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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Person · male · United States · Vinton · born 1924 · died 2005 · recording since 1947

American blues musician (1924-2005)

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Also known as Clarence "Gatermouth" Brown · Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown · Clarence 'Gatermouth' Brown · Clarence Brown · Clarence Gatemouth Brown · Clearence Gatemouth Brown · +2 more

Debut: 1947
Recording span: 58 years
Release groups: 69
Awards: 2
Timeline events: 27
Wiki language versions: 15

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Timeline

27 events▣ Album 23◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1† Death 1

1920s
1. 18 April 1924 · Birth
  Born 1924-04-18
  source: wikidata
1940s
1. 1947 · Debut release
  Debut release: Gatemouth Boogie / After Sunset
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1973 · Album
  Album: The Drifter Rides Again
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1974 · Album
  Album: San Antonio Ballbuster
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1975 · Album
  Album: Bogalusa Boogie Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1976 · Album
  Album: Blackjack
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1979 · Album
  Album: Makin' Music
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1982 · Album
  Album: Alright Again!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1982 · Award
  Won: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
  source: wikidata
3. 1983 · Album
  Album: One More Mile
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1987 · Album
  Album: Real Life
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Album
  Album: Standing My Ground
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1992 · Album
  Album: No Looking Back
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 30 June 1993 · Album
  Album: Let the Good Times Roll
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: The Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1996 · Album
  Album: Long Way Home
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1997 · Album
  Album: Gate Swings
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1999 · Album
  Album: The Blues Ain't Nothing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1999 · Album
  Album: Guitar in My Hand
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 29 June 1999 · Album
  Album: American Music, Texas Style
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Sings Louis Jordan: The Definitive Black and Blue Sessions
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 July 2001 · Album
  Album: Back to Bogalusa
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2004 · Album
  Album: Timeless
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2005 · Album
  Album: Heat Wave
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 10 September 2005 · Death
  Died 2005
  source: wikidata
6. 2006 · Album
  Album: Dirty Work at the Crossroads 1947–1953
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2006 · Album
  Album: Down South in the Bayou Country
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,087 words · 9 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372176988

Biography

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005) was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He was best-known as a blues performer, but his music was often eclectic and also touched on genres including country, jazz and rock and roll. Brown won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!Alright Again!1982 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1FrostyA2Strollin’ With BonesA3Give Me Time to ExplainA4Baby Take It EasyA5Sometimes I SlipB1I Feel Alright AgainB2Alligator BoogalooB3Dollar Got the BluesB4Honey in the Be‐BoB5Gate Walks to Board

Early life

Brown was born in Vinton, Louisiana, and raised near Orange, Texas. His father was a railroad worker and local musician who taught him several musical instruments, including fiddle by age 5; as well as piano and guitar. He had at least one brother.

Career

Brown was performing guitar by age ten. He also played drums in swing bands as a teenager.

1940s and 1950s

Brown served in the military during World War II. His professional music career began in 1945, playing drums in San Antonio, Texas. He was given the nickname "Gatemouth" by a high school teacher who said he had a "voice like a gate". His career was boosted when he attended a concert by T-Bone Walker in Don Robey's Bronze Peacock Houston nightclub in 1947; Walker became ill, and Brown took up his guitar and quickly wrote and played "Gatemouth Boogie", to the delight of the audience.
In 1949 Robey founded Peacock Records in order to showcase Brown's virtuoso guitar work. Brown's "Mary Is Fine" backed with "My Time Is Expensive" was a hit for Peacock in 1949. A string of Peacock releases in the 1950s were less successful commercially, but were nonetheless pioneering musically. Particularly notable was the 1954 instrumental "Okie Dokie StompOkie Dokie Stomp1999 · Album · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Stranded3:552Frosty3:493I Feel Alright Again2:354Sunrise Cajun Style3:565Sometimes I Slip6:376One More Mile4:177The Drifter10:048Real Life3:529Okie Dokie Stomp4:1310Information Blues3:2511Gate Walks to Board4:0412Dollar Got the Blues4:48", in which Brown solos continuously over a punchy horn section (other instrumentals from this period include "Boogie Uproar" and "Gate Walks to Board"). "Okie Dokie Stomp" was also recorded by Cornell Dupree in the 1970s, who also had a commercial success with it. As for his gutsy violin playing, Robey allowed Brown to record "Just Before Dawn", his final release on the Peacock label, in 1959.

