Mr.
Cates played bass on the third and fourth albums. Randy lives in Texas with his
wife and family.
Randy started out in Fort Worth, sold everything and
moved to LA. He was playing at the "Brass Ring" club with Bill Lordan when he
first met Rico and Owl. Gypsy hired Lordan and later hired Randy. Willie Weeks
(bass) had left Gypsy to play with Donny Hathoway. After Gypsy disbanded,
Randy went back to Texas to play with the Stratoblasters for five years. The Stratoblasters
toured with Rolling Stones and Albert Collins and played a party for the Stones
with Keith Richards sitting in.
Randy Cates currently lives in Texas and would like to hear from music fans. His e-mail address is RRJewelry1@aol.com.
Randy Cates & Buddy Whittington (John Mayhall) 2008
