Keyboard player: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles
Vocals: Gail Nobles
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Roy Gaines! You know what he said?

Roy: I’ll be a blues man for life.

Now Roy is saying that he can be badder than bad. Treat him right. Just look for Roy Gaines Badder Than Bad (Live) on Spotify.

Gaines is a renowned legendary Blues Artist born in Watson, Texas. He is the younger brother of the blues musician Grady Gaines.

Gaines can really play a guitar. He was moved to playing the guitar in his adolescence. In his teens he was aquatinted with the guitarist Johnny Copeland. By the age of 14, Roy had performed onstage backing his hero, T-Tone Walker, and played in Houston nightclubs. He later moved to Los Angeles California. Gaines played as a backing musician on recordings by other well known artists like Bobby Bland and Big Mama Thornton.

Roy has the old time blues sound. (Singing) ….
Those are the words he sings when he sings Badder than Bad. ……(singing) ….
You can’t help but listen to him sing. It’s like hearing somebody warning somebody that’s it’s gonna be a show down if they don’t do right.

So if you like the old time blues, you should check out the style of Roy Gaines. He got the blues that you want to hear.

I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Podcast and Blues.