FLASH BLUES #100 | CHARLES BROWN – I Put Myself Together (1992)

FLASH BLUES 100

CHARLES BROWN

I PUT MYSELF TOGETHER

En el programa 100 de Flash Blues recuperamos a Charles Brown, uno de los grandes nombres del blues elegante de la Costa Oeste, pero no para volver a sus grabaciones más conocidas. 

Viajamos a 1992, cuando, con setenta años, grabó para Muse Records el álbum Blues and Other Love Songs. Nuestra Pista del Día es “I Put Myself Together”, una composición propia de más de ocho minutos en la que Brown canta y toca el piano con esa serenidad que solo dan los años. A su lado, Danny Caron a la guitarra, Ruth Davies al bajo y Gaylord Birch a la batería sostienen un sonido sobrio y cálido. Y atención al saxo tenor de Houston Person, que va ganando protagonismo. 

Una canción sobre recomponerse tras una decepción sentimental y una magnífica manera de escuchar al Charles Brown de 1992.

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For Flash Blues episode 100, we return to Charles Brown, one of the defining voices of sophisticated West Coast blues. But this time we are not revisiting his best-known early recordings. 

Instead, we jump to 1992, when the seventy-year-old singer and pianist recorded Blues and Other Love Songs for Muse Records. Our Track of the Day is “I Put Myself Together”, an original song lasting more than eight minutes, with Brown delivering every line and piano phrase with effortless poise. Guitarist Danny Caron, bassist Ruth Davies and drummer Gaylord Birch provide the understated backing, while Houston Person’s tenor saxophone gradually takes centre stage. 

It is a song about putting yourself back together after heartbreak, and a fine reminder that Brown had much more to say in 1992 than simply looking back at his past.

A Carlos Díez production for Blues Syndicate

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I hope you enjoyed our program today