When he received his first guitar at the age of 14, the young Robert Cray was hooked on psychedelic rock. It was only a little later that he discovered the blues. And it was when one of his idols, Albert Collins, came to give a concert at his university that he took the plunge. His architecture studies were over, for the better, and he decided to embark on a career as a musician. By the end of the 1970s, he had formed his own band and began to build up a solid reputation thanks to his masterful concert performances.  

In four years, Robert Cray Band went from his garage to national tours, acquiring a small reputation in the blues world. And after a long period of admiring them from the audience, he finally released a record with Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland. Showdown! was a real success that propelled Robert Cray to iconic status. From then on, the band's successes and prestigious collaborations would follow one after the other, always carried by the talent, the superb voice and the elegant and masterful guitar touch of its leader.

Several decades of high-flying blues are rewarded in 2011. The singer and musician was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and received the Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award in the same year. The man who played alongside Clapton, Buddy Guy and Jimmie Vaughan has nothing left to prove. He has become one of those bluesmen who reign unchallenged and who write music history.

The Robert Cray Band is not about to hang up his guitar, and in 2020 they will be releasing a new blues-rock album entitled That's What I Heard. We find the singer and guitarist at the top of his game, with a moving voice that is as sincere as ever, and refined and percussive guitar solos. If we still had any doubts, the artist reminds us that he hasn't lost any of his sharpness or his audacity, accompanied by prestigious guests such as Ray Parker Jr or Steve Perry.