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Keeping the blues alive: Portraits of Texas' great, surviving blues musicians
Jul 24, 2012 | 2:14 pm
The Texas musicians who continue to give a voice to the blues, a seemingly fading genre of music.
Grady Gaines, shot at Goode's Armadillo Palace [http: /www.thearmadillopalace.com]in Houston. Gaines was band leader for Little Richard and Sam Cooke [https://www.songsofsamcooke.com/], recording classics like "Long Tall Sally" and a "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On." Since then he's played with the greatest R&B artists.
Photo by A.L. Carter