Bobby Murray
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Biography
Bobby Murray, born on June 9, 1953 on a U.S. Air Force base in Nagoya, Japan, was an American electric blues guitarist who grew up in Tacoma, Washington. After early club work in the San Francisco Bay Area, he joined Etta Jamesâs Roots Band in 1988, contributing guitar to Grammyâwinning recordings such as "Letâs Roll" and "Blues to the Bone". Murrayâs debut solo album, The Blues Is Now (1996), featured Frankie Lee and Freddie Hughes, followed by Waiting for Mr. Goodfingers⦠(1999) and the live release Live & Lowdown! (2006). His album, Love Letters From Detroit (2021), earned the Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Blues Recording of the Year. In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and he received multiple Detroit Music Awards for Outstanding Instrumentalist (Blues) and Outstanding Blues Performer/Group. He passed away on April 30, 2026.
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- I Wonder Why by Bobby Murray
- Come In, Come In/Take Me Back/Barren Rocks of Aden/The Tartan
- Blue Bell Polka/Primrose Polka
- Atholl Highlanders/Jeannie McCall/Pibroch of Donald Dan/Ye Canna Shove Yer Granny/Sent Her For Eggs/Johnny Lad
- Neidpath Castle
- Broke 'n' Hungry
- A Scottish Waltz
- Skye Boat Song/Massacre of Glencoe/Come By This Hills
- You Can Leave Your Hat On by Bobby Murray
- Wild Mountain Thyme/Will Ye No Come Back Again/We're No Awa' Taw Bide Awa'
- Old Scotch Mother Mine
- Gallant Forty-Twa
- The Rose of Allandale
- Scotland The Brave/Come Along, Come Along/Marie's Wedding
- The Northern Lights/Dancing In Kyle/The Green Oak Tree/Westering Home/I Belong To Glasgow
- Rock House
- Conversation
- I Want to Hug You featuring Bobby Murray
- Where I Went Wrong
- Walkin' With the Blues
- Time to Say Goodbye
- Dashing White Sergeant
- St. Bernard's Waltz
- Crossroads
