The Drifter - Clarence Gatemouth Brown with Carlos Santana at the Montreux 2004

[@tamarataylor7609]

Can you imagine being a little kid and having a lullaby like this, I did! Gate Mouth Brown was my neighbor as a child!!! No wonder I love the blues!!!

[@faststratjo2006]

Now that must of been cool. Did any of his musicianship rub off on you?

[@levak8740]

You are so lucky i heard that Clarence was very nice!

[@sharplessguy]

As a child in the early 1960s I use to spend time in my grandmother's bookshop. Down the street about three houses and across the street was a bar (Eddie Price's) right off Tulane''s campus. One day outside of the bar, on the back of a flatbed truck there was a band playing music I had never heard before in my short life. I was mesmerized. I've been trying to play guitar like that now for over 50 years. Of course it was Clarence Gatemouth Brown.... I don't remember what his backup band called themselves back then. But dear God that was one hell of a thing.

[@dklang]

2 heavyweight guitar players, plus Eric Demmer and a great horn section and band. Carlos and Gatemouth, r u kidding me! Greatness!! RIP Gate, gone in 2005

[@tamarataylor7609]

GateMouth Brown one of the greatest musicians of all time!!! He was my personal musician as a child! How lucky was I!!!

[@samuelskidmore9827]

I wish I got to meet him! Folks that knew him down here in LA loved him!

[@charles56737]

Yes you were 😂

[@MrTennis88]

This is fantastic! Carlos changes his characteristic style and plays pure blues, Gatemouth kills it on fiddle and guitar, and... I really have the highest respect for Eric Demmer on sax, he takes a short solo but my hair stood on end... the tone, the soul of that man. I don't know why Eric Demmer is not a superstar himself, recognitionwise I mean.

[@hipgnotist777]

Thanks for the blues, Gatemouth. RIP. And, hats off to the great Eric Demmer, on sax; still alive and well.

[@amsedelm]

Thanks for the sax players name. He killed it!!!

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Best Blues fiddle I’ve ever heard. Gate had such a unique style. You can hear the T Bone influence but Gate threw in a touch of Cajun and country. Truly one of the greatest multi instrumentalist Bluesman to walk the planet. Great to see these young guys laying it down. Carlos is diggin it big time🇺🇸

[@AmericasChoice]

Check out Sugar Cane Harris and Papa John Creach. They were good, too.

[@AllenRoark]

I did the sound for Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown several times when his band was Gate's Express, later known as Louisiana's LeRoux who had several hits, including "New Orleans Ladies" written by guitarist and lead singer, Jeff Pollard and bass player Leon Medica.

[@faststratjo2006]

Now that's cool! Any stories?

[@wilcorrigan2970]

Wow, your a lucky cat.

[@shahrukhalimirza4470]

Lucky! Fab musician. One of the best!

[@allen6924]

Damn...blues violin WOW. This is a master class in blues playing from every musician on that stage. God to play with cats that good is a blessing.

[@billhessell7875]

Absolutely great song, great version of it, nobody does it as well as Gatemouth, and what talent joining him in playing it!

[@beachidiot]

Gate brings out the best in Carlos.

[@sonnybedez7040]

Carlos wow amazing as always

[@percyg1]

How could you not like this well knit group..enjoyable music.

[@Maxum97SeaDoo91]

SO Good it brings tears to the eyes just listening to it! This had to be one Hell of a show to be there in person!

[@lgndnhswnmnd]

Thanks for this post! Grateful for KZbin!

[@dancingdave5404]

My first ever Blues LP was Gatemouth's "Gates on Heat"...led me on a journey in the Blues I can't get off. His use of guitars, electric violin, harmonica and Hammond organ still blows me away. This great track was on it. Here brilliantly played by Gatemouth with Carlos Santana.

[@JusSteve53]

Have you heard the album he made with Roy Clark called Makin' Music? Released in'79 I believe.

[@thomasversteeg7274]

@@JusSteve53 they play this its a m a z i n g I agree.

[@richeaton7436]

RIP Gate. Got to see you twice. Stunned both times at your versatility. Thanks.

[@green323turbo]

Mr Brown has Amazing Talent !

[@armguez]

What he did with that fiddle as amazing WOW!!!!

[@BlindWillieJackson]

Armando Dieguez It's a viola.

[@rudyvonzippa956]

They all compliment each other real well This here sauce is real tasty Oh my this is real good Thank you for posting

[@Tomcaatt]

I knew Clarence from Beale st , he used to sit under an oak tree in the middle of the square and play day and night , this had to have been an awsome experience for him ,and not to long after when this would’ve been ,he passed with a mardis gras style parade. God bless Clarence “gatemouth”Brown .

