by Bill Dahl
The Pacific Northwest-based blues savior's first album in 1980 boded well for his immediate future. Unfurling a sterling vocal delivery equally conversant with blues and soul, Cray offers fine remakes of the Willie Dixon-penned title tune, O.V. Wright's deep soul romp &I'm Gonna Forget About You,& and Freddy King's &The Welfare (Turns Its Back on You),& along with his own &Nice as a Fool Can Be& and &That's What I'll Do.&