Roy Gaines

A protege from the legendary T-Bone Walker, electrical bluesman Roy Gaines was created in Houston in 1934; the merchandise of the musical family members — his old brother Grady later on went on to try out saxophone in Small Richard’s famed support music group the Upsetters — he primarily performed the piano in emulation of Nat Ruler Cole, but as a teenager moved to your guitar. An enormous admirer of Walker’s function, at 14 Gaines fulfilled his hero at an area efficiency, and was actually invited to back again Walker onstage; dubbed “T-Bone Jr.” thereafter, he frequently played clubs through the entire Houston region before relocating to LA two years later on. There Gaines was tapped to become listed on Roy Milton’s music group, accompanied by a stint to get Chuck Willis; additionally, he and Walker sometimes joined forces within the years resulting in the latter’s 1975 loss of life. Long a sought-after sideman, Gaines documented infrequently like a headliner, finally liberating an LP, Gaineling, in 1982; additional albums consist of 1996’s Lucille Function for me personally, 1999’s I ACQUIRED the T-Bone Walker Blues and 2000’s New Frontier Enthusiast.