When I first saw Clarence Gatemouth Brown, I didn't really know what to make of him. A black man dressed as a cowboy, was he Will Smith's predecessor or would he live up to the hype of being Frank Zappa's favourite guitarist? Prior to listening to this album, I'd only heard a couple of live performances on Youtube by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and they were mostly of him playing the fiddle, which he was good at but I preferred the music on this album. This version was released in 1998 but the LP was put out in 1982, it's a compilation made up of recordings with jazz artists and was the result of recording sessions at some point in the 70s in France , the guitar ...  Read the complete review