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Celebrate Black History: Blues man Henry Gray reflects on his career, the blues

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - When our 9News car pulls up to a small house in North Baton Rouge, there's a very large, long-hair gray striped cat, glowering at us. "His name is Smokey," said Wanda Smith, a ...
The Advocate

After heart attack, blues legend Henry Gray says, 'I’m going to stay playing my piano'

Despite a recent double health scare, artist Henry Gray has vowed to keep playing the blues music he’s loved since he was a child in north Baton Rouge. Following surgery for a collapsed lung, Gray, 92 ...
NBC Sports

Nebraska transfer DB and four-star 2020 signee Henry Gray commits to FIU

A Nebraska loss is a win for the FIU football roster. Unofficially, of course. Henry Gray on Twitter in late May announced that he will be entering the transfer database. That marked the defensive ...
WAFB

Benefit concert to help legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray now in hospice care

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Legendary Baton Rouge blues musician Henry Gray, 94, is now in hospice care, his family announced on the musician’s Facebook page. Several of Gray’s fellow blues musicians ...
The Advocate

'The world needs to hear Henry': Baton Rouge bluesman Henry Gray releases new album, '92'

Nothing can stop 92-year-old Henry Gray from playing the blues. Not time. Not illness. Not the flood that engulfed his north Baton Rouge home last year. Following his second hospitalization this year, ...