GW<p>THE RISE OF ROBERT CRAY AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE BLUES</p><p>With Four W.C. Handy National Blues <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awards</span></a>, Among Them Contemporary <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> of the Year and Contemporary Album of the Year, 15 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Grammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grammy</span></a> Nominations, 5 Grammy <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Awards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awards</span></a>, One of The Youngest Inductees Into The Blues Hall Of Fame</p><p>In the 1980s and 1990s, Robert <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Cray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cray</span></a> was one of the few <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> acts who was able to gain a large following. Beginning in the 1970s and going on for a long time, he mixed rhythm and blues</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@BluesBeat/the-rise-of-robert-cray-and-his-influence-on-the-blues-8cfab577ed01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@BluesBeat/the-rise</span><span class="invisible">-of-robert-cray-and-his-influence-on-the-blues-8cfab577ed01</span></a></p>