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Lee Gates

Lee Gates

Powerhouse Guitar Slinger

Lee Gates was born in Mississippi and moved to Milwaukee as a teenager where he has been playing his brand of down home blues for the past 50 years. Blues legend Albert Collins is his first cousin and you can hear the family influence in Lee Gates' fluid guitar style and tone. In 1959 Lee Gates migrated to Milwaukee where he found work performing with the house band at Wilson's Club at 10th and Center Streets for 15 years straight. It is not until 1974 that he met his legendary cousin Albert Collins. "My daddy's brother had a lot of kids out there in Texas. I never met them as a child, but we all knew of each other. When Albert Collins came to Milwaukee I showed him around and we did some gigs together. Every time he came to town we would go out and eat supper together, he was a good friend to me."

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Lee Gates in Salina, Kansas 2004

Lee Gates in Salina, Kansas 2004. Review and photos by Dave Glackin and John Volk.

Lee Gates and the Alabama Cotton Kings

CD review by James Calemine.

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Lee Gates at Mississippi Valley Blues Fest 2004

Lee Gates photos at roblumbard.com.

Lee Gates at Mississippi Valley Blues Fest 2004

Lee Gates at Mississippi Valley Blues Fest 2004.

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Lee Gates photo by Christine Taylor.

Lee Gates Audio Files

Lee Gates - My Wife Left Me

Lee Gates - My Wife Left Me. MP3 file, runtime 07:33.

Lee Gates - Down to the Ghetto

Lee Gates - Down to the Ghetto. MP3 file, runtime 02:54.

Lee Gates - Lucy's Voodoo

Lee Gates - Lucy's Voodoo. MP3 file, runtime 03:10.

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