Tracks:
1. Rock My Blues Away 2. Half Steppin' 3. Hootie Blues 4. Front Burner 5. I'm Beginning To See The Light 6. Swamp Ghost 7. Without Me Baby 8. Gate Swings Again 9. Strange Things Happen 10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 11. Guitar In My Hand 12. Jumpin' The Blues 13. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Details Format: CD Release Date: 1999-06-29 UPC: 731454-75362-3 Item ID: 148926 Studio: Blue Thumb Records ProductID: VRV547536.2
Album Notes
Personnel: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Kaye Dorian (vocals); Raymond Moore, Wes Anderson, Eric Demmer (alto saxophone); Anthony Dagradi, Eric Traub (tenor saxophone); Anthony T. Frigo (baritone saxophone); Nicholas Payton, Bernard Floyd, Robert Campo (trumpet); Steve Suter, Peter McEachern, Jerry Verges, Jr., John H. Touchy (trombone); Joseph Krown (keyboards); Harold Floyd (bass); David S. Peters (drums). Producers: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Jim Bateman.
Recorded at Ultrasonic Recording Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana from January 4-6, 1999.
AMERICAN MUSIC delivers 13 tracks in the big band, horn-dominated context Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown fans have come to love. The sound here, as orchestrated by Wardell Quezergue, is polished, airtight, and, at times, positively overwhelming. Brown's guitar (characterized here by a subtler, jazzier feel than the slashing attack of his youth) and violin playing are showcased in the opener, "Rock My Blues Away." The pace quickens with wildly swinging cuts such as "Half Steppin'" and the Jay McShann/Charlie Parker number "Jumpin' The Blues," then slows with the steamy, languid blues of Percy Mayfield's "Strange Things Happen."
Age has given Brown's singing a weathered texture that makes up in character what it lacks in agility, but his deft instrumental chops, as evidenced by the album's three Duke Ellington covers, are dazzling as ever. This is yet another superior set from one of America's musical treasures.
Primary Artist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Album Credits
David Farrell (Engineer) Nicholas Payton (Contributing Artist) Wessell Anderson (Contributing Artist)