1960s and 1970s

In the 1960s Brown moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to participate in a syndicated R&B television show, and while he was there recorded several country singles. He struck up a friendship with Roy Clark and made several appearances on the television show Hee Haw. In 1966, Brown was the musical director for the house band on the short-lived television program, The !!!! Beat. Later in the decade, he worked as a deputy sheriff in New Mexico.
However, in the early 1970s several countries in Europe had developed an appreciation for American roots music, especially the blues, and Brown was a popular and well-respected artist there. He toured Europe twelve times, beginning in 1971 and continuing throughout the 1970s. He also became an official ambassador for American music, and participated in several tours sponsored by the U.S. State Department, including an extensive tour of Eastern Africa. Brown appeared at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he jammed with American blues rock band Canned Heat, playing guitar and harmonica. In 1974, he recorded as a sideman with the New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair on his album, Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (originally a Blue Star Records release). He moved to New Orleans in the late 1970s. In 1979, through his manager at the time, Jim Halsey, Brown embarked on a 6-week, 44 concert tour of the Soviet Union. This was an historic event as it marked the first time the Soviet Union made a contract with a U.S. private citizen (Jim Halsey) as regards a musical tour. All previous tours were under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. This was by far the most extensive tour an American band had taken in the USSR.

Later years

In the 1980s, a series of releases on Rounder Records and Alligator Records revitalized his U.S. career, and he toured extensively and internationally, usually playing between 250 and 300 shows a year. He won a Grammy in 1982 for the album Alright Again!Alright Again!1982 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1FrostyA2Strollin’ With BonesA3Give Me Time to ExplainA4Baby Take It EasyA5Sometimes I SlipB1I Feel Alright AgainB2Alligator BoogalooB3Dollar Got the BluesB4Honey in the Be‐BoB5Gate Walks to Board and was nominated for five more. Alright Again! is credited with putting Brown back on the musical map. He also won eight W. C. Handy Awards.
In 1999, Brown was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. The next year, he sat in as a guest with the Saturday Night Live Band on April 15, 2000.
In his last years, he maintained a full touring schedule, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe. His final record Timeless was released in 2004.

Personal life

Brown was married and divorced three times. He had four children: three daughters, Ursula Brown of Houston, Celeste Biles of Vista, California, and Renée Brown of New Orleans, and a son, Dwayne Brown, of Oklahoma City.
Brown smoked a pipe. In September 2004, Brown was diagnosed with lung cancer. He already had emphysema and heart disease, and he and his doctors decided to forgo treatment for the cancer. His home in Slidell, Louisiana, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, although he had been evacuated to his childhood hometown of Orange, Texas, and lived with his brother before the storm hit.
He died in Orange on September 10, 2005, at the apartment of a grandniece, at the age of 81. Brown is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Orange. Flooding caused by Hurricane Ike in September 2008 damaged his grave. His grave has since been refurbished and through the estate funds, a headstone has been erected in his honor. A marker honoring Brown was placed by the Texas Historical Commission next to the flagpole at Hollywood Cemetery.

Musical style and influences

Known for his work as a blues musician, Brown spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing traditional blues and country, jazz, Cajun music and rhythm and blues.
Brown was acclaimed for his skills on multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, viola, violin, harmonica and drums.
He is regarded as one of the most influential exponents of the blues fiddle and has had enormous influence in American fiddle circles.
Brown's biggest musical influences were Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, and Count Basie. His highly original electric guitar style influenced many blues and rock guitarists, including Guitar Slim, Albert Collins, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
Composer Frank Zappa, in his autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989), credited Brown, along with Guitar Slim and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, as important influences on his guitar playing.

Other contributions

1976 Grey's Mood (with Al Grey) rec. 1973–1975 (Black & Blue 33.085; Classic Jazz CJ-118; CD reissue: Black & Blue BB-912.2)
2003 Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash (NorthernBlues) Brown sings Johnny Cash's 1956 rockabilly song "Get Rhythm" with Benjy Davis

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	69	96.2th
Studio albums	23	97.2th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	27	96.1th
Recording span (years)	58	96.8th
Genres	11	97.2th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (69 release groups · 23 studio albums)

