Gatemouth Brown08

The area around the Southeast corner of Texas and Southwest corner of Louisiana has

produced many great musicians like Janis Joplin and the Big

Bopper, Clifton Chenier and Doug Sahm. My vote for the greatest of all is the late Clarence

'Gatemouth' Brown. His mix of jazz, blues and country was unique and sonically astounding.

Amazing on record, his live shows would make you a fan forever. This is a shot from l979 in

a small dive of a club in nearby Beaumont, Texas. I was able to photograph him twice. Please

see all the shots of him and all my concert photographs in my portfolio. Comments greatly

appreciated.