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American Music Texas Style: 

   1. Rock My Blues Away 3:14   
   2. Half Steppin' 3:00
   3. Hootie Blues 5:00 
   4. Front Burner 5:31 
   5. I'm Beginning To See The Light 2:34 
   6. Swamp Ghost 6:47 
   7. Without Me Baby 3:43 
   8. Gate Swings Again 2:57 
   9. Strange Things Happening 5:10 
  10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 4:45 
  11. Guitar In My Hand 5:12 
  12. Jumpin' The Blues 2:56 
  13. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 4:42 


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AMERICAN MUSIC delivers 13 tracks in the big band, horn-dominated context Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown fans have come to love. The sound here, as orchestrated by Wardell Quezergue, is polished, airtight, and, at times, positively overwhelming. Brown's guitar (characterized here by a subtler, jazzier feel than the slashing attack of his youth) and violin playing are showcased in the opener, "Rock My Blues Away." The pace quickens with wildly swinging cuts such as "Half Steppin'" and the Jay McShann/Charlie Parker number "Jumpin' The Blues," then slows with the steamy, languid blues of Percy Mayfield's "Strange Things Happen."

Age has given Brown's singing a weathered texture that makes up in character what it lacks in agility, but his deft instrumental chops, as evidenced by the album's three Duke Ellington covers, are dazzling as ever. This is yet another superior set from one of America's musical treasures.

Recorded at Ultrasonic Recording Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana from January 4-6, 1999.

Personnel: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (vocals, guitar, fiddle, viola); Kaye Dorian, Gene Gunulfsen (vocals); Eric Demmer, Ray Moore, Wessell Anderson (alto saxophone); Tony Dagradi, Eric Traub (tenor saxophone); Tony Frigo (baritone saxophone); Barney Floyd, Nicholas Payton, Bobby Campo (trumpet); Peter McEachern, John Touchy, Steve Suter (trombone); Joe Krown (piano, organ, keyboards); David Peters (drums).


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