Blues musician, bassist, singer and songwriter from Louisiana, USA. He started his musical career in 1959 at the age of 16 playing bass behind Slim Harpo. Throughout the 1960s he played with The Boogie Kings, and in the 1970s with Stone River Band. In the 1980s he joined Rockin' Sidney's band, and also spent five years as a writer/producer at a major studio in Houston, Texas. In the 1990s Gaar played several years with Percy Sledge, as well as released his debut solo album "Still Singing the Blues" (1995). He went on to release four more solo albums, One Hundred Pound of Trouble (1997), Mighty Long Road (2000), Home of the Blues (2003), and Friend Grits and Greens (2011).
Born: 31 October 1942 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Died: 10 July 2011 in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
2003
Sound Venture Records
CD, Album, P/Mixed
2000
Louisiana Red Hot Records
CD, Album
1997
Crosscut Records
CD, Album
2006
Not On Label
CD, Album
2000
Maranatha! Music
CD, Album
1999
Maranatha! Music
CD, Album, Club
1999
1999
1998
Not On Label
CD, Comp, Dig
1988
Crazy Cajun, The Crazy Cajun Records
7", Single
1986
Bouquet (4)
7"
1982
2006
One 20 Inc.
CD, Comp
2004
Blues Revue
CD, Smplr
2004
The Language Of New Orleans, Louisiana Red Hot Records
CD, Album, Comp
2002
Shag Archives
CD, Comp
1998
Crossroads Blues Agency
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
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