The rest is history -- Porch music -- "Cut out all that noise!" -- Tearing up them houses -- Down at Peacock Studios -- Like nothin' they'd ever seen -- Dancin' and steppin' -- Road warriors -- Exit stage left -- "Ain't nothin' for a stepper" -- In the studio -- Still blowin'
Summary
GRADY GAINES, from Houston, Texas, was the musical director and saxophonist for Little Richard's seminal backing band the Upsetters during the rock 'n' roll icon's biggest hitmaking era in the mid-1950s. He continues to perform as leader of Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters. ROD EVANS is an award-winning, Houston-based freelance journalist, writer, and editor
