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Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Rocks (CD)

1-CD (trifold digipak) with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.

T-Bone Walker, the 'inventor of the electric blues guitar', opened the gate and young guys like Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown raced through!

  • In the late 1940s, young Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown first conquered the stages of his home state of Texas with incredible energy and speed.
  • Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown revolutionized the way of playing the electric guitar and remains a role model for whole generations of blues guitarists to this day.
  • Recordings from 1947 to 1960 for Aladdin and Peacock.
  • Compilation of Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown brilliant, up-tempo numbers - both instrumental and vocal!
  • Carefully mastered from the best possible sources.
  • Detailed and enjoyable biography by Bill Dahl in an extensive and illustrated booklet & discography.
 
One evening in 1947 T-Bone Walker and his band headlined the then popular and huge Bronze Peacock Club in Houston. Walker had to interrupt his show for health reasons - an opportunity that the 23-year-old did not miss. On the instructions of the club owner he took T-Bone Walker's guitar and went on stage. "It was the first time I played guitar in public. Well, this crowd, man, we had about 800 people in there, and it was an all black audience. And I went up there and immediately invented 'Gatemouth Boogie'. I made about $600 in tips in about 15 minutes. That was a lot of money back then."   

Don Robey, the club owner, became his patron and producer. Dissatisfied with the first recordings produced for Aladdin in Los Angeles in 1947, he founded his first own record company, Peacock Records, for which Gatemouth produced exclusively until the early 1960s.
Chicago music historian and blues expert Bill Dahl has put together this luxuriously crafted CD album for Bear Family Records®, featuring the most exciting and innovative faster guitar recordings of Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown.  This is the most comprehensive and competent story about a chapter in Texas blues guitar history, which became so important for the future development of modern blues. The fat booklet contains the excitingly told biography, plus many photos, illustrations and a discography of the recordings on this album.

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Brown, Clarence 'Gatemouth' - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Rocks (CD) CD 1
01Okie Dokie StompClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
02Baby Take It EasyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
03Pale Dry Boogie -part IClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
04Without Me BabyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
05I Live The LifeClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
06Too Late BabyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
07Mary Is FineClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
09She Walks Right InClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
10Just Got LuckyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
11Midnight HourClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
12Ain't That DandyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
13Boogie RamblerClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
14You Got MoneyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
15Gate Walks To BoardClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
16Pale Dry Boogie -part 2Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
17Hurry Back Good NewsClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
18It Can Never Be That WayClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
19Gatemouth BoogieClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
20Gate's Salty BluesClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
21She Winked Her EyeClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
22Slop TimeClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
23That's Your Daddy Yaddy YoClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
24Atomic EnergyClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
25Depression BluesClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
26Dirty Work At The CrossroadClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
27Just Before DawnClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
28Swingin' The GateClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
29Rock My Blues AwayClarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
Clarence Gatemouth Brown Copeland war nicht die einzige Bluesgitarrengröße aus... more
"Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown"

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

Copeland war nicht die einzige Bluesgitarrengröße aus Texas, deren Karriere durch Aufnahmen für Rounder eine Renaissance erlebte. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown war in den 60er- und 70er-Jahren nicht so stark präsent, nachdem er für Don Robeys Peacock Records in Houston ein paar der innovativsten Bluesplatten der späten 40er- und frühen 50er-Jahre eingespielt hatte. Jetzt war er zurück und zeigte sein Können sowohl auf der Gitarre als auch auf der Geige und wehrte sich vehement dagegen, als Bluesmann eingestuft zu werden. Country, Jazz, Calypso, Swing – Gate konnte es alles mit Stolz vortragen.

"Ich bin ein Musiker. Ich spiele alles", sagte Brown. "Ich hasse es, in einer Richtung festzuhängen. Ich will nie in eine Schublade gesteckt werden, dafür werde ich sorgen!" Ein weiterer äußerst vielseitiger Gitarrist, der Country-Picker Roy Clark, brachte Gates großes Comeback ins Rollen, als er ihn 1979 zu einem gemeinsamen Album einlud, 'Makin' Music' auf MCA. "Roy kam und sagte: 'Lass uns eine LP machen!",sagte Brown. "Es war einfach eine Jam-Session, aber es gelang sehr gut." 

Gate war bei Rounder auf sich allein gestellt. Von Jim Bateman und Scott Billington im Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana, produziert, war 'Alright Again!' 1981 Browns erstes Album für diese Plattenfirma, eingespielt mit seiner regulären Rhythmusgruppe (Pianist Larry Sieberth, Bassist Myron Dove und Drummer Lloyd Herrman) plus fünfköpfigem Bläsersatz. Brown wurde auf seinem eigenen satirischen Dollar Got The Blues etwas funky, und Stanton Davis Jr. steuerte zwei Chorusse Trompetensolo bei. Gates Gitarrensound hatte sich im Vergleich zu seiner angezerrten, explosiven Attacke Anfang der 50er-Jahre völlig verändert. Er spielte so schnell wie immer, aber zeigte seine exquisite Technik jetzt auf einer Gibson Firebird auf dezentere, jazzigere und absolut einzigartige Weise.

"Ich spiele auf allen Instrumenten Bläserlinien", sagte er. "Was immer ich spiele, ich versuche es auf meinen eigenen Sound hinzubiegen. Und dann verwende ich kein Plektrum. Ich kann mein Instrument kontrollieren, nicht das Instrument mich."Brown hatte schon immer mit Kapodaster gespielt."Das ist mein Markenzeichen",sagte er."So hab ich's gelernt, so spiele ich."

Gate machte viele weitere Platten für Rounder, Alligator und Verve/Gitanes, bevor  2004 bei ihm Lungenkrebs diagnostiziert wurde. Hurricane Katrina unterbrach seine letzten Tage in Slidell, Louisiana, und Brown starb am 10. September 2005 in seiner alten Heimatstadt Orange, Texas. Seine künstlerische Bandbreite war wirklich einmalig.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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Tracklist
Brown, Clarence 'Gatemouth' - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Rocks (CD) CD 1
01 Okie Dokie Stomp
02 Baby Take It Easy
03 Pale Dry Boogie -part I
04 Without Me Baby
05 I Live The Life
06 Too Late Baby
07 Mary Is Fine
09 She Walks Right In
10 Just Got Lucky
11 Midnight Hour
12 Ain't That Dandy
13 Boogie Rambler
14 You Got Money
15 Gate Walks To Board
16 Pale Dry Boogie -part 2
17 Hurry Back Good News
18 It Can Never Be That Way
19 Gatemouth Boogie
20 Gate's Salty Blues
21 She Winked Her Eye
22 Slop Time
23 That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo
24 Atomic Energy
25 Depression Blues
26 Dirty Work At The Crossroad
27 Just Before Dawn
28 Swingin' The Gate
29 Rock My Blues Away