Bobby Murray, Longtime Etta James Guitarist, Dies at 72
Blues guitarist Bobby Murray, who spent nearly a quarter-century playing with Etta James and forged a solo career of his own, died April 30 at 72.
Murray’s high-school friend Robert Cary was among those who shared the news.
“I’m going to miss you, Bobby Murray,” Cray wrote on social media. “As kids, we dreamed of playing this kind of music and we were able to do so. We lived out our dreams … thank you, Bobby.”
Murray joined James’ band in 1988 and remained for the next 23 years. He also played with Albert King, Albert Collins, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and others.
He recoded five solo albums; his most recent, Love Letters from Detroit, arrived in 2021.
“Bobby was a one-of-a-kind type of guy,” Tower of Power’s Emilio Castillo said in a statement. “Very soulful, excellent blues artist … and his work with Etta James for years on the road was phenomenal.”
I would like to inform you all that my playlist is 66 hours long and I have a diverse palette so I am not responsible if The Cast Of My Little Pony Equestrian Girls 2 covers a Frank Ocean song or something
1. Johnnie Taylor’s cover of Vienna (by Billy Joel)
Okey this is insane this would be so good it would be different but still preserve the original feeling (I need this actually)
2.Hadestown Broadway Original Cast’s cover of Rehab (by Amy Winehouse)
ANOTHER MASTERPIECE like the fates would kill those ‘no, no, no’ s. Like this would be a fates heavy song with others chiming in and I would be obsessed thank you very much 🙏🙏
3. Rachel Zegler’s cover of Alejandro (by Lady Gaga)
I have never heard her sing a song badly but this song won’t go well with her voice. I think an acoustic version with harmonies would be good tho. (The more I imagine a soft acoustic version more I want it)
4. Billie Eilish’s cover of Hound Dog (by Big Mama Thornton)
no
5.Robert Cray, The Robert Cray Band’s cover of No More Rain (In This Cloud) (by Angie Stone)
I think it would be good but I feel like he would make small changes to the instrumentals don’t know what else to say about it
6. Lana Del Rey’s cover of Dance With You Tonight (by Laufey)
I think it would be different definitely darker/moodier but I love the original too much so I kinda think she wouldn’t do it justice especially if it was live cause I feel like the way she sings and the playfulness in her voice is very integral to the songs whole identity
7. Beyoncé’s cover of Forgiveness (by Rina Sawayama)
weirdly a huge YES from me I think she would lower the sound of the instrumentals and focus on her vocals which she would destroy (of course)“Sometimes I blame you sometimes I don’t” especially could be very lemonade
8. Hozier’s cover of Diamonds and Rust (by Joan Baez)
amazing. no notes. perfection. hozier covers are my mental health treatment
10. (again!!?!!) Hozier’s cover of Nothing You Can Take Away From Me (Boot-Stomping version) (by Rachel Zegler, The Covey Band)
I interpret this as Hozier’s formal apology after the WAP incident (Handsome Squidwardian event for sure) He would do justice to this song, (very him) I would go insane if this was real
+11. (doing another one because hozier took 3 spots jdkdkdkdjsj😤✊) The Cast Of Hamilton’s cover of Dumb & Poetic (by Sabrina Carpenter)
I regret my choice to do another one and I don’t listen to Hamilton often so only thing I can think of is Lin Mal Miranda impressions on tik tok that are then used to make unserious gay ship edits so obviously.. 10/10 this is what the industry is lacking thank you for coming to my conference 🙏🙏📈📈👆👆😘😘
