Bobby "Blue" Bland: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1992

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/bobby-blue-bland/bio/

1947: Moved to Memphis at age 17. Sometimes he worked as a chauffer for B.B King or Junior Parker. He began to excel as a singer, but the army called. Bland served in the army until 1954.

Farther On Up the Road (1957):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRZCdJ4n60Q

Little Boy Blue (1958):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwh6eqRZ0OQ

I’ll Take Care of You (1959):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDezN6ZudU

I Pity the Fool (1961):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-dGSegQOsc

Turn on Your Love Light (1961):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omibc6VzRho

That’s the Way Love Is (1962):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9xpKfqpfhw

Ain’t Nothing You Can Do (1964):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjggFlKLP5E

Financial and personal pressures forced his touring group’s breakup in 1968. Bland suffered from depression and alcoholism. However, he returned.

This Time I’m Gone For Good (1973):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rddTgGRP60g

Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (1974):

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrRXoOCyWA

I Wouldn’t Treat a Dog (1974):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USfmpUItcM

He continues to work. Bland’s last album came out in 2003.