For this episode, we’re sharing an extended cut of Jason Miller’s recent conversation with author Roger Wood. The interview was featured on episode 3 of this season of Bayoulands. Roger Wood’s book Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues is a detailed and extensive portrait of the Houston blues scene. For this interview, Jason and Roger focused on one of the major players in the Houston blues scene, the late Clarence Gatemouth Brown.
Our thanks to Roger Wood. Tune in to 91.3 FM and kvlu.org on Sunday, September 26that 5pm for a repeat of Episode 3 of Bayoulands, featuring the radio version of Roger Wood's interview along with music selections and an interview I did with the president of Lamar State College Orange, Dr. Thomas Johnson, about the college’s upcoming plans to honor Gatemouth Brown by unveiling "Gatemouth Plaza" this October.
If you want to take a local "Gatemouth" tour, check out the Texas Historical Marker which stands at the site of his grave at Hollywood Cemetary located on Simmons Drive in Orange and an exhibit of original artifacts on view in the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame at the Museum of the Gulf Coast located at 700 Procter Street in Port Arthur.
Unfortunately, Down in Houston: Bayou City Blues is no longer in print, but there are a fare amount of copies for sale online.
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