바비 블랜드

소개

보비 블랜드(영어: Bobby Bland, 1930년 1월 27일 ~ 2013년 6월 23일)는 미국의 블루스 가수이고 부드러우면서도 힘있는 목소리로 블루스, 소울, 리듬 앤 블루스, 가스펠 등 다양한 음악을 구현했고, 1950년대 후반부터 1970년대까지 대중적인 인기를 얻었다. 〈Farther Up The Road〉(1957년), 〈Turn On Your Love Light〉(1961년) 등이 대표곡으로 꼽힌다.

Robert Calvin Bland, known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music... [who] created tempestuous arias of love, betrayal and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the listener drained but awed." The inspiration behind his unique style was a Detroit Preacher, CL Franklin, because Bland studied his sermons. He was sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues" and as the "Sinatra of the Blues". His music was influenced by Nat King Cole.