[@amsedelm]

Carlos was originally a blues guitarist, hence his Santana Blues Band. Good to see him kill it on the blues here.

[@stevenl5652]

I am friends with that Sax player. Can't wait to ask him of this experience! He's still a big 'ol boy and can still toot that horn like mad!

[@keithclark486]

So what's his name ? Don't keep it a secret.

[@mikeatkinson2836]

@@keithclark486--- looks like a guy from Houston named Eric Demmer

[@johnszilagyi1293]

Good friends always turn you onto amazing music

[@stephensanmichele8379]

Glad I was there - two masters hard at it!

[@andrearitchie6464]

What a great memory!

[@northernthrifter8817]

Stephen Sanmichele master and pupil is what i see.

[@MrTennis88]

more than two masters! Demmer is the real deal, and not just him, everyone there. (sometimes Gatemouth seems like about 5 masters just by himself!)

[@SeeCSeesCC]

❤️ this is spectacular, what a talent Mister Brown

[@bluesdriver6354]

Thanks for this. Wish I could've been there. 😎

[@giantstepspermaculture2881]

I love it. Forcing Carlos to rethink the blues!! Too cool.

[@francescomauri4847]

Thank you for sharing

[@danpolseno9728]

Wowww. Carlos can play the shit out of the blues. Awesome 👍

[@johnstaber557]

I had the pleasure of working a venue Gatemouth played four times in a couple years. That was During the eighties. Twenty years later he hadn't lost a beat.

[@NeonBlade]

OMG that fiddle solo

[@ianlondon2888]

Jeff Beck of the fiddle

[@oscarsantanaoz]

Que privilegio escuchar a estos músicos tan buenos especialmente a SANTANA Y CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN...

[@BlindWillieJackson]

I saw him do a solo acoustic show in Dallas at Poor David's Pub. I requested this & he played it. The Dallas Morning News called it one of the top ten shows of the year. He packed a pistol every where he went & collected the money himself from the promoter.

[@snidelywhiplash8399]

Gate is one of my favorite guitarists of all time. He had a feel for swing that was almost supernatural. I met him in The Yale Hotel in Vancouver and blurted out that he was a big musical hero of mine. He gave me that sly grin and asked if I had any weed on me! I said I didn't just as a friend walked by who I knew always carried weed, so he took him out for a quick hit or two. Later on he played a song for me I had requested which I thought he'd forgotten all about. A great character and on hell of a guitarist!

[@attilakucserka7062]

I have a New foud love my god what a blues man!!!! What awsome musicians all sax, keys, Carlos did a super Job as well 😎 just love it !!! Thanx

[@carlsmith1263]

OG OG triple OG

[@alanwhite9142]

I was at that show (late 80’s). Gate trusted me to keep his pipe loaded that night! Great show. Hate thoroughly enjoyed himself, as did all in attendance. After the show we went with him to a late night/wee hours Soul Food restaurant. I had smothered pork chops, Gate had chitterlings, my buddy decided to have what Gate was having but didn’t get far into them. Gate teased him about it in a typically Gatemouth manner !

[@georgesheffield1580]

Imagine having Carlos Santans backing you up and getting off on your music with a Hugh smile . You are good 😊

[@ranolf1]

I really miss you, Gate!

[@holyspacemonkey]

Happy 75th Birthday to Carlos Santana!

[@billhessell7875]

Two greats riding the Drifter way, way up in the wild Blues yonder!

[@christianheymann7706]

do you understand the first lines of the lyrics, please write them down ?

[@fritzfedke8079]

2:58 carlos smirked to his fellow bandmember as clarence tweaked his notes....much respect....

[@michelbilodeau3256]

So Saxin' Great!

[@BryanBryanc]

That was great . WOW

[@dianaheaberlin5422]

Amazing!

[@timallbritton7329]

I did not know you could use a violin to play blues. Wow. A real master.

[@Erniethebear]

I don't remember ever hearing Carlos play the blues before.

[@commontater8630]

Santana was originally known as the Santana Blues Band.

[@yochevedmenashe9089]

GOOD STUFF... Shalom from Israel

[@teresapuppo1388]

Straordinari

[@jameskaft5233]

Speechless !

[@hippydippy]

Gatemouth is always killer, but man that piano player is tasty as hell. Wow!

[@AmericasChoice]

His whole band are consummate bluesmen. Got all the beats and measure down perfect.

[@faststratjo2006]

Carlos's smile at 7:37 says it all!

[@craigmccauley5807]

Cool guitar music!

[@davidferrara1105]

great stuff

[@ConsensusReality]

Char'es Mingus used these lyrics on Devil Blues (he gives Gate credit for the lyrics) on his "Changes One" album from 1974.

