KRVM's Breakfast With The Blues

08/09/2026

Join Matt on Monday, August 10th, 5:30-8:00 A.M. Pacific for KRVM's Breakfast With The Blues; David Jacobs-Strain, BB King, Little Walter, Duke Robillard, Rory Gallagher, Guitar Slim, Ray Charles, Susan Tedeschi, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and more. Blues... It's What's for Breakfast, seven mornings a week, on the air at 91.9 FM and streaming worldwide at https://krvm.org/

08/01/2026

August 1. Happy 73rd birthday today to Robert Cray. He took a circuitous route to Eugene, Oregon, and eventual stardom. He was born in Georgia., and played in his first band when he was in high school in Virginia. While he was still in high school his family moved to Tacoma, Washington. After seeing his heroes Albert Collins, Freddie King and Muddy Waters in concert, he formed his own band and started working West Coast gigs. He settled in Eugene, Oregon, in the late 70s, where he formed The Robert Cray Band and collaborated with Curtis Salgado in the Cray-Hawks. In the 1978 flick Animal House, Cray appears uncredited as the bassist with Otis Day and the Knights. His first album was released in 1980. Five Grammy Awards later, his career is still going strong. He's been inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame, and has received the Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award.

From Robert's second studio album Bad Influence, released in 1983. ...

07/28/2026

July 28. Guitarist Mike Bloomfield was born in Chicago on this date in 1943. In 1965 he played on Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited LP, and that same year appeared with Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival. He was a member of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from 1965 to 1967. In '67 and '68 he played with The Electric Flag. In 1968 he teamed with Al Kooper for the Super Session LP. He released highly regarded solo albums from 1969 to 1981. His last LP, Cruisin' for a Bruisin', was released in 1981 on the same day that his death was announced. "A good player can make any guitar sound good... The whole idea is that if you turn your amp up to 10, you should still be able to play at a whisper - you've got to learn to control your hands.” - Mike Bloomfield

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