Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, RIP
Continuing The Entroporium’s series touching on some of its favorite New Orleans music…
They won’t count this one in the death toll, but it’s demonstrative of the shock and stress that Katrina is putting on her people. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, surely the owner of the best New Orleans musician nickname this side of “Frogman,” passed away yesterday yafter being forced to travel to Texas from his Slidell, LA home. Although his sound had a strongTexas influence, Brown was a fixture on the New Orleans scene and was still active as recently as April despite a long battle with cancer.
Here is one of his early jump blues hits in the style of Wynonie Harris. Though I can’t find the exact date for this, I’d place it in the 1948-52 area. This is in the popular style of the time, but instead of a bunch of one-note faux-exciting sax solos in the middle section, there’s a distinctive kick-ass blues guitar solo.
[Soundtrack]
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – Rock My Blues Away.mp3
Alligator Records’ Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown bio with streaming music
BBC: Blues star Brown dies at 81
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