Albums · 23

The Drifter Rides Again
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:51
A1Man and His Environment3:01
A2Funky Mama4:49
A3Jelly, Jelly4:56
A4St. Louis Blues2:46
A5Please Mr. Nixon4:57
B1The Drifter7:07
B2One Mint Julep3:23
B3River’s Invitation5:11
B4Never Ending Love for You3:41
San Antonio Ballbuster
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 43:24
1Gate's Salty Blues2:44
2It Can Never Be That Way2:47
3I've Been Mistreated2:51
4She Winked Her Eye2:43
5Win With Me Baby2:59
6She Walks Right In2:48
7Boogie Uproar2:46
8Baby Take It Easy2:36
9Just Got Lucky2:54
10Didn't Reach My Goal2:47
11You Got Money2:32
12Okie Dokie Stomp2:32
13Just Before Dawn2:11
14Dirty Work at the Crossroads2:51
15Sad Hour2:51
16Rock My Blues Away2:32
Bogalusa Boogie Man
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 37:25
A1Bogalusa Boogie Man4:40
A2Mama Mambo2:17
A3Monroe, Louisiana3:13
A4Aztec Flower2:44
A5Hurricane3:55
A6Bayou Stomp2:23
B1Dixie Chicken3:40
B2On My Way Back Home2:51
B3Amos Moses3:48
B4Fiddlin’ Around3:25
B5Birmingham2:36
B6After the Band Is Gone1:53
Blackjack
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:38
A1Pressure Cooker3:02
A2Trippin' In3:25
A3Here I Am2:28
A4Gate's Tune6:15
A5When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again2:25
A6Street Corner5:07
B7Chickenshift3:13
B8Take Me Back to Tulsa1:50
B9Dark End of the Hallway4:08
B10Up Jumped the Devil3:30
B11Blackjack4:40
B12Honey Boy3:35
Makin' Music
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:23
A1Short Stuff3:05
A2Justice Blues6:15
A3Caldonia3:15
A4Take the "A" Train3:25
A5Talk About a Party3:26
B1Four O'Clock in the Morning4:16
B2Tabasco Road2:56
B3Busted3:00
B4The Drifter6:49
B5J.H. Boogie2:56
Alright Again!
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Frosty
A2Strollin’ With Bones
A3Give Me Time to Explain
A4Baby Take It Easy
A5Sometimes I Slip
B1I Feel Alright Again
B2Alligator Boogaloo
B3Dollar Got the Blues
B4Honey in the Be‐Bo
B5Gate Walks to Board
One More Mile
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:02
A1Information Blues3:20
A2Song for Renee5:25
A3Stranded3:54
A4Sunrise Cajun Style3:52
A5Big Yard3:00
B1Ain’t That Dandy3:21
B2One More Mile4:14
B3I Wonder4:41
B4Flippin’ Out3:04
B5Near Baku4:11
Real Life
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:46
1Real Life3:52
2Okie Dokie Stomp4:09
3Frankie and Johnny3:13
4Next Time You See Me3:40
5Take the A Train4:08
6Please Send Me Someone to Love6:58
7Catfish4:38
8St. Louis Blues4:38
9What a Shame, What a Shame7:30
Standing My Ground
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:59
1Got My Mojo Working4:47
2Born in Louisiana3:52
3Cool Jazz4:55
4I Hate These Doggone Blues4:39
5She Walks Right In3:07
6Leftover Blues3:48
7Louisiana Zydeco3:21
8What Am I Living For3:55
9Never Unpack Your Suitcase4:35
No Looking Back
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:33
1Better Off With the Blues4:10
2Digging New Ground3:50
3Dope3:21
4My Own Prison3:25
5Stop Time3:31
6"C" Jam Blues3:10
7Straighten Up4:21
8The Peeper4:30
9Alligator Eating Dog4:13
10I Will Be Your Friend3:14
11We're Outta Here3:48
Let the Good Times Roll
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:37
1Pressure Cooker3:41
2Let the Good Times Roll4:27
3Ain't Just Like a Woman5:30
4Sad Sad Hour3:52
5Choo Choo Boogie4:11
6Slow Down4:56
7She Winked Her Eye5:56
8Justice Blues7:25
9Salt Pork West Virginia4:14
10Taking My Chance6:19
11Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens5:12
12Just Got Lucky3:57
13Cold Storage4:57
The Man
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:14
1Honky Tonk4:56
2Early in the Morning4:03
3You Can Disagree6:03
4Say You Love Me3:49
5I Wonder3:30
6Unchained Melody4:25
7Big Mammou4:07
8There You Are5:29
9Solid Gold Plated Fool3:54
10Old Folks Cry a Lot More4:20
11Jambalaya6:40
12Someday My Luck Will Change5:33
13Up Jumped the Devil5:25
Long Way Home
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:59
1Blues Power3:47
2Somebody Else7:09
3Dockside Boogie5:41
4I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)4:46
5Here I Go Again4:35
6Deep, Deep Water3:10
7The Blues Walk3:27
8Mean and Evil3:11
9Underhand Boogie2:28
10Don’t Think Twice4:52
11Tobacco Road2:56
12Don’t Cry Sister4:18
13Long Way Home5:39
Gate Swings
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:44
