Clarence Carter News

Singer Clarence Carter exemplified the gritty, earthy sound of Muscle Shoals R&B, fusing the devastating poignancy of the blues with a wicked, lascivious wit to create deeply soulful music rooted in the American South of the past and the present.

As blues singer Mel Waiters says, "the smaller the club, the bigger the party." He was proved right last time he played New Orleans, at the 2011 Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival ; it was shoulder-to-shoulder spilling over into Camp Street for fans who crowded into the tiny corner of Lafayette Square Waiters was allotted for his closing set, and ... (more)

Singer Clarence Carter exemplified the gritty, earthy sound of Muscle Shoals R&B, fusing the devastating poignancy of the blues with a wicked, lascivious wit to create deeply soulful music rooted in the American South of the past and the present.

Blues singer Clarence Carter is 76. Singer Jack Jones is 74. Actress Faye Dunaway is 71.

Blues singer Clarence Carter is 76. Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 74. Singer Jack Jones is 74.