Classic of Blues Recording - Album

False Accusations - Robert Cray (HighTone 1985)

False Accusations was the first Robert Cray album ever to hit the “Billboard 200” charts - quite a feat for an independent label blues release, and noteworthy enough to secure a major label deal for Cray to take his finely crafted blues and soul music to an even larger audience with subsequent albums. Cray's second LP for HighTone, False Accusations was recorded in Los Angeles under the production of Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker, who also joined Cray and bassist Richard Cousin in the songwriting collaboration. The title track was voted Blues Song of the Year in 1986 at the 7th Annual Blues Awards, now known as the Blues Music Awards.

2011