Post #185933 by thejab on Sun, Sep 11, 2005 11:17 AM

Texas rhythm and blues legend Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown died today at 81. He has been battling lung cancer for a year and recently lost his home in Slidell, LA, to hurricane Katrina.

I saw him play in San Diego in the early 80s, and he was great despite a lame pickup band backing him up. You know the kind of band with a hot shot guitar player who tries to upstage the star of the show.

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