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Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Texas Swing
Genres: Blues, Pop

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Frosty - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Collins, Albert [1]
2. Strollin' With Bones - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Walker, Vida Lee
3. I Wonder - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Gant, Cecil
4. Ain't That Dandy - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
5. Baby Take It Easy - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
6. Sometimes I Slip - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
7. I Feel Alright Again - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Malone, Deadric
8. Alligator Boogaloo - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Donaldson, Lou
9. Dollar Got the Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
10. Near Baku - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
11. Gate Walks to Board - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Board, Johnny
12. Information Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Milton, Roy
13. Song for Rene? (Gate's Tune) - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]
14. Stranded - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Malone, Deadric
15. Big Yard - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Homer
16. One More Mile - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Homer
17. Flippin' Out - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Brown, Clarence [1]

CD Details

All Artists: Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Title: Texas Swing
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Genres: Blues, Pop
Styles: Regional Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 011661152724

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

These 17 tracks compose two of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's albums from the early 1980s, the Grammy Award-winning Alright Again! and the Grammy-nominated One More Mile. As the preceding suggests, this is Gate at his best, winding his way through blues, jazz, country, and all points in between with a surety that puts many a non-genre-crossing artist to shame. Whether he's taking the lead with guitar (highlights include "Alligator Boogaloo" and "Frosty"), vocals (listen to him growl on "Stranded"), or especially violin (head right for "Song for Renee"), Gate never misses a step--and sometimes he steps back to let others take the lead, as with Bill Samuel's gorgeous tenor sax solo on "Gate Walks to Board." Overall, it's a great blend of Texas blues and swing, the latter done with enough sincerity and aplomb to leave the swing revivalists of the late '90s in the dust. --Genevieve Williams

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CD Reviews

Gatemouth Swings the Blues

F. Norman Vickers | Pensacola, FL United States | 05/09/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Clarence " Gatemouth" Brown does it again with an eclectic mix of blues and swing tunes with a small group of all-stars. Performing on fiddle (violin & viola), guitar and vocals, Brown plays with outstanding jazzmen such as trumpeter Nicholas Payton and tenor saxman Tony Dagradi, both New Orleans based.There were familiar standards such as Ellington's "I'm Beginning to See the Light," Don't Get Around Much Any More," and Mercer's "Thing's Ain't What They Used to Be." Two Charlie Parker-Jay McShann tunes are represented here with "Hootie Blues" and "Jumpin' the Blues."Of the several tunes new to me, I particularly liked "Swamp Ghost" written by Gatemouth, among others. It featured Joe Krown on organ.On listening to this album, it was reminsicent of small-group material played by Basie with some vocals reminding me ofthe late blues master Joe Williams. This is one I'll want to hear again and again."

Smokin Blues !!!

F. Norman Vickers | 07/18/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"On my first date with my husband he took me to see Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown at a Blues Club in Dallas. The best blues I have ever heard. I recommend any and all of his music."