkin'

Performer Notes

Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Robert Cray; Jim Pugh (keyboards); Kevin Hayes (drums); Karl Sevareid.
Audio Mixer: Don Smith .
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall.
Robert Cray has been quietly turning out consistently solid blues efforts since 1980, and 2006's two-CD set LIVE FROM ACROSS THE POND shows that Cray's brand of smooth, accessible blues has only improved over the years. Cray has a soft spot for the sound of 1960s R&B, a fondness reflected brilliantly in his sharp, tuneful songwriting and deeply soulful singing. Many of these songs wouldn't sound out of place on a Stax/Volt platter circa 1968, but Cray's flawless guitar technique keeps things rooted in the tradition of electric blues. Packed with great tunes and solos, LIVE should please fans of Cray and electric blues in general.

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.65) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Giving it his all, Cray discovers new wrinkles on lust or forlorn love in old standbys as well as recent songs."