The glow of a career in music began when Cray was a teen, and in 1974 it burst into flames as the Robert Cray Band came together in Eugene, Oregon. How strong was the fire? “Richard (Cousins) and I didn’t own a vehicle, and we were staying with his girlfriend in Eugene. We hitched a ride to Salem, where our drummer Tom Murphy was going to school, to rehearse,” Cray recalls. (Source: Robert Cray website)
Robert Cray Band
- Robert Cray – guitar/vocals
- Les Falconer – drums
- Dover Weinberg – keyboards
- Richard Cousins – bass guitar
- Peter Boe – keyboards
- Al Chez – trumpet
- Kevin Hayes – drums
- Wayne Jackson – trumpet
- Tim Kaihatsu – guitar
- Andrew Love – saxophone
- Ed Manion – saxophone
- Rocky Manzanares – harp
- Tom Murphy – drums
- David Olson – drums
- Mark Pender – trumpet
- Jimmy Pugh – keyboards
- Warren Rand – alto saxophone
- Curtis Salgado – harp
- Carl Sevareid – bass
- David Stewart – keyboards
- Mike Vannice – saxophone
- Terence F Clark – drums