Broadmoor74
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and I was saddened. I had gone to his funeral after Katrina and two and a half years later, I was in Orange and decided to pay my respects. The graveyard he is buried in is a modest one of mostly poorer blacks right off hwy 90 among some juke bars. I couldn't find his grave for a half an hour. Finally I saw his.... . And boy was I saddened. No headstone. Just a small plastic marker stuck in the ground that reads 'Clarence Gatemouth Brown - 1982 Grammy Winner - 1924--2005.'
Here was a man who was a musical genius, admired equally by blues nuts, jazz nazis, and rednecks alike. Influenced all of Texas guitar that came after him. And no headstone. His management and family have been hassling over his estate since his death.....
Music legend's children argue over his modest estate - Breaking News Updates New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
...yet he has been ignored. Only three jars of unopened grape jelly (his favorite condiment) distinguished his grave from the others (other than the lack of a respectable headstone).
It would break his heart that he's so forgotten today.
Here was a man who was a musical genius, admired equally by blues nuts, jazz nazis, and rednecks alike. Influenced all of Texas guitar that came after him. And no headstone. His management and family have been hassling over his estate since his death.....
Music legend's children argue over his modest estate - Breaking News Updates New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
...yet he has been ignored. Only three jars of unopened grape jelly (his favorite condiment) distinguished his grave from the others (other than the lack of a respectable headstone).
It would break his heart that he's so forgotten today.