1Midnite Hour4:11
2Honey Dew4:03
3Toughen Up4:11
4Take the "A" Train4:19
5Too Late Baby5:10
6Gate's Blues Waltz4:47
7Caldonia4:34
8Bits and Pieces5:33
9River's Invitation5:11
10One O'Clock Jump4:20
11Take Me Back Baby3:56
12Since I Fell for You3:48
13Flying Home2:41
The Blues Ain't Nothing
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:26
1Sad Sad Hour3:52
2You Got Money5:47
3My Time Is Expensive4:31
4Slow Down4:56
5Taking My Chance6:19
6Just Got Lucky3:53
7Deep Deep Water10:07
8Goin' To Chicago4:17
9Dirty Work at Crossroads4:47
10Here I Am3:25
11New Okie Dokie Stomp2:37
12Piney Brown Blues5:04
13Hot Club Drive7:14
14The People4:37
Guitar in My Hand
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 42:44
1Gatemouth Boogie2:32
2Guitar in My Hand2:46
3After Sunset2:34
4Without My Baby2:31
5Didn’t Reach My Goal2:44
6Atomic Energy2:26
7Mercy on Me2:27
8My Time’s Expensive2:48
9Mary Is Fine2:26
10I Live My Live2:40
112 O’Clock in the Morning2:41
12Boggie Rambler2:49
13I’ve Been Mistreated2:50
14It Can Never Be That Way2:46
15Justice Blues2:51
16Just Got Lucky2:53
American Music, Texas Style
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:38
1Rock My Blues Away3:14
2Half Steppin'3:00
3Hootie Blues5:00
4Front Burner5:32
5I'm Beginning To See the Light2:35
6Swamp Ghost6:48
7Without Me Baby3:44
8Gate Swings Again2:58
9Strange Things Happen5:10
10Don't Get Around Much Anymore4:45
11Guitar In My Hand5:13
12Jumpin' the Blues2:56
13Things Ain't What They Used To Be4:43
Sings Louis Jordan: The Definitive Black and Blue Sessions
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:27
1Choo Choo Ch’Boogie4:10
2Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door7:54
3Let the Good Times Roll [Take 2]4:25
4Salt Pork, West Virginia4:12
5Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby [Master Take 3]3:57
6Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?)3:53
7Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens5:09
8Ain’t That Just Like a Woman5:28
9Its Low Down Dirty Shame6:15
10Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby [Take 1][#]3:33
11Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby [Take 2][#]4:21
12Let the Good Times Roll [Take 1][#]4:10
Back to Bogalusa
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 54:50
1Folks Back Home3:53
2It All Comes Back4:34
3Same Old Blues4:11
4Going Back to Louisiana4:41
5Breaux Bridge Rag3:05
6Why Are People Like That3:23
7Grape Jelly4:27
8Bogalusa Boogie Man4:57
9Louisian'3:39
10Dixie Chicken4:26
11Lie No Better4:08
12Slap It4:33
13Dangerous Critter4:53
Timeless
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 57:35
1Soft Wind4:17
2For Now So Long5:50
3Jumpin' The Blues3:29
4Tennessee Blues4:03
5Unchained Melody7:19
6Satin Doll5:14
7The Drifter (spoken intro)4:28
8The Drifter9:07
9Mercy, Mercy, Mercy5:03
10Dark End of the Hallway6:06
11Six Levels Below Plant Life2:39
Heat Wave
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:53
1Heat Wave4:58
2First Take and Blue4:10
3It's Mean5:59
4One Level Below Plant Live3:19
5Someday5:17
6Lovercall4:24
7Slow Train No.13:51
8Slow Train Through Paris4:24
9Long Way Home5:18
10First Take and Blue4:16
11It's Mean5:57
Dirty Work at the Crossroads 1947–1953
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:16:37
1Gatemouth Boogie2:32
2After Sunset2:35
3Guitar in My Hand2:46
4Without Me Baby2:33
5Didn’t Reach My Goal2:46
6Atomic Energy2:29
7My Time Is Expensive2:49
8Mary Is Fine2:43
9Two O’Clock in the Morning2:47
10Boogie Rambler2:52
11She Walk Right In2:47
12Win With Me Baby2:57
13I Live My Life2:42
14Pale Dry Boogie, Pt 12:54
15Pale Dry Boogie, Pt 22:58
16She Winked Her Eye2:56
17Sad Hour2:48
18Too Late Baby2:39
19Takin My Chances2:51
20Just Got Lucky2:54
21Baby Take It Easy2:34
22Dirty Work at the Crossroads2:49
23You Got Money2:30
24Boogie Uproar2:43
25Please Tell Me Baby2:50
26Gate Walks to Board2:35
27September Song2:48
28Okie Dokie Stomp2:30
Down South in the Bayou Country
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 48:50
1Breaux Bridge Rag2:59
2Folks Back Home3:23
3Bayou Sam2:29
4Loup Garou3:22
5Louisian'2:58
6Sweet Texas Rose3:18
7Sheriff's Barbecue3:05
8Bad Week for Old Fiddlers3:04
9Sunrise Cajun Style3:06
10Louisiana Woman3:02
11Rosalie2:28
12Jamboree2:56
13Waiting for Gates Express1:49
14Gate's Express3:52
15Cassoulet3:20
16Never Ending Song of Love3:39

