WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended together, often
in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early part of the Rock & Roll & R&B Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years. We also bring you
jazz from the era along with the occasional page from the Great American Songbook.
Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
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Our featured artist is one of the original Texas guitar slingers, Clarence
“Gatemouth” Brown. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown born in Vinton, Louisiana
on April 18, 1924 and raised near Orange, Texas, his dad taught him several
instruments including the fiddle by the time he was five. He was playing guitar
by age 10 and started playing drums in swing bands while still in high school.
His career really took off in 1947. Brown was at a T-Bone Walker concert in
Houston, Texas, when Walker became ill and left the stage. Brown picked up
Walker’s guitar and quickly wrote and played a song that brought the house
down called “The Gatemouth Boogie.”
GATEMOUTH BROWN RESOURCES
biography @ wikipidia.org
discography @ discogs.com
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Goomp Blues Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Ben Webster Mercury Records
Gatemouth Boogie
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Aladdin Records
My Time Is Expensive
Guitar Slim w/ Lloyd Lambert & His Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1958
Gate Walks To Board
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1953
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee Capitol Records 1949
The Calloway Boogie Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1947
Mad Lad Sir Charles Thompson w/Leo Parker Apollo Records 1947
She Walks Right In
Roomful of Blues
Hook, Line & Sinker 2011
It Can Never Be That Way
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1949
It’s Good To See You Baby Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1954
Hey Lawdy Mama Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells) Savoy Records 1944
Soothe Me Johnny Moore w/ Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water Lou Rawls Stormy Monday 1962
Birth of the Blues Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
‘T-99’ Blues Jimmy “T-99” Nelson RPM Records 1951
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947
Light Like That
Arnett Cobb w/ Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Milt Buckner
Again 1973
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Pressure Cooker 1985
Let The Good Times Roll
Helen Humes w/ Jay McShann, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, & Arnett Cobb
Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Nosey Joe Powerhouse w/ Bull Moose Jackson Nightlife 1975
Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Records 1943
Hot Special Bloodest Saxophone /Big Jay McNeely Blow Blow All Night Long 2017
You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How Joe Liggins Exclusive Records 1946
15 Rounds For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Savoy Records (Unreleased) 1952
Strange Things Happening Kid Ramos Strange Things Happening 2024
Better Cut That Out Sonny Boy Williamson II RCA Victor 1948
Eyesight To The Blind The Larks Apollo Records 1951
Reelin’ & Rockin’ Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952
R.M. Blues Roy Milton & The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947
Okie Dokie Stomp
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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