Time: 79:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998/2006
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back
01. Okie Dokie Stomp (5:11)
02. You Don't Understand (6:50)
03. Drinkin' Fool (4:42)
04. Take the "A" Train (8:26)
05. I'm Your Thing Shaker (5:07)
06. Gainesville (6:22)
07. Tokyo Woman (6:16)
08. I Want a Little Girl (5:06)
09. Sno-Cone (Tribute to Albert Collins) (4:46)
10. Cream and Sugar (6:14)
11. Moonlight in Vermont (Guitar Duet) (9:17)
12. Take the "A" Train (6:29)
13. Tokyo Woman (4:16)
Personnel:
Roy Gaines - vocals, guitar
Mitsuyoshi Azuma - vocals, guitar
Hikaru Sugawa - electric piano, organ
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 hero at a local performance, and was even invited to back Walker onstage; dubbed "T-Bone Jr." thereafter, he regularly played clubs throughout the Houston area before relocating to Los Angeles two years later. There Gaines was tapped to join Roy Milton's band, followed by a stint in support of Chuck Willis; additionally, he and Walker occasionally joined forces in the years leading to the latter's 1975 death. Long a sought-after sideman, Gaines recorded infrequently as a headliner, finally releasing an LP, Gaineling, in 1982; other albums include 1996's Lucille Work for Me, 1999's I Got the T-Bone Walker Blues and 2000's New Frontier Lover. ~Bio by Jason Ankeny
Roy Gaines - vocals, guitar
Mitsuyoshi Azuma - vocals, guitar
Hikaru Sugawa - electric piano, organ
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 hero at a local performance, and was even invited to back Walker onstage; dubbed "T-Bone Jr." thereafter, he regularly played clubs throughout the Houston area before relocating to Los Angeles two years later. There Gaines was tapped to join Roy Milton's band, followed by a stint in support of Chuck Willis; additionally, he and Walker occasionally joined forces in the years leading to the latter's 1975 death. Long a sought-after sideman, Gaines recorded infrequently as a headliner, finally releasing an LP, Gaineling, in 1982; other albums include 1996's Lucille Work for Me, 1999's I Got the T-Bone Walker Blues and 2000's New Frontier Lover. ~Bio by Jason Ankeny
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