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Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. [2] He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music...
Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
A true gift for today's blues fans, Rush has earned the right to be called an elder statesman of the genre that is the backbone of modern American music." [3] In Blues Rock Review, Meghan Roos said, "All My Love for You offers listeners a balance between the raw energy brought on 2020's Rawer than Raw and 2016's funk-infused Porcupine Meat ...
The album was critically and commercially successful. It produced two singles, "I Pity The Fool" and "Don't Cry No More", which charted at number 1 and 2 on the Billboard R&B chart, respectively. Two Steps from the Blues was ranked at number 217 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [1]
Rush puts it all together on Sitting on Top of the Blues. A lifetime of music is distilled into 11 superbly realized originals that span the gap between the earthiest delta blues to West Coast funk." [1] In Blues Blast Magazine, Steve Jones said, "This is prototypical Bobby Rush. A powerful and soulful recording, Rush songs like a young man ...
Meanwhile enjoy this fine album of authentic Delta blues played by the one and only Bobby Rush." [2] In Rock & Blues Muse, Martine Ehrenclou said, "I love this album. Rawer than Raw isn't a rehash of blues classics blended with originals. It’s an outstanding release, raw and authentic, with Bobby Rush's own personal stamp on each track.
Before the release of their debut studio album, Young Man's Blues, in 1988, the band assumed the aliases Delta City Angels and Delta Rebels due to conflict with a gospel group of the same name. However, the name was reverted prior to the album's release. In 1990, the band began recording demos for a second album titled Lost Generation. They ...
Bobby and the Midnites was a rock group led by Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.The band was Weir's main side project during the first half of the 1980s. They released two albums, but were better known for their live concerts than for their work in the recording studio.