Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

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Gatemouth is a Texas legend who plays as many kinds of music as he does instruments. A true master of the blues guitar, adept with violin, harmonica, bass, and drums, as well as a fine, rough singer, Brown has never been content to be pigeonholed into any one style. Calypso, jazz, country and blues are all mixed into his folky, funky, roots-driven sound, which benefits from the breadth of Brown's instrumental prowess. His originally stinging, trebly tone on the guitar (which was to influence the great bluesmen Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland) developed into a smoother, jazzier sound over the years and can't really be compared to anyone else. Brown is just as happy fiddling a hoedown, writing a blues number with biting lyrics, or playing a Big Band jazz chart.