Learning his trade singing in gospel groups on Memphis' legendary Beale Street
in the 1950s, Bobby "Blues" Bland grew into the "Lion of the Blues" and one of
soul music's smoothest voices. He worked as a driver for Junior Parker before
scoring a string of hits on the US R&B charts, including Farther Up The Road, I
Pity The Fool, Turn On Your Love Light and Stormy Monday Blues. A charismatic,
lung-bursting R&B star, he helped mould the big band traditions with the new
generation of searing, electric, 12-bar blues guitarists and had has his songs
covered by Eric Clapton, David Bowi...