Bad Influence (Robert Cray album)
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Bad Influence is a 1983
blues
album by the blues singer-songwriter
and guitarist
Robert Cray
.
Released with Hightone Records
, this was the album thought to have put Cray on the map, prior to his explosion into the mainstream with Strong Persuader
in 1986. It was his second release and his first on High Tone Records. It contained two cover version
s: Johnny Guitar Watson's "Don't Touch Me" and Eddie Floyd
's "Got to Make a Comeback". The most well-known and memorable song off the album was probably the funky minor-key blues song, "Phone Booth," later covered by his idol Albert King. Bruce Bromberg
and David Walker produced the album for the California-based High Tone Records. To date the album sold over a million copies.
Bonus Tracks
1983 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
album by the blues singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Robert Cray
Robert Cray
Robert Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.-Career:...
.
Released with Hightone Records
HighTone Records
HighTone Records was an independent record label based in Oakland, California. Hightone specialized in American roots music including, country, rockabilly, western swing, blues and gospel. The label was created by Larry Sloven and Bruce Bromberg in 1983...
, this was the album thought to have put Cray on the map, prior to his explosion into the mainstream with Strong Persuader
Strong Persuader
Strong Persuader is American blues guitarist Robert Cray's fifth studio album, released in 1986, and became his breakthrough album to the mainstream. "Strong Persuader" also became a nickname for Cray...
in 1986. It was his second release and his first on High Tone Records. It contained two cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s: Johnny Guitar Watson's "Don't Touch Me" and Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
Eddie Lee Floyd is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".-Biography:...
's "Got to Make a Comeback". The most well-known and memorable song off the album was probably the funky minor-key blues song, "Phone Booth," later covered by his idol Albert King. Bruce Bromberg
Bruce Bromberg
Bruce Bromberg is an American Grammy Award winning producer of blues music.He was born in Chicago, and raised there and in Park Forest, Illinois. In 1958 he moved with his family to Los Angeles, and began working for various record labels...
and David Walker produced the album for the California-based High Tone Records. To date the album sold over a million copies.
Track listing
- "Phone Booth" (Robert Cray, Richard Cousins, Dennis Walker) (3:32)
- "Bad Influence" (Cray, Mike Vannice) (2:56)
- "Grinder" (Cray, D. Amy) (4:09)
- "To Make a Comeback" (Eddie FloydEddie FloydEddie Lee Floyd is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".-Biography:...
) (5:52) - "So Many Women, So Little Time" (Oscar Washington) (4:01)
- "Where Do I Go from Here" (Cray, Mike Vannice, Dennis Walker) (4:03)
- "Waiting for the Tide to Turn" (Cray, Mike Vannice, Dennis Walker) (3:31)
- "March On'" (Cray) (2:25)
- "Don't Touch Me" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Shawn Dewey) (3:25)
- "No Big Deal" (Cray, D. Amy) (4:14)
Bonus Tracks
- "I Got Loaded" (Robert Camille) (3:37)
- "Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need" (Booker T. JonesBooker T. JonesBooker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
, Steve CropperSteve CropperSteve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
) (3:50)