Jimi Hendrix once described the blues as "easy to play, but hard to feel;" Bobby "Blue" Bland made the blues as complex as a modernist novel, and effortlessly easy to feel. Bland may not have been the ...

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Bobby “Blue” Bland is The Man. There’s no other way to think about the singer. Though he passed away last Sunday at 83, for me Bland will live forever. He came into my life when I was young, and for ...

In the 50s and early 60s, Bobby "Blue" Bland was one of the main creators of the modern soul-blues sound. Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Junior Parker, Bland developed a sound ...

His son said he died of complications from an ongoing illness He died at his Memphis home%2C surrounded by relatives Bland was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 JACKSON, Miss. -- ...

The “Turn on Your Love Light” and “Further On Up the Road” crooner suffered from an ongoing illness. By Sophie Schillaci Bobby Blue Bland - P 2013 Bobby “Blue” Bland, known as the “Sinatra of the ...

Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the man! I mean, the man! The sensational…the incomparable…the dynamic Bobby…Bobby Bland! Though it was over thirty years ago, I can still recall it as if it were ...

Rhythm and blues singer, admired by Elvis Presley and Van Morrison Bobby 'Blue' Bland, who died last Sunday aged 83, was one of the finest rhythm and blues vocalists of the past half century; unlike ...