Texas Swing

Texas Swing

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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

<"b0000003me5228"> From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Here are good-sized portions of Brown's Rounder albums Alright Again! (1982) and One More Mile (1983). The Lone Star State sage scourges lyrics with conviction, and he carves his intelligent solos on guitar and fiddle with the effortless surety of a master woodcutter. He's the show as two different horn sections and rhythm teams codify the ostensibly special Texas grooves with a stilted propriety. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

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