Roy Gaines - In The House: Live At Lucerne Vol.4

 

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2002
Time: 68:51 
Size: 158,7 MB 
Label: CrossCut Records
Styles: Blues 
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Introduction - 0:20
 2. Standing Up for Women's Rights - 6:11
 3. Wolfman - 4:54
 4. Hind Ends and Elbows - 5:41
 5. I Got My Thang On You - 8:33
 6. Lucille Works For Me - 5:05
 7. Too Many Men - 5:02
 8. Rag Blues - 6:32
 9. Petrol For Your Tank - 9:39
10. WC Handy Sang the Blues - 5:50
11. Southern Women - 4:01
12. New Orleans - 6:59

Musicians:
Roy Gaines - guitar, vocals
Neil Wauchope - piano/Hammond B-3
Billy Haynes - bass
Chad Wright - drums
George Pandis - trumpet
Troy Jennings - baritone sax
Johnny Viau - tenor sax

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. The Volume by Roy Gaines starts with a rock’n’soul number, full of punchy horns a la Stax Records and stinging guitar, but with every passing song it settles down and going through classic uptown blues of “I Got My Thang On You” and “Lucille Works For Me” it reaches a jazzy blues shore in “Rag Blues”. An amazing combination of styles, played with another memorable guitar tone. Not only the music is absolute high class but the sound quality, production values and packing also set high standards. If there is something as good as being there in Lucerne, sitting in a first row and listening to the blues, this is it, “In The House”. This series is as essential as “The Bluesville Years” classic blues series releases some years ago by the Prestige/Fantasy label. A must have for all serious blues fans.

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