Canned Heat – Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Live at Montreux

It's the Birthday of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born on April 18, back in 1924 and passed away on September 10, 2005.

He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun and R & B styles" (New York Times obituary).[2]

He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. He won a Grammy Award for Traditional Blues in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!

You can read all about him here RIP Clarence Gatemouth Brown @ SqueezeMyLemon.

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Blues At Montreux Blu-ray DVD

Blues At Montreux [Blu-ray]


According to a reviewer at Amazon.com;

This is like getting 3 Great blues concerts for the price of 1. Each artist has his own stage performance along with a guest performance of Corlos Santana. The video is top notch as well as the Audio. Each of these blues artists are legions in there own right and there performances show why. The back up musicians for all 3 are extremely tight and are well practiced in their art. This recording holds the last live recorded video of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. A blues super hero who will be sorely missed. Santana is always in the back ground and never takes over the show, I liked that very much. His performances were stunning never the less, showing the various styles he can adapt to. If you are a blues fan or a Santana fan this will make you both. Don't deprive yourself, get this one!

Songs Of The Rolling Stones: All Blues'd Up!

While doing some research on a Rolling Stone's song I came across the mp3 album Songs Of The Rolling Stones: All Blues'd Up!.

I'm not sure how this album slipped under my radar, but I missed it back when it was released in July 9th, 2002.

And I would like to present it to you today, because I love how it highlights the blues music of the Rolling Stones and because their songs are performed by some great blues musicians.

Songs of the Rolling Stones: All Blues'd Up
(This Ain't No Tribute Series)

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Track Listing

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1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Luther Allison

2. Tumblin' Dice - Johnny Copeland

3. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Junior Wells

4. Wild Horses - Otis Clay

5. Honky Tonk Women - Taj Mahal

6. Sway - Alvin Youngblood Hart

7. Ventilation Blues - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

8. Beast of Burden - Willie 'Popsy' Dixon

9. Under My Thumb - Lucky Peterson

10. It's All Over Now - Bobby Womack

11. Midnight Rambler - Larry McCray

12. Heart of Stone - Joe Louis Walker

13. Moonlight Mile - Alvin Youngblood Hart

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It's the Birthday of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born on April 18, back in 1924 and passed away on September 10, 2005.

He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun and R & B styles" (New York Times obituary).[2]

He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. He won a Grammy Award for Traditional Blues in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!

You can read all about him here RIP Clarence Gatemouth Brown @ SqueezeMyLemon.

Clarence Gatemouth Brown @Amazon.com

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Ike Disturbes Clarence Gatemouth Brown's Rest

A SqueezeMyLemon reader Johncn left the following comment;

It appears that a DIFFERENT bluesman by the name of Brown - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - had Hurricane Ike wash his grave and casket away over the weekend. Exactly three years after his death following Hurricane Katrina. Bizarre.

He also provided a link to the AP article that documents the incident; Even dead seemed to try to flee Ike's wrath. The article begins with;

ORANGE, Texas (AP) -- Hurricane Katrina chased bluesman Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown from his adopted home in New Orleans to his hometown here on the Texas Gulf Coast, where he died in exile. Now, another hurricane has disturbed his rest.

And while this is bizarre, it is a common occurrence down in Louisiana. There are many stories of graves being washed up and people's bodies being washed back to their home town.

A couple of friends, who are originally from Houston, and I were just talking about this on the weekend. My friends' brother and father got a lot of damage to their property from Ike.

May God bless Gatmouth's soul and allow him a final resting place. And may God help all those who suffer during these big storms.

Sad News About Clarence Gatemouth Brown

In a recent post titled No Rest For Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown? About.com blogger Reverend Keith A. Gordon brought to my attention the problem of Gatemouth's grave not having a marker.

The full story was reported in a Beaumont Enterprise article Marking Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's legacy.

An account for Gatemouth Brown is set up at Sabine Federal Credit Union in Orange, Texas: Gatemouth Brown Memorial Committee Acct # 1892149.

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Apr 18 was the Birthday of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

In honor of the birthdate of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown who was born on April 18, back in 1924 and who passed away on September 10, 2005, I'd like to present an mp3s by him.

You can read all about him here RIP Clarence Gatemouth Brown @ SqueezeMyLemon.

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Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Information Blues mp3

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mp3s by Clarence "Gate Mouth" Brown, RIP Mr. Brown

RIP Mr. Brown

Grammy-award winning guitarist and singer Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown has died in Texas at the age of 81.

The musician, who recorded with Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder and Frank Zappa during a career that spanned 50 years, died surrounded by his family at his brother's home in Orange, Texas.

Please check out his web site @ Gatemouth.com for more information about this great bluesman who is a national treasure.

Texan Blues star Brown dies at 81 @ the BBC.

mp3s are in red;

"Okie Dokie Stomp"

"One More Mile"

"Information Blues"

"Real Life"

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