On the blues as a genre, not as a vital part of the languages of jazz which it deep down always is, Robert Cray impressed marlbank most in 2020 on 'This Man' from the wonderful That’s What I Heard. He remains to this blog the greatest blues musician on the planet, tied at top spot with Buddy Guy, and one of the world's finest guitarists covering the waterfront with some choice pan-stylistic covers that simply worked. And what a voice. Sadly we lost blues icon Lucky Peterson this year, gone far too soon.
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