| September 11th, 2005 01:14 AM |
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| poor immigrant |
"He was completely devastated...I'm sure he was heartbroken, both literally and figuratively. He evacuated successfully before the hurricane hit, but I'm sure it weighed heavily on his soul." |
| September 11th, 2005 01:24 AM |
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| sirmoonie |
Didn't know much about him until I heard his version of Ventilator Blues on Paint It, Blue (ain't no trib). That thing was nice! Found some stuff by him after that, not much, but it was all decent. Kind of a Renaissance musician, did bits and pieces of everything.
Rippie! |
| September 11th, 2005 01:52 AM |
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| Bloozehound |
Damn, this has to be one of the worst things I've ever read on this board
I was a huge fan of gatemouths, he was one of the last of the old guard and was a truly unique talent in the world of music
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| September 11th, 2005 01:56 AM |
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| Bloozehound |
here's the article from the houston chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/music/3348584 |
| September 11th, 2005 02:10 AM |
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| polksalad69 |
dat's too bad. I heard he was sick but didn't want modern medicine to help. RIP old man.
hey bloozehound, I caught him at Stubbs once. |
| September 11th, 2005 10:57 AM |
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| lonecrapshooter |
Here is a picture I took of CGB w/ KR and Hubert Sumlin at the Beacon Theater during the Rainforest Benefit.
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| September 11th, 2005 02:40 PM |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
Holy shit the above MUST be the header today
I didn't see this thread before,sorry for starting a new one, I didn'pt delete it as it already has a reply, but closed it and added a link
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| September 11th, 2005 02:41 PM |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
The Associated Press
This was the header before seeing this one |
| September 11th, 2005 08:14 PM |
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| Saint Sway |
I was blessed to have seen Gatemouth live a little over a half dozen times. Just an amazingly talented cat. He could do it all. Great guitar player. Great fiddle player. Talented songwriter. Amazing live performer. Could play all types of roots music. Blues, country, zydeco, rock and swing.
I went down to New Orleans about 6 years ago to see his 75th!!! Birthday show at the House of Blues. It was an awe inspiring performance. He played 2 sets!!! Played everything. Never sat down once. Rocked out. Brought out his big swing band. Tore the place up. Did some solo acoustic stuff. Just an unbelievable show. He had so much energy and enthusiasm. All at 75 years young!! Fucking amazing.
I was a huge fan. I've got a ton of his albums. Got to meet him a couple of times and he was great, humble and charming.
do yourself a favor and pick up a gatemouth record.
RIP CGB
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