[@WIDanK86]

I knew I heard that somewhere else, that mingus track is fire

[@ronnabirdwell7227]

Was at a small club in Dallas years back....THEY ran outa tables and he and his band wound up sharing our table when taking breaks....got to talk with him a bit about his personal life as a kid ...I think he said around the Orange TEXAS AREA......Said he spent some time across the state line in Louisiana also....

[@biomario94]

The smile of Santana at 2:59 😍

[@adventuresmore813]

Carlos has soul!

[@billyhenderson7380]

LOVED IT!

[@dave6195]

Billy Henderson that is the first time i see santana "riendo"

[@JusSteve53]

Of course "Gate" and Carlos are great, but so is that whole damn band!

[@joelgonzalez2504]

U guys don't lose time! Kudos! What us gonna do without me? Easy to fix.

[@crisprtalk6963]

Gate is too cool!

[@christianheymann7706]

this is bulls national hymn - for shure on the country !

[@darrenwatsonmusic]

Great performance but why the 50ms delay on everything? Weird.

[@susandevoe6002]

This is soooo mellow. It slowly sucks the brains right out of your head and you don't even care. (Yes?????)

[@trevorjafter8973]

Awesome

[@gerardmuller4812]

El mejor Santana con el mejor Gatemouth con el mejor Demmer

[@michaelwalsh5997]

Dear Lordy!

[@tonyfrascella1857]

My my my my my my !

[@kenvelickoff4275]

WOW!!!!!!.....

[@eyeswideopen935]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TooLooze]

Ouch! Thanks for posting.

[@anthonycalia1317]

Wow...

[@123must]

Thanks lot !

[@gradylarksofficialbandacco1586]

Hello, eric Demmer, & Carlos Santeno........Grady Lark.

[@MrNomade27]

excellent.

[@charles56737]

Wow gate mouth really knows how to work it 😊

[@karlfisher1864]

Hey that guy with the purple cap is pretty good! He should start his own band! K

[@holyspacemonkey]

5:08 Gate starts up with his blues fiddle 🎻🔥

[@davidranney6729]

Who’s on keyboards?

[@popbottle2645]

Dang!

[@xit1254]

What planet was this guy from?

[@caioaugusto6819]

What is he using to make the microfone sound like that?(besides his voice)

[@semiproj]

That “doubling” Is all over this. Sounds awesome

[@Altay0509]

Это пуля в башку, после что-то слушать вообще невозможно ... Великолепно!!!!

[@mikerinaldi7170]

Who are the other musicians?

[@dave6195]

Also for you friends

[@thestreetman5284]

top

[@dogfacedboy6947]

Gol dang! 2 things: 1) I wish there were a LOT more 'nad-powered violinists in the world; 2) I wish Carlos would try this hard to assess a genre and craft his solos to fit more often. He's EXTREMELY good and interesting when he gets out of his box, but he seems to feel people want the cliches.

[@ricardosanches6421]

Valeu é fera

[@DanielPOURSACCONFOLENS]

la on change de registre Clarence Gatemouth Brown né en 1924

[@CedarRoofsOnly]

Sexy There is a God in thereJust the best

[@joeg5507]

Dis da shit!!!

[@gangnamstylegrandpa6352]

WOW !!!!!!

[@mywaveinwoodswoodperfumes]

if you don’t like blues, then you don’t like other genres.

[@AlexPatriez]

Santana with Master Clarence... something is wrong in this picture !

[@Buelligan88]

I think Gatemouth is pissed right now he can't gig.

[@dave6195]

Buelligan88 gathemouth is my idol

[@Exodus_666]

2:56 nirvana

[@sntemp]

Who is on keys?

[@stefanlauger3186]

That's Joe Krown

[@sntemp]

Thanks, I've seen him before but didn't know his name. Damn good player

[@leilalegendre6042]

I thought that was Joe Krown on keyboard

[@joegonzalez8712]

El Super-Mex, quien Cruz el Rio Grande en in a Carroza, tirade x 24 COYOTES.

[@joegonzalez8712]

Y el Super Max ( no el Big Mac ! ) GATEMOUTH !

[@ThomasAnderson41]

Thats a lotta digital reverb

[@MartinCranshaw]

Not Arf.

[@roywallace7707]

What? Can't be.

[@darlingsapphire1]

PLENTY OF TRASHY NOISE BUT BROWN GIVES SOME PEOPLE A CHANGE TO SHARE THEIR ABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC. BROWN HIMSELF SHOULD PLAY SOLO AS HE IS GOOD AT GUITAR AND VIOLIN.