Among the admirers of Gatemouth Brown’s extraordinary talent were Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Carlos Santana, and Frank Zappa. Zappa repeatedly praised Brown’s ability to “do more with a guitar than a monkey with a peanut,” a quote from Lonnie Brooks that Zappa endorsed. If you have four minutes to check out this video, note how ‘Gate’ effortlessly glides through notes while the other boys, great talents themselves, are really workin’ at it.
In spite of this immense talent, Gate was largely shunned by commercial radio. Jiveradio is obviously making up for that loss. Gate’s catalog ranges through the Blues, Cajun, Zydeco, Swing, Jazz and Big Band, and we play it all.
We were fortunate enough to present Gate and his band ‘Gates Express’ three times in Reno. First up on our new Gatemouth Brown page, two sets from Gate’s gig at our somewhat notorious roadhouse in Verdi Nevada, Rancho Nevada for a live radio broadcast episode of “The Rancho Radio Hour”. See our Gate page HERE.
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