This week while trying to expose myself to more blues musicians I decided to checkout Bobby Blue Bland aka The Lion of the Blues. I had herd his name before but had not herd any of his music. Bobby Bland was born on January 27, 1930 and at 82
he is one of the last great blues and soul musicians alive today being that most of his contemporaries Ray Charles, Etta James and Sam Cooke have since passed on. His soulful voice and bluesy style did earn him some success on the R&B charts but he did not achieve much mainstream success like those listed above. Over the years Bland has maintained a friendship with B.B. King and they have recorded two live albums together, Together for the First Time... Live in 1974 and Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live in 1976.
