Name: Bad Influence [Bonus Tracks #1]
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Bad Influence [Bonus Tracks #1]

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Album: Bad Influence [Bonus Tracks #1]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Phone Booth	More Info...
2)	Bad Influence	More Info...
3)	The Grinder	More Info...
4)	Got To Make A Comeback	More Info...
5)	So Many Women, So Little Time	More Info...
6)	Where Do I Go From Here	More Info...
7)	Waiting For The Tide To Turn	More Info...
8)	March On	More Info...
9)	Don't Touch Me	More Info...
10)	No Big Deal	More Info...
11)	Bonus Track: I Got Loaded	More Info...
12)	Bonus Track: Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need	More Info...

Album: Bad Influence [Bonus Tracks #1]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Phone Booth	More Info...
2)	Bad Influence	More Info...
3)	The Grinder	More Info...
4)	Got To Make A Comeback	More Info...
5)	So Many Women, So Little Time	More Info...
6)	Where Do I Go From Here	More Info...
7)	Waiting For The Tide To Turn	More Info...
8)	March On	More Info...
9)	Don't Touch Me	More Info...
10)	No Big Deal	More Info...
11)	Bonus Track: I Got Loaded	More Info...
12)	Bonus Track: Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need	More Info...

Performer Notes

Robert Cray Band: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Walter Rand (alto saxophone); Mike Vannice (tenor saxophone, keyboards); Richard Cousins (bass); David Olson (drums).
Additional personnel: David Ii (percussion); Philip Walker, Tony Matthews, Night Train Clemens (background vocals).
Recorded at Music Lab, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand.
Personnel: Robert Cray (vocals, guitar); Albert Clemens (vocals); Warren Rand (saxophone, alto saxophone); Mike Vannice (saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards); Dave Olson (drums); David Li (percussion); Night Train Clemons, Tony Matthews, Phillip Walker, Tony Mathews (background vocals).
Photographers: Lynne R. Henderson; Donna Cline.
Cray's second effort hews to the same musical template as TOO MANY COOKS, his under-appreciated debut. That is to say that BAD INFLUENCE is hardly the work of a blues puritan. There's just as much Memphis-style R&B and soul as blues in the mix, making for a potent fusion.
Cray's guitar work is more impressive than ever, particularly on "No Big Deal," where he rips jagged metallic lines out of his Stratocaster as if he were channeling Otis Rush. The two bonus tracks are particularly entertaining, as Cray offers a suitably rowdy version of Texas bluesman Peppermint Harris' often covered "I Got Loaded" and an intense, almost gospel-style reading of Booker T.'s "Share What You've Got, Keep What You Need."