Title: Gate Deserves a Lot Better!
Product review: Clarence Gatemouth Brown is one of the top musicians of the century. Why then do we have to stomach the weak treatment of his work offered in CGB/Vital Blues Guitar. Anyone who knows Gate's music knows that he eshews the term "blues" for more encompassing descriptions, like "American Music, Texas Style" (the title of his current disk). Inside this book we are bombarded with the same set of stale pictures from album covers, etc.. The description of Gate's playing method is shallow and ignores his e-form capo approach. The choice of music is strange to say the least. The only moment of hope is the transcription of Pressure Cooker. This tidbit is hardly worth the money. Gate deserves a lot better!
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