Uptown Theatre presents The Robert Cray Band

Blues icon. Soul man. Rock and roller. Robert Cray is all these things—and more. The Georgia-born, Washington-raised musician first picked up a guitar after seeing The Beatles on TV, then, having witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform in Seattle, determined that his destiny would follow a similar path. And so it has. Across the past half century, Robert Cray has developed into one of American music’s most singular artists.

“I guess you’d have to say that we were lucky,” reflects Cray on his life in music, “because, growing up in the 1960s, the different music played on the radio really opened us up. I mean, we even had Albert Collins play our high school graduation party.”