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Larry McCray - guitar, vocals Larry McCray, the second youngest of nine children, was raised on a small farm in Magnolia, Arkansas. His father played the blues on harmonica and guitar, and his older sister Clara was a guitarist and disciple of Freddie King. The family had records by John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed and Muddy Waters, among others. McCray cites the musical influence of the three blues Kings - B.B., Albert and Freddie - on his guitar playing, as well as Albert Collins, Elmore James and Magic Sam. Larry McCray is one of a handful of talented young blues performers leading the genre across boundaries and into the new century

Article: Album Review

Larry McCray: Heartbreak City

Read "Heartbreak City" reviewed by Ron Kalb

by Ron Kalb
June 2, 2026

Larry McCray's Heartbreak City, released on Keeping the Blues Alive Records, is steeped in grit, anguish, resilience and hard-won joy. The album reflects the life of a working-class blues man who sharpened his craft in the clubs of Saginaw after shifts on the General Motors assembly line, before touring nationally and eventually across Europe with Albert ...

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Heartbreak City

By Larry McCray

Label: Keeping the Blues Alive Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Try To Be A Good Man; Heartbreak City; Bye Bye Blues; Bright Side; Everything Falls On Me; I Know What I Have Done; Keep On Loving My Baby; Hangman; Stop Your Crying; Crazy World.

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News: Festival

First Annual Illinois Central Music Festival on August 20

July 17, 2011

On August 20th the West Loop will be taken over by some of the most celebrated blues musicians from around the country. The first annual Illinois Central Music Festival will pay homage to the music of America's past featuring live performances from legendary blues musicians like Larry McCray, Little Ray Neal, Sugar Blue, Carl Weathersby and ...

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