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No RIP for Gatemouth Brown; RIP Norman Whitfield

Posted by Lance Davis - September 19, 2008 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Norman Whitfield, Temptations

I’ve been taking a short respite from the Lounge, but I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to post. A few days ago, in the wake of Hurricane Ike, a friend sent me an email saying that guitar playing phenom and Texas/Gulf Coast music encyclopedia, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, was discovered missing. What makes this story […]

Black Voices and Honky Tonks

Posted by Lance Davis - May 8, 2008 - Al Green, Charley Pride, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Solomon Burke, Ted Hawkins

“I am not a blues singer, I am not a jazz singer, I am not a country and western singer. But, I am a singer that sings rhythm and blues, I am a singer that can sing country music, I am a singer that can sing jazz. There’s a big difference.” -–Ray Charles, in […]