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Bobby Murray (musician)

Bobby Murray was an American electric blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer, who played in Etta James' backing band for 23 years, performed on three Grammy Award winning recordings with James and B.B. King and released four solo albums. In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society granted Murray their Lifetime Achievement Award. Murray currently leads his own band in Metro Detroit and has won several Detroit Music Awards. His last solo recording, Love Letters From Detroit, was released in 2021 and was granted the Outstanding Blues Recording of the Year at the Detroit Music Awards.

Life and career
Murray was born on a US Air Force base in Nagoya, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an Irish father. Growing up in a military family, he was later raised in Tacoma, Washington. Murray's definitive style is heard on the Etta James song, "Blues is My Business" in an episode of television drama series, The Sopranos. The AllMusic journalist, Thom Owens, commented about Murray's work on the recording, "he's a fine guitarist, as he proves here, turning out jazzy, classy solos that separate him from the rest of the crowd". A live album, Live & Lowdown! was released in May 2006. In 2011, Murray received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Detroit Blues Society. Murray also received Detroit Music Awards in the Outstanding Instrumentalist (Blues) and Outstanding Blues Performer/Group categories. Murray's final album was Love Letters From Detroit (2021) and the title track, "Love Letter", is a song written by Murray and his wife about Etta James and him playing with her. Murray died on April 30, 2026, aged 72. ==Discography==
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