Milton "Gristle" Howard Clarence Hollimon (October 24, 1937 – April 23, 2000) was an American guitarist.
He dropped out of Wheatley High School to play full time for Bill Harvey's Orchestra.
[1] He returned to Houston the following year and resumed work with Duke and Peacock.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, his music would slow due to substance abuse.
[2] In 1983, he married fellow blues musician Carol Fran, whom he previously met at the Dew Drop Inn in 1958.