
Roy Gaines
Biography
Roy James Gaines (August 12, 1937 – August 11, 2021) was an American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He wrote and recorded the song "A Hell of a Night", which was first issued on his 1982 album Gainelining. He was the younger brother of the blues musician Grady Gaines.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
337 releases · 85 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 496
- Other credits · 17
- Production · 12
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Regent Sound Studios, New York City · The Village Recorder · RPM International Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Coleman Hawkins
- Ray Charles
- The Jazz Crusaders
- Jimmy Rushing
- Albert King
- Gene Allison
- Chuck Willis










