Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!
Brown in 1999
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown playing guitar on stage in Norway (1981)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown in 1940s Duke-Peacock Records publicity photo
Performance at the Bronze Peacock Dinner Club in 1947 or 1948
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was the first recipient of the award.
Ten-time winner B.B. King.
Three-time winner John Lee Hooker.
Two-time winner Eric Clapton.