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	Bobby Bland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bobby "Blue" Bland (born Robert Calvin Bland on January 27, 1930 in Rosemark, Tennessee) is an American singer and was an original member of The Beale Streeters.
		Though he continued recording throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Bland never regained his former fame on recordings but toured and became a major influence on the Soul blues sound.
		For his very significant contribution, in 1992 Bobby Bland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bobby_Bland (281 words)

	Bobby Bland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That year, Bland entered the (A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state) Army and returned to music upon his discharge in 1955.
		In the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, Bland was working with (Click link for more info and facts about Wayne Bennett) Wayne Bennett, including "Turn on Your Love Light" (1961) and "Yield Not to Temptation" (1962); he was by then a superstar and world-famous entertainer.
		Though he continued recording throughout the (The decade from 1980 to 1989) 1980s and (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s, Bland never regained his former fame on recordings but toured and became a major influence on the (Click link for more info and facts about Soul blues) Soul blues sound.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bobby_bland.htm (336 words)

	Nunc Dimittis: Bobby J. Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bobby J. Bland, president of Anitox Corp., died suddenly November 12 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport of a heart attack.
		Bland was known as one of the early developers of a mold inhibitor.
		Bland was a graduate of Texas A&M University and a captain in the U.S. Air Force.
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	Metroactive Music \| Bobby Blue Bland
		By the time he's done, Bland is slowly inching toward acceptance of a hard fact, the repressed pain in his voice turning into steely resolve.
		Bland's vocal is wearily resigned; while the truth may set his lover free, he himself remains hopelessly obsessed with her.
		But in the end, Bobby Bland is a man whose unshakable fealty is to the my-baby-done-gone-and-left-me blues.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/03.18.99/bobbyblue-9911.html (514 words)

	Glossary: Bland, Bobby "Blue"
		Bobby's recordings from the early '50s show him striving for individuality, but any progress was halted by a spell in the US Army.
		Bland continued to enjoy a consistent run of R&B chart entries throughout the mid-'60s but his recorded work was nonetheless eclipsed by a younger generation of performers.
		Unlike skiffle, which had little discernible impact on the evolution of Van's early recorded repertoire, the blues/soul of Bobby Bland was a major influence.
	www.harbour.sfu.ca /~hayward/van/glossary/bland.html (436 words)

	Blues On Stage - Bobby "Blue" Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The house was packed and Bobby was decked out in his all fl suit with white turtleneck shirt.
		Bland, a contemporary of B.B. King, came out of the Memphis Beale Street blues scene during the 1950's and developed a distinctive, supple blues-soul delivery that was often punctuated with guttural growls and his trademark snort.
		Bland's suave vocal stylings fall somewhere between blues, pop and soul and continue to enchant audiences whenever he tours.
	www.mnblues.com /review/bland.html (223 words)

	Salon Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bland was developing the formula for his ultimate success (a success that would yield more than 30 Top 20 RandB singles) even as he was breaking through with a familiar blues sound.
		Bland saw some crossover success himself with songs like "Turn on Your Love Light," a great tune that could be a blueprint for many of his best records.
		Bland's set was rather perfunctory, and the vaunted squall was more of an annoyance than anything else: Most of the time it sounded like he was going to spit on the Frisbee-tossing crowd.
	dir.salon.com /people/bc/2000/03/14/bland (4364 words)

	45s.com - Bobby Blue Bland - Recording Artist Information: Bobby Blue Bland - 45 RPM Records -- Search for records, ...
		Bobby "Blue" Bland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
		As a singer, Bland projected a grainy, down-to-earth quality, punctuated with guttural growls and snorts that would come to be known as the "chicken-bone sound." Yet his voice was simultaneously smooth as velvet, allowing Bland to bring audiences under his hypnotic spell as he walked a fine line between passionate expression and exquisite self-control.
		Bland's painstakingly crafted records featured his deliberate, resolute vocals set over a backdrop of dazzling horn fanfares, supple rhythm parts and Wayne Bennett's T-Bone Walker-style guitar.
	www.45s.com /artists/bland-bobby-blue.htm (489 words)

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		Bland would soon gravitate to the city's "home of the blues", the famous area known as Beale Street and fall in with a group of struggling blues musicians known informally as the Beale Streeters.
		Bland's latest is a huge hit in the Chicago area and also a top seller in his home town of Memphis.
		By the late 60s Bobby "Blue" Bland was a blues institution in America appearing at events such as The Harlem Cultural Festival, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, and jazz festivals at Newport and Monterrey.
	home.earthlink.net /~v1tiger/bbbland.html (1997 words)

	CMT.com : Bobby "Blue" Bland : Biography
		Bland had to offer was his magnificent voice, a tremendously powerful instrument in his early heyday, injected with charisma and melisma to spare.
		Bland's tormented crying style was still pretty rough around the edges before he entered the Army in late 1952.
		Scott soon became Bland's mentor, patiently teaching him the intricacies of phrasing when singing sophisticated fare (by 1962, Bland was credibly crooning "Blue Moon," a long way from Beale Street).
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/bland_bobby/bio.jhtml (529 words)

