His first hit was his biggest:  “Smoking Gun”.  His third hit, “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark”, only hit #74, but got additional life after it was used in a beer commercial.

The song I requested that Big Joe play was in between those two hits, and it only made it to number 80, but I think its a great song, “Right Next Door (Because of Me)”; it tells the tale of a man who had sex with the woman next door and then listens through the wall as her man confronts her.  It’s got some of Cray’s trademark guitar work and a catchy hook.  Big Joe didn’t play it.

Fun Robert Cray fact:  he was part of the fictional band Otis Day and the Knights in the movie “Animal House.

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