Single · 21

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1947	Gatemouth Boogie / After SunsetSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AGatemouth Boogie BAfter Sunset	1947
1947	Guitar in My Hand / Without Me BabySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AGuitar in My Hand BWithout Me Baby	1947
1949	Didn’t Reach My Goal / Mercy on MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks ADidn’t Reach My Goal BMercy on Me	1949
1949	Didn’t Reach My Goal / Atomic EnergySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks ADidn’t Reach My Goal BAtomic Energy	1949
1949	Ditch Diggin’ Daddy / Mercy on MeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks ADitch Diggin’ Daddy BMercy on Me	1949
1950	My Time Is Expensive / Mary Is FineSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AMy Time Is Expensive BMary Is Fine	1950
1950	2 O’Clock in the Morning / Boogie RamblerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks A2 O’Clock in the Morning BBoogie Rambler	1950
1950	I’ve Been Mistreated / It Can Never Be That WaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AI’ve Been Mistreated BIt Can Never Be That Way	1950
1950	She Walk Right In / Win With Me BabySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AShe Walk Right In BWin With Me Baby	1950
1951	I Live My Life / Justice BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AI Live My Life BJustice Blues	1951
1951	Too Late Baby / Take My ChancesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:13 AToo Late Baby2:31 BTake My Chances2:42	1951
1952	Pale Dry BoogieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks APale Dry Boogie, Part 1 BPale Dry Boogie, Part 2	1952
1952	She Winked Her Eye / Sad HourSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:47 AShe Winked Her Eye3:00 BSad Hour2:47	1952
1952	Just Got Lucky / Baby Take It EasySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:17 AJust Got Lucky2:41 BBaby Take It Easy2:36	1952
1952	Dirty Work at the Crossroad / You Got MoneySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:15 ADirty Work at the Crossroad2:46 BYou Got Money2:29	1952
1953	Boogie Uproar / Hurry Back Good NewsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:37 ABoogie Uproar2:47 BHurry Back Good News2:50	1953
1953	Please Tell Me Baby / Gate Walks to BoardSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:20 APlease Tell Me Baby2:49 BGate Walks to Board2:31	1953
1954	Midnight Hour / For Now, So LongSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:20 AMidnight Hour2:40 BFor Now, So Long2:40	1954
1954	Okie Dokie Stomp / Depression BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks AOkie Dokie Stomp BDepression Blues	1954
1956	September Song / Ain't That DandySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 2:43 ASeptember Song BAin’t That Dandy2:43	1956
1995	Solid Gold Plated FoolSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:52 1Solid Gold Plated Fool3:52	1995

