A protege of the legendary T-Bone Walker, electric bluesman Roy Gaines was born in Houston in 1934; the product of a musical family -- his older brother Grady later went on to play saxophone in Little Richard's famed backing band the Upsetters -- he initially played the piano in emulation of Nat King Cole, but as a teen moved to the guitar. A huge admirer of Walker's work, at 14 Gaines met his ...more
- Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Earls of Duke
- Guitar
- Albert King
- Heat of the Blues
- Guitar
- Junior Parker
- 1952-1955
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