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A protege of the legendary <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">T-Bone Walker</a>, electric bluesman Roy Gaines was born in Houston in 1934; the product of a musical family -- his older brother <a href="spotify:artist:2x7XBJCO6s1CgRjpEJfdeR">Grady</a> later went on to play saxophone in <a href="spotify:artist:4xls23Ye9WR9yy3yYMpAMm">Little Richard</a>'s famed backing band the Upsetters -- he initially played the piano in emulation of <a href="spotify:artist:7v4imS0moSyGdXyLgVTIV7">Nat King Cole</a>, but as a teen moved to the guitar. A huge admirer of <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">Walker</a>'s work, at 14 Gaines met his hero at a local performance, and was even invited to back <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">Walker</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:02tMtF5FVucqAJW2TQB9ig">Roy Milton</a>'s band, followed by a stint in support of <a href="spotify:artist:21uawITknPcgjwdJuvpcGE">Chuck Willis</a>; additionally, he and <a href="spotify:artist:6nPKmEbQmR8jGZEm7ArOFX">Walker</a> 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. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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