Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown was born in Louisiana in 1924 and died at age 81 on September 10, 2005 in Texas.
He had an original electric blues guitar style and was a big influence on Frank Zappa, Guitar Slim, Albert Collins and many others.
He got an early break when he sat in for an unwell T-Bone Walker at a nightclub in Houston.
Brown toured Europe many times during the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1983 he received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album (Alright Again!)
Brown was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1999.
Timeless, his last record was released in 2004 – a year before his death.
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown