Larry McCray In The News
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Blues Rock Review
Larry McCray’s “Blues Without You” voted Blues Rock Review’s #1 album of 2022
Larry McCray’s Blues Without You has been voted Blues Rock Review’s #1 album of 2022. The album earned the top spot in Blues Rock Review’s annual Top 20 Albums list…read article
Rock & Blues Muse
Top 25 Albums of 2022
2022 brought so many outstanding blues, rock and roots albums. It wasn’t easy to narrow them down to twenty five choices. The Top 25 Albums of 2022 is in alphabetical order…read article
Relix
Blues Route: Larry McCray
In 1972, at age 12, McCray relocated to Saginaw, Mich., and moved in with his sister, following the well-trodden path of Southern Blacks embarking on the Great Migration. McCray notes, “B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Luther Allison— that style of music emerged from the post-war blues, which was born from the Delta…read article
Rolling Stone
Sixth Annual Allman Family Revival Tour to Honor Gregg Allman This Fall
Devon Allman has announced the sixth annual Allman Family Revival, which will see musicians paying tribute to the life and music of Gregg Allman…read article
Guitar World
Blues veteran Larry McCray teams up with Joe Bonamassa for his first album in 7 years, Blues Without You
Larry McCray has announced his first album in seven years, Blues Without You, will be released on March 25 and has been produced by Joe Bonamassa…read article
Guitar Player
After 20 Years in the Wilderness, Larry McCray Returns in Style With 'Blues Without You'
Larry McCray’s new album, Blues Without You (opens in new tab), is his first record of original material since 2007. McCray burst onto the scene as a major new voice in blues guitar way back in 1991, with the release of his debut album, Ambition (opens in new tab), followed two years later…read article
Blues Rock Review
Larry McCray announces “Blues Without You”
Poised to become a genre-shaping staple with the release of two major label albums in the 90’s, rustbelt Blues singer and guitarist Larry McCray proves he’s been hiding in plain sight with today’s announcement…read article
The Bluegrass Situation
Watch: Larry McCray “Down To The Bottom” (Feat. Warren Hayes)
“Albert King, Albert Collins and B.B. King really had the most influence on me because, in my mind, they were the greatest of their generation at playing the blues. And it took them their whole careers to achieve minor milestones…read article
Ramzine
Larry McCray - Blues Without You
Larry McCray’s in his sixties, life’s not been easy. He’s fell through the cracks a few times, personal hardships, dark moments and more besides. They say you need to have hit rock bottom to play the blues with sincerity…read article
Bluesdoodles
Larry McCray shares his Blues Without You
You have to love the people who write press releases for the world and start it off with “Rust belt Blues guitarist…”. Then to see it across the internet as the PR is copy and pasted on multitudinous web sites: I am British and do not know, although I could guess, what that means…read article
FabricationsHQ
Larry McCray - Blues Without You
It’s hard to believe it’s been fifteen long years since Larry McCray’s last all-new blues album (a self-titled release featuring the McCray traits of blues, soul and a splash of funk)…read article
JMPR
Larry McCray - Blues Without You - Album Review
Larry McCray is a blues singer / songwriter / guitarist from Magnolia, Arkansas who after high school spent time on a General Motors assembly line before deciding that music was his passion and that was the road he was going to follow. In 1991 he brought us his debut album Ambition…read article
MusicNews.com
Larry McCray - Blues Without You
McCray’s first new album for 7 years and he’s produced here by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith. The album features Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Joanna Connor, and Reese Wynans…read article
Raw Ramp
Larry McCray Ruby Frets
McCray, the second youngest of nine siblings, grew up living on a farm and played on the rustbelt club circuit near Saginaw, Michigan, with his brothers Carl on bass guitar and Steve on drums, in the early 1970s…read article