Roy Gaines - I Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (1999/2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Roy Gaines - I Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (1999/2015) [DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

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Roy Gaines - I Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (1999/2015)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 53:19 minutes | 1,38 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 53:19 minutes | 1,17 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Roy Gaines is the greatest living blues guitarist that you probably don't know anything about. He also possesses one of the most magnificent blues voices around. Born in Houston in 1937, Roy started playing the guitar as a teenager and soon developed a reputation as an instrumental prodigy. By 14, he was actually being invited on stage to play with the legendary T-Bone Walker during the latter's live gigs in Houston and became known as T-Bone Jr. By his early 20s, Gaines was playing and recording with Roy Milton's band in LA, but returned to Houston to join the Duke/Peacock blues label as a full time session guitarist on such seminal blues recordings as Bobby Bland's "It's My Life Baby" and Junior Parker's "Driving Me Mad."

On this Grove Note release, guitarist Roy Gaines pays tribute to his hero T-Bone Walker. I Got the T-Bone Walker Blues contains the Walker classics "T-Bone Blues," "Stormy Monday," "T-Bone Shuffle," and "Westside Baby" along with Hank Williams' "Honky Tonk Blues." Backed by a full band highlighted by Clifford Solomon and George Parker on tenor saxophones, Will Miller on trumpet, and the Mighty Flyers' rhythm section, Gaines reminds listeners of Walker's role as a leader who wasn't afraid to incorporate swing, jazz, and country into his blues style.