Robert Cray Bad Influence CD

Bad Influence Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $2.59)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Blues, Contemporary Blues, Enhanced CD
Label	Hightone
Orig Year	1983
All Time Sales Rank	17363
CD Universe Part number	1005735
Catalog number	8001
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Bruce Bromberg; Dennis Walker
Engineer	Bill Dashiell
Personnel	David Ii

Robert Cray Bad Influence Songs

	1.	Phone Booth
	2.	Bad Influence
	3.	Grinder, The
	4.	Got to Make a Comeback
	5.	So Many Women, So Little Time
	6.	Where Do I Go From Here?
	7.	Waiting For the Tide to Turn
	8.	March On
	9.	Don't Touch Me
	10.	No Big Deal
	11.	I Got Loaded - (bonus track)
	12.	Share What You Got But Keep What You Need - (bonus track)

Bad Influence Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Smooth & Blue
This is an earlier cd by Robert Cray but it packs a punch. People that consider themselves "blues enthusiast" don't reconize Robert Cray as a true bluesman. I won't agree with their decree. Robert was recently in ST. Louis for a concert and signing on his latest cd. My sister and I (Marnice)spent just a little time with him and his band and I must say they "reeked" of blues and funk. Play on Robert, Play on....
Submitted by mfoster (Saint Louis, MO)
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