Album · 25

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1983	The Nashville Session 1965Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks A1May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (Alt. Take) A2Cross My Heart A3Don't Start Me Talking A4Gate's Salty Blues A5My Time Is Expensive A6Ninety Nine B1Goin' Down Slow B2Long Way Home B3Tippin' In B4For Now So Long B5May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	Compilation	1983
1983	The Original Peacock RecordingsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:03 A1Midnight Hour2:45 A2Sad Hour2:45 A3Ain't That Dandy2:51 A4That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo2:41 A5Dirty Work at the Crossroads2:48 A6Hurry Back Good News2:48 B1Okie Dokie Stomp2:31 B2Good Looking Woman2:34 B3Gate's Salty Blues2:38 B4Just Before Dawn2:06 B5Depression Blues2:53 B6For Now So Long2:43	Compilation	1983
1984	Atomic EnergySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks A1Guitar In My Hand A2Without Me, Baby A3Atomic Energy A4My Time Is Expensive A5Mary Is Fine A62 O'Clock In The Morning A7Boogie Rambler A8September Song B1I Live My Life B2Taking My Chances B3Too Late Baby B4Pale Dry Boogie, Part 1 B5Pale Dry Boogie, Part 2 B6Gate Walks To Board B7Please Tell Me Baby B8Gate's Tune	Compilation	1984
1985	Pressure CookerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:11 A1She Winked Her Eye5:15 A2Slow Down3:58 A3Just Lippin'3:09 A4My Time Is Expensive4:28 A5Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens4:26 B1Pressure Cooker2:52 B2Ain't That Just Like a Woman5:26 B3Deep, Deep Water6:43 B4Cold Strings4:54	Compilation	1985
1986	The Duke Peacock Story Vol. 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks A1Boogie Rambler (1949) A2Justice Blues (1951) A3Atomic Energy (1949) A4Two O'Clock in the Morning (1949) A5Mary Is Fine (1949) A6Didn't Reach My Goal (1949) A7I Live the Life (1951) A8My Time Is Expensive (1949) B1She Walks Right In (1950) B2I've Been Mistreated (1950) B3Win With Me Baby (1950) B4Just Got Lucky (1950) B5Mercy on Me (1949) B6Too Late Baby (1951) B7Taking My Chances (1951) B8It Can Never Be That Way (1950)	Compilation	1986
1987	Texas SwingSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:35 1Frosty3:48 2Strollin’ With Bones3:02 3I Wonder4:45 4Ain’t That Dandy3:24 5Baby Take It Easy2:58 6Sometimes I Slip6:34 7I Feel Alright Again2:32 8Alligator Boogaloo3:15 9Dollar Got the Blues4:40 10Near Baku4:16 11Gate Walks to Board4:00 12Information Blues3:25 13Song for Renee (Gate’s Tune)5:30 14Stranded3:59 15Big Yard3:04 16One More Mile4:17 17Flippin’ Out3:06	Compilation	1987
1988	Cold StorageSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:09:12 1She Winked Her Eye5:58 2Cold Storage4:58 3Choo Choo Boogie4:12 4Pressure Cooker3:42 5Sad Sad Hour3:53 6My Time Is Expensive4:33 7Justice Blues7:25 8Slow Down4:56 9Taking My Chance6:16 10Just Got Lucky3:57 11Let the Good Time Roll4:28 12Salt Pork West Virginia4:14 13Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chicken5:12 14Ain't Just Like a Woman5:28	Compilation	1988
1989	Hot Times TonightSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 36:10 1Want You for My Girlfriend2:42 2It's Alright3:03 3When My Blue Moons Turns to Gold2:38 4Stop What You Are Doing to Me3:49 5Leftover Blues2:42 6Milk Cow Blues2:01 7The Grass Is Always Greener3:29 8Playboy2:15 9Summertime2:30 10Hot Times Tonight1:48 11No Good Woman2:30 12What to Do, What to Do2:27 13Don't Talk Back to Me4:16	Compilation	1989
1992	Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 06: San Antonio BallbusterSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks 1May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (Alt. take) 2Cross My Heart 3Don't Start Me Talking 4Gate's Salty Blues 5My Time Is Expensive 6Ninety Nine 7Goin' Down Slow 8Long Way Home 9Tippin' In 10For Now So Long 11May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	Compilation	1992
1993	Gate’s on the HeatSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:38 1Gate’s on the Heat5:12 2Man and His Environment3:01 3Funky Mama4:56 4Please Mr. Nixon4:58 5St. Louis Blues2:49 6Jelly, Jelly (Jelly)4:54 7The Drifter7:28 8One Mint Julep3:24 9Dollar Got the Blues5:24 10River’s Invitation4:43 11Never Ending Love for You3:41 12Louisiana Breakdown (instrumental)3:08	Compilation	1993
1993	Just Got LuckySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 59:50 1Just Got Lucky3:56 2Taking My Chances6:19 3Sad Hour3:53 4Choo Choo Ch' Boogie4:11 5Let the Good Times Roll4:27 6Salt Pork, West Virginia4:13 7Caldonia3:53 8Honey Boy2:33 9Long Way Home4:16 10Here I Am3:26 11Someday5:17 12It's Mean6:01 13One Level Below Plant Life4:10 14First Take and Blue3:15	Compilation	1993
1994	The Blues Collection: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Just Got LuckySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:37 1Pressure Cooker3:42 2Let the Good Times Roll4:27 3Ain’t That Just Like a Woman5:30 4Sad Sad Hour3:52 5Choo Choo Boogie4:11 6Slow Down4:56 7She Winked Her Eye5:56 8Justice Blues7:25 9Salt Pork West Virginia4:14 10Taking My Chance6:19 11Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens5:12 12Just Got Lucky3:57 13Cold Storage4:56	Compilation	1994
1994	Live (Charly Blues Legends - Vol 5)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:10 1Pressure Cooker4:19 2Frosty6:09 3Gate’s Tune6:20 4When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again2:19 5Louisianne4:02 6Up Jumped the Devil3:13 7The Dark End of the Hallway2:48 8Chicken Shift4:12 9Take the ’a’ Train3:41 10Honeyboy5:49 11Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues5:18	Live	1994
1995	The Best Of A Blues LegendSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 57:27 1Bogalusa Boogie Man4:39 2The Drifter7:27 3Loup Garou3:25 4Jelly Jelly4:55 5Gate's On The Heat5:10 6Please Mr. Nixon4:59 7Goto My Mojo Working4:32 8Cajun Blues3:34 9"1:49 of Gate showing how not to start a take on time...."1:49 10Gate's Express3:54 11Breaux Bridge Rag2:59 12Louisian'3:02 13Rosalie2:31 14Birmingham2:38 15After The Band Is Gone1:53	Compilation	1995
