Robert Cray - Shoulda Been Home

Perhaps the most telling tune on Shoulda Been Home is the T-bone Walker-influenced "Renew Blues," not because of the style, but because the slow blues fades out after just one tiny minute. By contrast, the mellow soul sway of "Out of Eden" stretches out to over nine minutes. Robert Cray has been heralded as a savior of modern blues, but the truth is Cray's music is much closer to the vintage soul of O.v. Wright and Otis Redding than the 12-bar form of B.b. King or Albert King. Read More