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(2016/Wolf) 18 tracks Great piano blues by the Louisiana & Chicago legend Henry Gray. The songs... more

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Henry Gray: Shake A Hand (CD)

(2016/Wolf) 18 tracks
Great piano blues by the Louisiana & Chicago legend Henry Gray. The songs are from 6 different concerts and one studio session from 1994 - 1995. Feat.: Derek Holt - gtr, Big Mo - gtr, Andrea Curbelo - gtr. and many more

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Interpret: Henry Gray
Album titlle: Shake A Hand (CD)
Label WOLF
Genre Blues
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0799582063427
weight in Kg 0.1

Gray, Henry - Shake A Hand (CD) CD 1
01	The Baron's Introduction	Henry Gray
02	Shake A Hand	Henry Gray
03	How Long	Henry Gray
04	Sweet Home Chicago	Henry Gray
05	All In My Sleep	Henry Gray
06	Down Home Blues	Henry Gray
07	It Hurts Me too	Henry Gray
08	I'm A Lucky Man	Henry Gray
09	Sinner's Prayer	Henry Gray
10	How Can You Do It?	Henry Gray
11	Little Red Rooster	Henry Gray
12	Boogie In The Dark	Henry Gray
13	Tutti Frutti	Henry Gray
14	Everybody's Fishing	Henry Gray
15	What I'd Say	Henry Gray
16	Howling For My Darling	Henry Gray
17	My Girl Josephine	Henry Gray
18	Goiod Bye Baby	Henry Gray

Henry Gray Henry Gray had been born in Kenner outside New Orleans in 1925, but he was raised... more

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"Henry Gray"

Henry Gray

Henry Gray had been born in Kenner outside New Orleans in 1925, but he was raised in Alsen, just north of Baton Rouge and after some years in the north he came back to settle in Baton Rouge in 1968. By that time, he was a veteran of the Howlin' Wolf band and had played piano for all the stars of the Chicago blues scene. Tired of the touring life he became a roofer for the parish school board by day and an occasional musician by night. He formed the Cats with drummer Zack 'The Cat' Gaines. When things stabilized for Gray in Baton Rouge, he took to playing organ as often as piano. In 1970 he recorded for Jay Miller's BLUES UNLIMITED label and for ARHOOLIE and started to appear at all the local jazz and blues festivals.

On this solo performance, just piano and vocal, Gray confirms his mastery of the barrelhouse piano blues and sings with a quality that belies his limited chances as a recorded singer.

From 1977, Gray started to accept offers to tour in Eu- rope on the back of recordings for a German label, BLUEBEAT. Since then, he has been in demand at festi- vals across the United States and Europe and has recorded albums for specialist labels like BLIND PIG, WOLF, TELARC, BLUE HOUSE, LUCKY CAT, and HIGHTONE. He appeared in Martin Scorsese’s PBS series 'The Blues,' and in 2006 he was awarded the National Her- itage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment for the Arts. At the time of this writing, he is still playing.

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Extract from: Various Artists - Blues Kings Of Baton Rouge (2-CD) - BCD17512
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