Bobby "Blue" Bland - Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
N 35° 08.339 W 090° 03.332
15S E 768272 N 3892425
The late Robert Calvin Bland, better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland. A legendary blues singer. Bland has a bronze sculpture dedicated to his achievements, & music standing proudly on S.Main Street, downtown Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Waymark Code: WMYAKQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2018
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Bobby "Blue" Bland - Blues Singer, greatest of all time. Known for his soulful crooning on tracks such as "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" and "Further Up the Road"
Bland was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 and was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012. He was a lifelong resident of the Memphis area, until his death on June 23rd, 2013, at the age of 83.
"Few artists are as distinctly “Memphis” as soul pioneer Bobby “Blue” Bland. His story is the story of Memphis music, from being raised in rural Tennessee and getting his start singing in storefront churches, to his move to Memphis with his single mom when he was still a teenager. Like lots of Memphis kids in the late 1940s, he worked a menial day job, in his case at a garage, and dreamed of bigger things. And for Robert Calvin Bland, his future far exceeded those dreams. A key figure in the evolution of rhythm & blues into modern soul, Bland, with a dynamic vocal style rooted in the passion of gospel, has never gone out of style. And he’s never really left his Midsouth roots. After decades of hits on various record labels, he continued his rigorous national performance schedule up until his death in June, 2013 at the age of 83."
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