Bobby “Blue” Bland was the stage name for Robert Calvin Bland. He was an American blues singer. Robert Calvin Bland was born Robert Calvin Brooks on January 27, 1930. He passed away on June 23, 2013.
Bland created a style that combined blues, R&B, and gospel. Amidst the greatest storytellers of blues and soul music, he “produced turbulent arias of love, betrayal, and resignation, set against roiling, dramatic orchestrations, and left the listener drained but awed,” according to one description.
Some people referred to him as the “Sinatra of the Blues” and the “Lion of the Blues.” Nat King Cole also had an impact on his musical style.
Bobby “Blue” Bland children: Meet Rodd Bland, Patrice Moses
Rodd Bland, a member of the Blues Royalty and the godson of B.B. King, learned the traditional blues from his father’s drummers John “Jab O” Starks, Harold “Peanie” Portier, and Rodd’s brother Tony Coleman when he was just three years old. He went on to become an outstanding band cornerstone who could fit any genre.
There is no information available on his sister Patrice Moses, she managed to live out of the spotlight.