1999	Okie Dokie StompSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:35 1Stranded3:55 2Frosty3:49 3I Feel Alright Again2:35 4Sunrise Cajun Style3:56 5Sometimes I Slip6:37 6One More Mile4:17 7The Drifter10:04 8Real Life3:52 9Okie Dokie Stomp4:13 10Information Blues3:25 11Gate Walks to Board4:04 12Dollar Got the Blues4:48	Compilation	1999
2002	The Chronological “Gatemouth” Brown 1947–1951Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 54:37 1Gatemouth Boogie2:31 2Guitar in My Hand2:42 3After Sunset2:33 4Without Me Baby2:29 5Didn’t Reach My Goal2:50 6Atomic Energy2:28 7Mercy on Me2:26 8My Time’s Expensive2:46 9Mary Is Fine2:43 10I Live My Life2:42 112 O’Clock in the Morning2:46 12Boogie Rambler2:51 13I’ve Been Mistreated2:53 14It Can Never Be That Way2:48 15Justice Blues2:51 16Just Got Lucky2:57 17She Walk Right In2:51 18Win With Me Baby3:01 19Too Late Baby2:39 20Taking My Chances2:50	Compilation	2002
2002	His First Recordings 1947-1951Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:11:18 1Guitar in My Hand2:48 2Without Me Baby2:33 3After Sunset2:38 4Gatemouth Boogie2:35 5Didn't Reach My Goal2:55 6Atomic Energy2:34 7Mercy on Me2:33 8My Time Is Expensive2:53 9Mary Is Fine2:50 10I Live My Life2:46 11Two O'Clock in the Morning2:49 12Boogie Rambler2:58 13I've Been Mistreated3:00 14It Can Never Be That Way2:56 15Justice Blues2:56 16Just Got Lucky3:05 17She Walk Right In2:55 18Win With Me Baby3:05 19Too Late Baby2:42 20Taking My Chances2:56 21Baby Take It Easy2:43 22She Winked He Eye3:07 23Sad Hour2:59 24Pale Dry Boogie Part 1 & 26:02	Compilation	2002
2004	Just Got LuckySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 42:44 1Gatemouth Boogie2:32 2Guitar in My Hand2:46 3After Sunset2:34 4Without My Baby2:31 5Didn't Reach My Goal2:44 6Atomic Energy2:26 7Mercy on Me2:27 8My Time's Expensive2:48 9Mary Is Fine2:26 10I Live My Life2:40 112 O'Clock in the Morning2:41 12Boogie Rambler2:49 13I've Been Mistreated2:50 14It Can Never Be That Way2:46 15Justice Blues2:51 16Just Got Lucky2:53	Compilation	2004
2005	Live at the 2004 & 2005 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:48:32 Disc 19 tracks · 56:26 1Intro0:40 2Sister Sadie4:35 3Wild Oats5:34 4My Mama Done Told Me6:11 5Bits And Pieces7:45 6What A Shame, What A Shame10:34 7Grape Jelly6:43 8Born In Louisiana7:16 9Jumpin' The Blues7:08 Disc 29 tracks · 52:06 1Sister Sadie3:09 2Bits and Pieces6:08 3Strange Things Happen7:05 4Guitar In My Hand6:17 5I'm Beginning To See The Light3:13 6The Drifter11:26 7Jumpin' The Blues4:12 8Sunrise Cajun Style5:41 9Up Jumped The Devil4:55	Live	2005
2005	Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological “Gatemouth” Brown 1952–1954Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 49:56 1Baby Take It Easy2:42 2She Winked Her Eye3:01 3Sad Hour2:52 4Pale Dry Boogie, Part 12:54 5Pale Dry Boogie, Part 22:59 6Dirty Work at the Cross Road2:50 7You Got Money2:33 8September Song2:48 9Boogie Uproar2:47 10Please Tell Me Baby2:52 11Hurry Back Good News2:43 12Gate Walks to Board2:36 13Midnight Hour2:45 14Good Looking Woman2:38 15For Now, So Long2:47 16That’s Your Daddy Yaddy Yo2:45 17Okie Dokie Stomp2:33 18Depression Blues2:51	Compilation	2005
2009	Flippin’ Out: Essential RecordingsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:51 1Flippin’ Out3:04 2Next Time You See Me3:38 3Catfish4:40 4Strollin’ With Bones2:54 5I Wonder4:41 6Alligator Boogaloo3:09 7Please Send Me Someone to Love6:58 8Baby Take It Easy2:56 9What a Shame, What a Shame7:30 10Ain't That Dandy3:21	Compilation	2009
2012	Live From Austin TXSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:02:25 1Ain't That Dandy6:11 2Born in Louisiana4:33 3Honky Tonk6:15 4Dark End of the Hallway4:56 5Bits & Pieces6:37 6Leftover Blues11:26 7There You Are5:57 8Early in the Mornin5:15 9Things Ain't What They Used to Be6:00 10Up Jumped the Devil5:15	Live	27 March 2012
2015	Gate Walks To Board: 1947-1960 Aladdin & Peacock SidesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:18:19 1Midnight Hour2:47 2That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo2:44 3Good Looking Woman2:37 4Hurry Back Good News2:46 5Gate's Salty Blues2:44 6Okie Dokie Stomp2:34 7Ain't That Dandy2:52 8Dirty Work at the Crossroads2:47 9Just Before Dawn2:09 10Depression Blues2:55 11For Now So Long2:47 12Gate Walks to Board2:31 13You Got Money2:30 14Please Tell Me Baby2:47 15Boogie Uproar2:44 16Baby Take It Easy2:34 17She Winked Her Eye2:55 18Win With Me, Baby2:57 19Taking My Chances2:48 20My Time Is Expensive2:48 21Pale Dry Boogie, Part 12:24 22Pale Dry Boogie, Part 22:54 23Boogie Ramble2:49 24I Live My Life2:39 25Guitar in My Hand2:45 26Without Me Baby2:32 27Mary Is Fine2:40 28Too Late Baby2:36 29She Walks Right In2:44	Compilation	2015
2018	The Peacock Recordings: 1949-1959Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 35:30 1My Time Is Expensive2:49 2Depression Blues2:56 3Midnight Hour2:46 4Sad Hour2:52 5Ain't That Dandy2:53 6That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo2:45 7Dirty Work at the Crossroad2:48 8Hurry Back Good News2:47 9Okie Dokie Stomp2:35 10Good Looking Woman2:38 11Gate's Salty Blues2:45 12Just Before Dawn2:10 13For Now So Long2:46	Compilation	11 May 2018
2021	RocksSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:18:17 1Okie Dokie Stomp2:32 2Baby Take It Easy2:40 3Pale Dry Boogie - Part I2:53 4Without Me Baby2:31 5I Live My Life2:41 6Too Late Baby2:38 7Mary Is Fine2:41 8Boogie Uproar2:46 9She Walk Right In2:49 10Just Got Lucky2:55 11Midnight Hour2:44 12Ain’t That Dandy2:50 13Boogie Rambler2:50 14You Got Money2:31 15Gate Walks to Board2:34 16Pale Dry Boogie - Part II2:57 17Hurry Back Good News2:45 18It Can Never Be That Way2:47 19Gatemouth Boogie2:30 20Gate’s Salty Blues2:44 21She Winked Her Eye2:57 22Slop Time2:40 23That’s Your Daddy Yaddy Yo2:43 24Atomic Energy2:27 25Depression Blues2:53 26Dirty Work at the Crossroads2:49 27Just Before Dawn2:09 28Swingin’ the Gate2:48 29Rock My Blues Away2:33	Compilation	January 2021

