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Strong Persuader

Strong Persuader

  • Artist: Robert Cray
  • Total time: 39:34
  • Availability: In stock
  • Item #: 20685487
  • Your Price: $9.98

The set that made Cray a pop star, despite its enduring blues base. Cray's smoldering stance on "Smoking Gun" and "Right Next Door" rendered him the first sex symbol to emerge from the blues field in decades, but it was his innovative expansion of the genre itself that makes this album a genuine 1980s classic. [more]

Track Listing

1. Smoking Gun 4:09
2. Guess I Showed Her 3:40
3. Right Next Door (Because of Me) 4:21
4. Nothin' But a Woman 3:59
5. Still Around 3:42
6. More Than I Can Stand 3:00
7. Foul Play 4:19
8. I Wonder 3:58
9. Fantasized 4:05
10. New Blood 4:21

Details of This Recording

  • Label: Hightone
  • Credits:
    • Robert Cray: Guitar
    • Peter Boe: Keyboards
    • Richard Cousins: Bass
    • Wayne Jackson: Trombone
    • Andrew Love: Saxophone
    • Dave Olson: Drums
    • Lee Spath: Percussion
  • Additional Info:
    • Bruce Bromberg: Producer
    • Bill Dashiell: Engineer
    • Dennis Walker: Producer
    • The Memphis Horns: Horn Arrangements
    • Fidel Bell: Mixing Assistant
    • Charlie Brocco: Mixing Assistant
    • Henry Diltz: Photography
    • Toni Greene: Mixing Assistant
    • Jeff Hendrickson: Mixing
    • Larry Sloven: Executive Producer
    • Aaron Rapoport: Photography
    • Kosh: Cover Design
    • Bill Levy: Art Direction
  • Styles:
    • Retro-Soul
    • Contemporary Blues
    • Blues
    • Modern Electric Blues
    • Soul-Blues