Lee Gates
Blues CDs, music & Biography
- Style: Delta Blues
- Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Label: Music Maker Relief Foundation
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's fluid guitar style and tone.
According to lee: “When Albert 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."
“One must rejoice in the 'happening' of [Lee's CD], especially the glorious tone of Lee’s guitar. After performing for 52 years, I have a feeling that Lee is just beginning his recording career.”
-Tim Duffy, MMRF president
