Sept. 18th, 2006 performance at the Kennedy Center on the Millennium Stage

2006 NEA National Heritage Fellowship award photo

Henry Gray has performed at virtually every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival since it's beginning. A 1998 Grammy Nominee for "A Tribute to Howlin'Wolf', who he played piano for from 1956-1968, he also performed at Mick Jagger's 55th birthday party in Paris, France in 1998 More bio info.

NEWS

NEW CD RELEASE for Henry Gray & the Cats appropriately entitled, "TIMES ARE GETTIN' HARD."-  The  initial release event is scheduled on Friday, April 24 in Baton Rouge for a special Five Alive event in downtown Baton Rouge. The CD consists of fifteen tunes (58 minutes of soulful offering). Henry wrote eleven of the tunes and seven are available for the first time on a recorded work. It will be available at Louisiana Music Factory (see link on our site). We will do an "in store" performance on Monday, April 27th @ 5:00- 5:45 pm at LMF. Also you can mail order on our site, and pick one up at at our performances.  thanks for your support!

12/07/07 - Although Henry has not qualified for another Grammy nomination as a collaborating artist for his work with Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads" which received  a 2007 Grammy Nomination in the Traditional Blues category, he did contribute to a number of songs on the CD and did the vocals on one.

06/15/06 National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2006 Recipients of Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts. Henry Gray and the Treme' Brass Band are included. more...

Harry Hypolite 1937 - 2005 R.I.P.

Check out John Sinclair's review of Henry Gray & the Cats -"Live" In Paris

On April 27, 2004 at the Louisiana Music Factory special live In-Store performance, Henry Gray & the Cats released a DVD and CD of recent concert performances at the Linonel Hampton Jazz Club in Paris.

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Henry Gray & the Cat "LIVE IN PARIS"
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Here is a video clip From Henry Gray's live performance at the Louisiana Music Factory on 10/30/99.
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