Live from Across the Pond

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Live from Across the Pond
Robert Cray Band Live from across the pond artwork.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2006
RecordedMay 2006 Royal Albert Hall, Westminster, London, England (Opening for Eric Clapton)
Genre Blues
Length89:07
Label Vanguard
Producer Robert Cray
Robert Cray chronology
Twenty
(2005)
Live from Across the Pond
(2006)
Live at the BBC
(2008)
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Live from Across the Pond is a live blues album by Robert Cray. It was released on September 12, 2006, through Vanguard Records. It is his first live album release.

Contents

Disc one

  1. "Phone Booth" (Dennis Walker, Mike Vannice, Richard Cousins, Cray) – 4:38
  2. "Poor Johnny" (Cray) – 6:22
  3. "Our Last Time" (Jimmy Pugh, John Hanes) – 8:23
  4. "Right Next Door (Because of Me)" (Dennis Walker) – 6:01
  5. "12 Year Old Boy" (Mel London) – 6:27
  6. "I Guess I Showed Her" (Dennis Walker) – 4:40
  7. "The Things You Do To Me" (Cray) – 7:02

Disc two

  1. "I Was Warned" (Cray, Dennis Walker) – 8:36
  2. "Twenty" (Cray) – 7:34
  3. "Bad Influence" (Cray, Mike Vannice) – 3:58
  4. "The One in the Middle" (Jimmy Pugh) – 8:19
  5. "Back Door Slam" (Bonnie Hayes, Kevin Hayes) – 5:26
  6. "Time Makes Two" (Cray) – 6:18
  7. "I'm Walkin'" (Chris Hayes, Kevin Hayes) – 5:23

Personnel

Robert Cray Band

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References

  1. "The Robert Cray Band: Live From Across The Pond". PopMatters. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. Matt Collar (12 September 2006). "Live from Across the Pond – Robert Cray,Robert Cray Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 July 2016.