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Clarence Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State College in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music. His professional music career began with friend Calvin Scott, signing to the Fairlane Records label to release "I Wanna Dance But I Don't Know How" the following year. After the 1962 release of "I Don't Know (School Girl)," Carter and Scott left Fairlane Records for Duke Records, renaming themselves the CL Boys for their label debut, "Hey." In all, the duo cut four Duke singles, none of them generating more than a shrug at radio.
In 1965, they travelled to Rick Hall's FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals to record "Step by Step" and its flip side, "Rooster Knees and Rice."[2] Atlantic Records took notice and released "Step by Step" on its Atco Records subsidiary, but it flopped. In 1966, Carter and Scott and group were in an automobile accident that left Scott injured. Carter continued as a solo act, signing to the Fame Records label for 1967's "Tell Daddy," which inspired Etta James' response record, "Tell Mama." Several more solid singles followed, until Carter released "Slip Away," which hit number 6 on the Pop Charts. "Too Weak to Fight" hit number 13. Several more soul singles followed, like "Snatching It Back," "At The Dark End of the Street," "The Feeling Is Right," "Doing Our Thing" and "Patches." "Patches", (first recorded by Chairmen of the Board), was a UK number 2 and a US number 4 in 1970, and was nominated for a Grammy in 1972.
I was born and raised down in Alabama
On a farm way back up in the woods
I was so ragged that folks used to call me Patches
Papa used to tease me about it
'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
'Cause he'd done all he could
My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hands, see
Education he never had
He did wonders when the times got bad
The little money from the crops he raised
Barely paid the bills we made
For, life had kick him down to the ground
When he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
Put his hands on my shoulders
And in his tears he said
He said, Patches
I'm dependin' on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you
Two days later Papa passed away, and
I became a man that day
So I told Mama I was gonna quit school, but
She said that was Daddy's strictest rule
So ev'ry mornin' 'fore I went to school
I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
I wanted to leave, just run away from home
But I would remember what my daddy said
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
He said, Patches
I'm dependin' on you, son
I tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest
Then one day a strong rain came
And washed all the crops away
And at the age of 13 I thought
I was carryin' the weight of the
Whole world on my shoulders
And you know, Mama knew
What I was goin' through, 'cause
Ev'ry day I had to work the fields
'Cause that's the only way we got our meals
You see, I was the oldest of the family
And ev'rybody else depended on me
Ev'ry night I heard my Mama pray
Lord, give him the strength to face another day
So years have passed and all the kids are grown
The angels took Mama to a brand new home
Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
But my daddy's voice kept me through the years
Sing
Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you
Oh, I can still hear Papa's voice sayin'
Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
I've tried to do my best
It's up to you to do the rest
I can still hear Papa, what he said
Patches... Auteur: Fuzulgrut Tags: Carter Clarence Patches soul Ajoutée: lundi 17 décembre 2018 08:17:15 |
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 | GATEMOUTH BROWN - guitar, vocal; WARDELL QUEZERGUE - conductor; BARNEY FLOYD - trumpet; DAVID MAIR - trumpet; CHRIS PORTER - trumpet; KEN JACOBS - sax; BRENT ROSE - sax; JOEL VANDERHEYDEN - sax; TONY DRGADI - saxophone; JOHN OLMAN - trombone; RICK TROLSEN - trombone; MATT PERRIRE - trombone; JOE KROWN - keyboards; HAROLD FLOYD - bass; DAVID PETERS - drums;
John Olman Auteur: Bobblues1 Tags: Barney Bob bobany1 bobblues1 bobfunk11 bobjazz11 bobjuke1 Brent Brown Chris Clarence David Drgadi Floyd Gatemouth Hardy Harold Jacobs Joe Joel John Ken Krown Mair Matt Olman Perrire Peters Porter QUezergue Rose Tony Vanderheyden Wardell Ajoutée: mardi 04 juillet 2006 02:42:06 |
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 | Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=642
Legal analyst and ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg discusses Justice Clarence Thomas's often-misunderstood role on the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Jan Crawford Greenburg talks about "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States."
Drawing on unprecedented access to the Supreme Court justices, acclaimed ABC News legal correspondent Jan Greenburg offers an explosive account of the struggle to control the Supreme Court and the direction of the United States. -- Book Passage Auteur: ForaTv Tags: abc alito clarence conservative court fora fora.tv hill judge judges republican scalia scotus supreme thomas tomas tv Ajoutée: dimanche 27 septembre 1964 12:33:35 |
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 | live 04/16/83 in Hamburg/Germany; Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown-git/voc, Homer Brown- tenorsax, Bill Samuell-tenorsax, Joe Sunseri-baritonesax, Craig Wroten-piano, Miles Wright-bass, Robert Shipley-drums Auteur: Harpsucker Tags: alto baritone blues brown clarence drums gatemouth germany guitar live piano sax saxophone tenor Ajoutée: mercredi 15 janvier 1930 16:11:36 |
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