Bobby "Blue" Bland was known as the Frank Sinatra of the blues. He smoothed out Southern soul with the elegance of jazz and big-band music, sparked it with elements of country and pop, and influenced ...

There ain’t but a few left. The Post-War generation of great blues musicians, the men and women who brought a rural music into the American city and then to the world is slipping away, Now we’ve lost ...

Bobby “Blue” Bland talked with The Plain Dealer in 2009 to promote his appearance at the Cleveland Blues Festival. He was 79 at the time.. And he was singing the blues about singing the blues. “Nobody ...

Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland died Sunday.Bland's son Rodd said the 83-year-old singer died around 5:30 p.m. Sunday at his home in Memphis, Tenn., surrounded by relatives.Bland died of complications from ...

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“Blues music hasn’t really received the respect that it has deserved over the years, but that hasn’t stopped us,” legendary singer Bobby “Blue” Bland said Sunday night in a dressing room in the ...

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One of the finest voices the blues has known, Bobby “Blue” Bland died last Sunday at age 83. Sometimes called the Sinatra of the blues, Bland projected a similar class and elegance even when getting ...

Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland has had a trying year. The 78-year-old blues legend recently postponed a show at the Birchmere because of health issues, and when he arrived at the club on Tuesday night, he ...

If you've not been lucky enough to be in the same room as Robert Johnson, Koko Taylor, Bobby Blue Bland or other blues icons, you might feel as if you have after visiting "A Cast of Blues." A total of ...