What is Grady Gaines?
{{Infobox person | name = Grady Gaines | image = Grady Gaines.jpg | caption = Gaines performing in 2014 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|5|14}} | birth_place = [[Waskom, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|29|1934|5|14}} | death_place = [[Houston]], Texas, U.S. | spouse = Nell Gaines | relatives = [[Roy Gaines]] (brother) | occupation = Saxophonist | known_for = The Upsetters, The Texas Upsetters | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed=yes | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | instrument = [[Tenor saxophone]] | genre = [[Texas blues]], [[electric blues]] | years_active = Early 1950s–2021 | label = [[Black Top Records|Black Top]] | website = {{URL|gradygaines.com/cms_home/index.html|Official website}} }} }} '''Grady Gaines''' (May 14, 1934 – January 29, 2021) was an American [[electric blues|electric]] and [[jazz blues]] [[tenor saxophone|tenor]] [[saxophonist]]. He performed and recorded with [[Little Richard]] in the 1950s. He played with other musicians such as [[Dee Clark]], [[Little Willie John]], [[Sam Cooke]], [[James Brown]], [[Jackie Wilson]], and [[Joe Tex]]. He released three albums. Gaines died on January 29, 2021 in [[Houston]] at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Houston-blues-and-R-B-great-Grady-Gaines-dies-15909115.php|title=Houston blues and R&B great Grady Gaines dies|first=Andrew|last=Dansby|website=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=January 29, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/grady-gaines Grady Gaines Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2015)] * [https://www.gulfcoastentertainment.com/band-type/variety-bands/grady-gaines-the-texas-upsetters/ Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters at gulfcoastentertainment.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaines, Grady}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American saxoph