AUDIO: Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1989)
Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, 8 July 1989
Bobby Bland talks about his influences, including MOR men like Perry Como and Andy Williams, and about the ups and downs of his career. Oh, and how C.L. Franklin gave him "the squall".
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