	PBS - Austin City Limits
		Bobby 'Blue' Bland is a towering figure in American music who remains one of the most important blues artists still working today.
		Born in tiny Rosemark, Tennessee in 1930, Bland was not weaned on the blues from the beginning.
		Their friendship notwithstanding, King does not hesitate to make known his admiration for Bland and all that he has contributed to blues over the course of his long, eventful career.
	www.pbs.org /klru/austin/artists/program59.html (674 words)

	Waterloo Records - Bobby "Blue" Bland : Greatest Hits Vol. 1
		Though distilling Bobby Bland's staggering 29-year run at Duke records into one disc would be an impossible task, GREATEST HITS, VOULME 1 serves as a quick introduction for the uninitiated.
		Although Bland is a Memphis native with gospel roots, his recordings are not the macho guitar boogie stompers or swampy Delta voodoo numbers so often associated with the blues.
		Bland's classic ballad "Cry, Cry, Cry" is the first track on which listeners hear the famous Bland squall, a strangled cry of passion that was just as much physical as it was emotional.
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=13&upc=00881117832 (303 words)

	Bobby Bland"
		Bland was born and raised in Rosemark, a small town just outside Memphis.
		Bland's first recordings were from 1950 to 1952, when he cut sides for the Modern and Chess labels.
		Bland was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
	tinpan.fortunecity.com /jazz/772/bobby.htm (616 words)

	Bobby Blue Bland: Blues at Midnight - PopMatters Music Review
		Both of Bland's source genres have so deeply entered the collective American unconscious that any freshness he and his crew might have scraped together is simply lost.
		Bland knows his craft so well that the artifice begins to show, and the tricks he employs to convey the feeling of his material sound like, well, tricks.
		Bland himself continues with his regrettable late-period snorting, a sound so bizarre and unmusical as to defy adequate description.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/blandbobbyblue-blues.shtml (778 words)

	Bobby "Blue" Bland Interview
		Bobby: Because it's the way that you feel and the stories that you are listening to that usually happen to people...like...the things I sing about are basically, somewhat, what goes on in my life.
		Bobby: Tell you what, I listened to Nat King Cole and he had a velvet voice and I liked the way he delivered and I kinda patterned myself that way if I was doing a ballad, or whatever I was doing and I wanted to get the best out of whatever I was doing......
		Bobby: You know what...actually people think that I write my material but I've always been surrounded with good writers, musicians and people, that,when I got my start...in '57or the 60's or whatever.....you have people that think only about how good Bobby Bland did this particular lyric and they write for you.
	www.mnblues.com /review/2002/bobbybluebland-intv-11-02-jm.html (2797 words)

	LivinBlues- Bobby 'Blue' Bland
		Bobby Bland was one of the main purveyors of the new Soul-Blues sound along with Little Willie John, Sam Cooke,
		Bobby Bland was drafted into the army in 1952 and was forced to put his musical career on hold.
		Bobby 'Blue' Bland was inducted into the Blues Foundations Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
	www.livinblues.com /bluesrooms/bobbybland.asp (499 words)

	Bobby Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the 1960s, Bland was working with Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist)Wayne Bennett, including "Turn on Your Love Light" (1961) and "Yield Not to Temptation" (1962/); he was by then a superstar and world-famous entertainer.
		Charles Lloyd is probably best known for the spiritually minded quartet he founded in 1966, but the tenor sax and flute player developed a solid reputation in jazz circles long before he achieved mainstream success.
		It's also the topic of Bobby Flay 's sixth cookbook, which showcases his signature bold flavors, with a healthy twist.
	www.infothis.com /find/Bobby_Bland (501 words)

	Amazon.com: The Anthology: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And guess what-Bobby was the first blues man to have a top 20 on the pop charts- In fact it's been a staple on my shows for years and is my all time favorite BB Bland song-The 1964 classic "Aint nothin you can do".
		The obvious point being that Bland is one of the great blues/soul singers ever, but also, he always has great bands: Jabbo,(who also appears on many James Bown hits), the drummer on 'Lovelight', and others tracks, is probably the most amazing drummer to come out of the blues and soul field.
		Bobby Bland is a master at hardcore, juke joint-style, unassimilated, raw funky blues.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005K32H?v=glance (1211 words)

	Temple of Blues: Bobby "Blue" Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I saw Bobby Bland live at Blue Note Tokyo a couple of years ago, and he was fantastic.
		Bobby even sang a Japanese song about apple (love) (they say he learnt that song when he was stationed in Japan in early 50's).
		It was Bobby's first visit to Japan in 10 years (he had visited 2 times previously) and the audience really appreciated the blues legend.
	www.templeofblues.com /s/3/000128.html (1212 words)

	Salon Brilliant Careers \| Bobby "Blue" Bland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of course, there is no justice, and you won't hear Bobby Bland on the radio, or much of anywhere, really.
		Bland's early outings on Duke were riveting, if not exactly groundbreaking.
		Bland was developing the formula for his ultimate success (a success that would yield more than 30 Top 20 R&B singles) even as he was breaking through with a familiar blues sound.
	archive.salon.com /people/bc/2000/03/14/bland/print.html (3245 words)

