{"product_id":"live-from-across-the-pond","title":"Live from Across the Pond","description":"Amazon.com\n\nSubtlety is both a blessing and curse for Robert Cray. In the studio, his increasingly restrained arrangements have served to frame his growing mastery of classic Memphis soul, allowing his soaring, vibrato-rich voice to carry tunes that directly echo the Stax years. That can work well live, too, and does so here in \"Phone Booth\" and the funky distillation \"Back Door Slam,\" an ode to sexy down-home belters like Little Johnnie Taylor. But too often Cray downplays his incendiary guitar abilities on stage, which makes long numbers like \"The One in the Middle\" interminable, and leaves this two-disc live set--recorded during a week of shows opening for Eric Clapton at London's Royal Albert Hall in May 2006--full of cold spots. Things heat up whenever Cray picks up his Stratocaster in earnest, whether he's plucking out fat, singing notes à la Albert Collins in his radio hit \"I Guess I Showed Her\" or weaving a slow, soulful path through the bridge of the ballad \"The Things You Do to Me,\" using his whammy bar and unpredictable variations on the melody to conjure shades of introspection. Overall, this set will please Cray's die-hard fans, but is unlikely to lure new listeners. --Ted Drozdowski\n\nProduct Description\n\nFor the first time ever in his 30-year career Robert Cray's live performance is felt on CD on his first live album release: The Robert Cray Band LIVE FROM ACROSS THE POND. Includes 2-CDs worth of live music!\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000GY73IW\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000GY73IW.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Robert Cray|Chris Hayes|Richard Cousins|Jim Pugh|Bonnie Hayes|Kevin Hayes|Dennis Walker|Karl Sevareid\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41561541804090,"sku":"DBV.B000GY73IW.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000GY73IW-0.jpg?v=1785212363","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/live-from-across-the-pond","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}