This special collector's edition contains twenty nine re-mastered recordings by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, consisting of a selection of the magnicent early sides released between 1947 and 1960 on the Peacock and Aladdin record labels. Gate of course plays guitar, harmonica, fiddle and sings. He is joined on various sides by Johnny Parker (bass), Jimmy McCracklin, Paul Monday (piano), Duke Barker (drums), Maxwell Davis, Bill Harvey (tenor sax), Jack McVea (alto sax), Fred Ford (baritone sax), Pluma Davis (trombone), among others. All these sides, as you might suspect by the personnel, were all recorded in Houston and Los Angeles.