	Listen to Bad Dog Blues
		Unlike most musicians Bland doesn't play an instrument and has instead relied on his magnificent voice to carry him to super stardom.
		Born Robert Calvin Brooks on January 27, 1930, in tiny Rosemark, Tennessee (he later took his father’s surname), Bland was nurtured by a wide range of music he heard growing up as a child.
		Bland's recording career got off rather slowly with singles for Chess in 1951 (produced by Sam Phillips) and cut four more sides produced by Ike Turner for the Modern label plus a couple of 1952 singles for the fledgling Duke logo.
	www.baddogblues.com /archives/6.01/essential.htm (608 words)

	Waterloo Records - Bobby "Blue" Bland : His California Album
		Bland's first album for ABC-Dunhill was aptly titled.
		The players were the cream of the Los Angeles session scene (particularly bassist Wilton Felder and guitarist Larry Carlton), and backup singer Ginger Blake was a member of the legendary Brian Wilson-produced girl group the Honeys.
		Fortunately, all of them proved thoroughly sympathetic to Bland's brand of down-home blues, and the resulting album is neither overproduced nor slick.
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=13&upc=00881103492 (226 words)

	Bobby "Blue" Bland MP3 Downloads - Bobby "Blue" Bland Music Downloads - Bobby "Blue" Bland Music Videos
		Bobby Bland earned his enduring blues superstar status the hard way: without a guitar, harmonica, or any other instrument to fall back upon.
		Bobby Blue Bland is still dynamite after all these years.
		Considering the amount of time he spent steadily rolling from gig to gig, Johnny "Clyde" Copeland's rise to prominence in the blues world in the early '90s wasn't all that surprising.
	www.mp3.com /Bobby-Blue-Bland/artists/231/summary.html (270 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Bobby Blue Bland
		Bobby Blue Bland played a significant role in the development of the blues ballad.
		Bland, along with B. King, emerged from the Memphis blues scene.
		Bland has never become a major crossover star, but still draws solid audiences on the blues concert circuit.
	www.findarticles.com /g1epc/bio/2419200108/p1/article.jhtml (209 words)

	Bobby Bland - Biography and Recommendations
		Everyone has their favourite artists and Bobby Bland is the Primer's, at least in the R&B idiom.
		This is a single CD at a relatively cheap introductory price but Bland is worth more than that - if you can, try and get hold of one of the many double CD collections which are still available.
		When Bland joined ABC Dunhill, he teamed up with producer Steve Barri and a stellar set of session men and produced albums of the quality of "His California Album", "Dreamer" and, perhaps best of all, "Reflections In Blue" (All still available on CD).
	www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk /artists/bland.shtml (492 words)

	Bobby Bland Attorney Odessa Texas, criminal law, DWI, drug possession, misdemeanor assault, murder, theft, ...
		Bobby Bland represents individuals accused in nearly every type of criminal case - from DWI to drug possession and distribution, from misdemeanor assault to capital murder, from minor theft to complicated white-collar fraud.
		Bobby Bland believes that the key to success in any case is to thoroughly investigate the facts, research the applicable law, and prepare for any necessary court proceedings.
		While there are no guarantees in any legal case, we guarantee that we will give each case the individualized attention to detail necessary to achieve the best possible result under the circumstances.
	www.bobbyblandattorney.com (146 words)

	Review - Bobby Blue Bland: Blues At Midnight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bobby Blue Bland's Blues at Midnight is a collection of 11 songs that range from funk to soul to blues, courtesy of the one of the blues' most seasoned vocalists.
		While some fans might be put off by his nasal snort or squall when he really gets his mojo working, I think it's proof positive that Bobby's throwing his all into the music.
		Over the course of his career, Bobby has released more than 50 top-ten singles and 60 albums, ranging from 78-RPM discs to CDs.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-april03/reviews/review_bobby_blue_bland.html (111 words)

	riverfronttimes.com \| \| Critics' Picks \| Bobby "Blue" Bland \| 2001-09-12
		The 50-year history of Bobby "Blue" Bland is the story of an American singer, a genius of phrasing and tonal control, blessed by close association with some great songwriters, especially Deadric Malone and Don Robey and a genuinely visionary arranger in trumpeter Joe Scott.
		He moves, like a great preacher storming from the altar to aisle, between supple pleas and melismatic moans to throat-bleeding howls, as if the Maker really were paying a visit to his body -- and wreaking a violent bliss all over.
		Bland's voice was a secular medium for sacred spirit.
	www.riverfronttimes.com /issues/2001-09-12/critics2.html (323 words)

	AudioRevolution.com CD Review Bobby Bland GREATEST HITS Volume 1 & 2
		For over forty years Bobby Bland has been moving crowds and peppering the RandB charts with his hit records.
		The first volume of Bland's 'Greatest Hits' is made up of sixteen tracks from his days with the Houston-based Duke Recordings.
		Volume Two of this collection is derived from the work Bobby 'Blue' Bland put down for ABC Dunhill and MCA Records.
	www.audiorevolution.com /music/revs/bobbybland.html (200 words)

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