Rust belt blues shouter and guitar slinger Larry McCray’s debut album, Ambition—aptly named as it fused elements of blues, rock and soul to create a contemporary blues sound—was released in 1990 to critical acclaim. Over the past three decades of nonstop touring and recording, McCray has played and shared the stage with such blues greats as BB King, Buddy Guy, Keb' Mo' and Joe Bonamassa, as well as rock legends the Allman Brothers, Phil Lesh, Dickey Betts and countless others. In 2021, McCray’s latest album, Blues Without You, was recorded on famed blues rock guitarist Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive nonprofit label with producer Josh Smith, a partnership that has also spawned a video (for the upcoming single “Arkansas”) and a documentary.