Maryport Blues Festival is proud to announce that the Robert Cray Band will headline the main marquee stage on Sunday 25th July.

Robert Cray, who has worked with such music legends as B.B. King, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Willie Dixon, is known as one of the most expressive vocalists and impressive guitarists on today’s music scene. During his long-running career, he has blended rhythm and blues, rock, pop, gospel and traditional blues to create a really contemporary blues sound, writing memorable songs that tell the truth about love, loss and broken relationships.
 

Canned Heat’s unique blend of modern electric blues, rock and boogie has earned them a loyal following and influenced countless bands during the past four decades. Their Top-40 country-blues-rock songs, ‘On the Road Again’, ‘Let’s Work Together’ and ‘Going Up the Country’, became global rock anthems, with the latter being adopted as the unofficial theme song for the film ‘Woodstock’.

Legendary vocalist, and former frontman of Ace, Squeeze and Mike + the Mechanics, Paul Carrack will top the Friday night bill on Maryport’s main stage.