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  • 2000 Living Blues Award "Herausragendster Gitarrist"
  • 1999 Living Blues Award "Musiker-Comeback des Jahres"
  • 1999 W.C. Handy Award "Verdient grössere Aufmerksamkeit"
  • 2000 Living Blues Award "Most Outstanding Guitarist"
  • 1999 Living Blues Award "Comeback Artist Of The Year"
  • 1999 W.C. Handy Award "Most Deserving Of Wider Recognition"

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ROY GAINES
 In The House - Live At Lucerne Vol.4
CrossCut CCD 11074 Digipak®
Recorded 2001
Playing time 68:53
12 tracks

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  1. Introduction
  2. Standing Up For Women's Rights
  3. Wolfman
  4. Hind Ends And Elbows
  5. I Got My Thang On You
  6. Lucille Works For Me
  7. Too Many Men
  8. Rag Blues
  9. Petrol For Your Tank
  10. W.C. Handy Sang The Blues
  11. Southern Women
  12. New Orleans

ROY GAINES - guitar/vocals
NEIL WAUCHOPE - piano/organ,
BILLY HAYNES - bass,
CHAD WRIGHT - drums,
GEORGE PANDIS - trumpet,
TROY JENNINGS - baritone,
JOHNNY VIAU - tenor

(A CCR Productions Recording)

Im Jahre 2000 wurde er von den Lesern der us-amerikanischen Magazins 'Living Blues' zum derzeit herausragendsten Gitarristen gewählt. Ein Jahr zuvor gewann er den prestigeträchtigen 'W.C.Handy Award' - kurzum: Roy Gaines zählt zu den grossen Blues-Persönlicheiten unserer Tage und ist zweifelsohne einer der faszinierendsten Gitarristen und Sänger. Geboren in Houston, Texas spielte er schon früh Gitarre und wurde mit vierzehn Jahren erstmals von seinem Idol T-Bone Walker auf die Bühne geholt. Mit 20 machte er erste eigene Aufnahmen, spielte danach für Bobby "Blue" Bland und Big Mama Thornton, bevor er nach NYC ging und dort zu einem gefragten Session-Musiker für verschiedene Stilrichtungen wurde. In den Siebzigern war er Mitglied der berühmten Crusaders. Heute gilt Gaines als einer der besten und erfolgreichsten elektrischen Bluesgitarristen. Mit seinem vollen, hier nahezu aggressiven Ton und seiner originellen Mischung aus treibenden texanischen Shuffles und dem Swing aus New Orleans spielt er in einer eigenen Klasse. Live entzündet Gaines ein Feuerwerk von schier unglaublicher musikalischer Intensität. Sein Gitarrenstil ist Texas pur! Von T-Bone Walker bis zu schweisstreibenden Shuffles . á la Billy Gibbons, von gefühlvollen, nahezu jazzigen Phrasen bis zu schwergewichtigen rockigen Nummern ist alles vertreten. "In The House", ein weiterer Live-Mitschnitt vom" Lucerne Blues Festival in der Schweiz, spiegelt die ungebremste Kraft und die Vielseitigkeit dieses grossartigen Bluesmannes wieder!

 

In the year 2000, the readers of 'Living Blues Magazin' voted Roy Gaines "Most Outstanding Guitarist". The year before he won a prestigous 'W.C. Handy Award'. Today, Roy Gaines must be regarded one of the greatest living blues personalities. As a guitar player, he's one of a handful of best players, ever! Born in Houston into a musical family, Roy learned to play the guitar at an early age. T-Bone Walker was his hero, and at fourteen he met him at a local show. Soon he began fraternizing with other young local blues players such as Clarence Hollimon, or Johnny Copeland. He made his first recordings at age 20. Soon after he began working for Big Mama Thornton, and Bobby "Blue" Bland before he moved to NYC. There he became a much-in-demand session player. For most of the 1970s he was a member of the famous Crusaders. Today, Roy Gaines is one of the greatest urban electric blues guitar players and singers. With his full-bodied tone and his unique blend of Texas style shuffles and New Orleans swing he is winning new fans in the blues community. In The House", recorded at the renown 'Lucerne Blues Festival' in" Switzerland, perfectly reflects that raw musical energy and the versatility of this great bluesman. His style is pure Texas, from T-Bone Walker style blues and jazz, to the hard-rocking ryhthm of Billy Gibbons. If you are into powerful and real" electric blues guitar, this one" should become one of your favorites!

Reviews

The Volume by Roy Gaines starts with a rock’n’soul number, full of punchy horns a la Stax Records and stinging guitar, but with every passing song it settles down and going through classic uptown blues of "I Got My Thang On You" and "Lucille Works For Me" it reaches a jazzy blues shore in "Rag Blues". An amazing combination of styles, played with another memorable guitar tone. Not only the music is absolute high class (...) but the sound quality, production values and packing also set high standards. I love this kind of live production, real concert played from the first song to the last one, no silence or fading. If there is something as good as being there in Lucerne, sitting in a first row and listening to the blues, this is it, "In The House". This series is as essential as "The Bluesville Years" classic blues series releases some years ago by the Prestige/Fantasy label. A must have for all serious blues fans.
Radio Brawo
2008-05
Przemek Draheim

Snapping and snarling from the off, Gaines' fiery guitar tone and blast furnace vocals suggest he's been inhaling the same brimstone fumes that inspired Johnny Copeland. (...) The opening three tracks (...) present as dirty, raw and powerful a barrage, perpetrated by all involved, imaginable.
Juke Blues
June 2003 #53
Bill Moodie

...high calorie, full fat, screaming guitar (...). Plenty hot guitar work (...) It has potential to draw in people to whom the blues doesn't generally appeal too much.
Blues & Rhythm
March 2003
Ray Templeton

...eine mörderische Blues-E-Gitarre. (...) klingt unglaublich frisch. (...) Der Sound ist erstklassig. Die exquisite Aufmachung der Digi-Pack CD übrigens auch. (...) 6-köpfige Backing Band mit famosen Bläsersätzen. "Vibrationen":********
Banzai!
Winter 2003
Frank Plaßmeyer

He picks up with this 2001 'Live in Lucerne' recording with a greasy band in tow. (...) Gaines might well be a descendant of the T-Bone Walker guitar school, but there's little sign of that here; this is high-powered modern blues with an occasional nod to
Roy Gaines is one of the most exciting and endearing blues guitarists plying his trade today and his fearless work here is a testament to his work ethic; surrounding himself with young journeymen who provide effortless support and add plenty of spark. Hats off to Crosscut Records for seeing the importance of these artists and recording them in a 'live' context. The utmost care was taken in putting these discs together and each one of them boasts crystal clear sound and fine packaging.
Various (Living Blues/Internet)
December 2002
Craig Ruskey

Also Available

The complete CD-series of live-recordings from the Lucerne Blues Festival:
ccd 11065CCD 11065 BOB STROGER & HIS CHICAGO BLUES LEGENDS feat. THE KEN SAYDAK TRIO
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.1
ccd 11066CCD 11066 JOHNNY JONES & CHARLES WALKER
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.2
ccd 11068CCD 11068 LITTLE AL THOMAS & THE CRAZY HOUSE BAND
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.3
ccd 11074CCD 11074 ROY GAINES
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.4
ccd 11078CCD 11078 CARL WEATHERSBY
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.5
ccd 11081CCD 11081 Down Home Super Trio
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.6
ccd 11084CCD 11084 OTIS CLAY
In The House - Live at Lucerne Vol.7