GRAMMY-Award Winning Blues Artist Performs in Malibu

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts presents

The Robert Cray Band

Saturday, October 23, 2021, 8 p.m.
Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA

GRAMMY-Award winning artist the Robert Cray Band performs at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 8 p.m.

Tickets, priced starting at $35 for adults and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now by calling (310) 506-4522 or visiting the event page. More information about the Robert Cray Band is available at robertcray.com.

Robert Cray has been bridging the lines between blues, soul, and R&B for the past four decades; he has won five GRAMMY Awards, is a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, is a recipient of the Americana Lifetime achievement award, and has performed in countless tours and has released over 20 acclaimed albums.

Formed in 1974 and based in the Northwest, the Robert Cray Band played gigs in Portland and Eugene, OR, before branching out farther on the West Coast, including Seattle and the San Francisco area. Early on, the band toured with electric blues guitarist Albert Collins, and by 1983, the group was sharing the stage at Carnegie Hall with the likes of John Lee Hooker and Willie Dixon.
Credited by Rolling Stone for reinventing the blues with his "distinct razor-sharp guitar playing," Cray "introduced a new generation of mainstream rock fans to the blues" with his album Strong Persuader in 1986.

Known for more than just his guitar skills, this multi-talented singer, songwriter and producer has played with a cross-section of legendary musicians, including Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner.

Cray was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2011. At 57, he was one of the youngest living recipients of the prestigious honor. The members of the Robert Cray Band include Les Falconer on percussion, Dover Weinberg on keyboards and Richard Cousins on bass guitar.

THE DETAILS:
WHAT: The Robert Cray Band
WHEN: Saturday, October 23, 2021, 8 p.m.
WHERE: Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA
TICKETS: (310) 506-4522 or ticketing page
PRICES: $35–$75 for adults, $10 for Pepperdine students