Stats & PK

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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	15	72.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	69	96.2th
Studio albums	23	97.2th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	27	96.1th
Recording span (years)	58	96.8th
Genres	11	97.2th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
1982	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album		won
1982	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album		won

Where this record comes from

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Why this artist is in the database

List of blues musicians — rank #22
| 1924* | 2005 | Louisiana | Electric blues |

Tier rule: genre canon: blues
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Wikidata: Q1095432 · MusicBrainz: 039e3952-2f73-49f4-86fe-7aaee4a89a17

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Timeline

1920s

Born 1924-04-18

1940s

Debut release: Gatemouth Boogie / After Sunset

1970s

Album: The Drifter Rides Again

Album: San Antonio Ballbuster

Album: Bogalusa Boogie Man

Album: Blackjack

Album: Makin' Music

1980s

Album: Alright Again!

Won: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album

Album: One More Mile

Album: Real Life

Album: Standing My Ground

1990s

Album: No Looking Back

Album: Let the Good Times Roll

Album: The Man

Album: Long Way Home

Album: Gate Swings

Album: The Blues Ain't Nothing

Album: Guitar in My Hand

Album: American Music, Texas Style

2000s

Album: Sings Louis Jordan: The Definitive Black and Blue Sessions

Album: Back to Bogalusa

Album: Timeless

Album: Heat Wave

Died 2005

Album: Dirty Work at the Crossroads 1947–1953

Album: Down South in the Bayou Country

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1940s and 1950s

1960s and 1970s

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Discography (69 release groups · 23 studio albums)

Albums · 23

Single · 21

Album · 25

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