CLARENCE CARTER - Patches REACTION | This is one of the greatest songs ever! Amazing story telling!
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- CLARENCE CARTER - Patches REACTION | This is one of the greatest songs ever! Amazing story telling!
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This song had a huge impact on me. My family is white, but my father grew up extremely poor. My grandparents worked hard, but were chronically cash strapped. My Grandfather had been severely injured, limiting his ability to earn a living. So Dad and his siblings picked berries, hired out on local farms, and did anything and everything they possibly could to keep things together. I always felt this song was about my Dad's family in some ways. I was always proud of my Dad and his family.
God bless you, Christian
This song reminds me of my own father. He never knew his dad. He died in 1937 when my dad was just 8 months old. My father was the only son. He worked picking cotton and had an 8th-grade education. He had to help his mother and sisters. He couldn't even be drafted or join the military because he was the only son. I remember as a little girl my parents getting record albums in the mail once a month from their subscribed record club. This album came and my dad loved and played this song all the time. Growing up a Mexican American this song reminds me that music has no color. That songs mean something to us all. Thank you Harri for bringing this song out from the dusty archives. Great reaction ♥ To all the Dads who did their best!
My mom loved this song. Its one of a few that I remember her playing a lot when I was little. I'm white but we were poor. My grandfather worked hard farming for other people and for the family to grow food and raise chickens. It helped us get by. I think that's why my mom loved the song so much. It told a story of good family values, and strong character, and perseverance. Thanks for the memory.
Oh my goodness so did my mom. She got hold of CD I bought with classic songs that included this song. When she was elderly she enjoyed playing music often. I found her in her room with a tear in her eye listening to this song and I kinda of gave a little laugh and said "Oh mom you're always so dramatic" and she said "poor little Patches." I come from a family of 8. Mom has been gone for 3 1/2 years now. She almost made in 94 yrs. old.
I was young when this song came out. It was rightly a huge hit in America.
I'm so glad you reacted to this, Harri! I haven't heard this song in years & it was one of my MANY favorites from this era! It still brings tears to my eyes. My mother's white family grew up a lot like this back during the depression! I love Clarence Carter's voice in this & this song truly is one of the greatest songs ever!😊
Clarence Carter is such a great blues artist. "Patches" is one of his most famous songs. I also like his songs "Slip Away" & "Too Weak To Fight".
Don’t forget “Strokin’”
A true story indeed, for many many people. Very few people today are able to really relate.
Maybe I'm amazed. I've just looked it up and it was written by General Johnson and Robbie Dunbar and first recorded by The Chairman of the Board on their first album. I didn't see that coming.
It says in Wikipedia, "The blind blues singer Clarence Carter heard the song, later saying: "I heard it on the Chairmen of the Board LP and liked it, but I had my own ideas about how it should be sung. It was my idea to make the song sound real natural..." Initially he thought "that it would be degrading for a black man to sing a song so redolent of subjugation" but was persuaded to do so by record producer Rick Hall, who told him that it related to his own personal history as he was growing up.
I remember that one of the ex-members of The Chairman of the Board, Harrison Kennedy, moved to Canada and released some very good Blues albums. But the thing that bewildered me was that he became sick with cancer and had to have a fund-raiser to help pay for his treatment. Fortunately, many people gave and his cancer went into remission and he is still recording (OK, his last album was in 2016).
As I said before, what a good choice.
Thanks for this comment, I as wondering how long it would take someone to recognize General Johnson for this. They sure did love hm down in the Carolinas . Maybe react to Chairmen of the Board and Carolina Girls.
Oh, this song breaks my heart every time.
An absolute classic. A great and heartfelt reaction too.
This song was recorded by Rick Hall at Fame studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama .They put out records by everybody from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones.The Documentary Muscle Shoals is a must watch if you want a tour of American Music.You can find it on YT.
You are a very observant person Harri, although this song is not about Clarence Carter's life. Clarence had his own life struggles. He was blind from birth. His producer Rick Hall's childhood had many similarities to this tune. Clarence's voice truly conveyed a lot of sadness into this song. It usually brings a tear to my eye. Good reaction Harri. 👍😉🙃🔥😎
This was literally my uncle's story. His father (my grandfather) died of pneumonia when my uncle, the oldest and only male child, was eight years old. That left my grandmother, my uncle and his three younger sisters, one of whom was my mother, to make it on a farm during the Great Depression.
Everything recorded in the shoals is a classic
Before I even listen to your reaction it gets an uptick from me.
I used to listen to this on Radio Luxembourg with tears in my eyes whilst Carter sang bout the triumph of hope and hard work over all the disasters that befell him as a child. I used to feel sorry for his father and mother, brothers and sisters and of course, "Patches" himself. Fifty years or so later I can still sing along to this song, it was a favourite of mine.
The strange thing is that I never listened to anything else of his. I shall have to rectify this.
Thanks to whoever chose this.
Not only people of color but whites lived that life too.
Kids worked cause they Had to. He was lucky mom made him go to school, alot didn't have that chance.
I was raised up hearing this in the American South.
I've always loved this song
This song was play on our 45 over and over again, my favorite song by Clarence Carter, poverty has no discrimination.
Such a marvelous song and singer.
I love this song! From the south so we knew all about what he was singing about. Powerful song.
This song makes me cry every time
I love SLIP AWAY by Clarence Carter
As a kid who dropped out of school at 15 years old I always identified with song!
I loved this song when it came out and I was old enough to understand the lyrics. I am just a sucker for a sad story. for much the same reasons I also loved Paul Simon's song 'Mathew.'
Someone should have pulled me up. John Denver did 'Mathew.' Paul Simon did 'Duncan' (which wasn't very sad at all.)
There was two songs called Patches around the same time. The other one was sung by Dickie Lee maybe a few years earlier it was a sad song about a very poor girl from a shantytown and a boy who wanted to marry her but his folks forbid the union. So when he hears that Patches drowned herself thinking he didn't want to marry her since she was so poor he decides to join her by suicide as well. Clarence Carter's Patches was also a well written sad song tragedy struggle and finally triumph over tremendous odds. I love both songs. Carter recorded another great song Slip Away. I didn't know til just recently that he was born blind and so he certainly had his struggles and triumph over much adversity in his life. But it is nice to hear that both Clarence Carter and Dickie Lee are still around.
@@oldgordo61He also did a song called Strokin’, which was raunchy and hilarious.
This song is not played enough on the radio........ great choice!
Great original version. B.B.King and George Jones did a great cover.
Great analysis Harri
Patches was not written by Clarence Carter, it was a cover of the song by Chairmen of the Board. Clarence was convinced to record the song by his producer Rick Hall because it resonated so much with Hall's own story.
So much emotion in his voice Always brings tears to my eyes as well Harri✌️
His song "Strokin'" tells an interesting story too.
I haven't heard this song since I was a kid. It's been decades. Takes me back.
I'm 71 now, so I was a little older than you when I heard this song, on AM radio. It had to be in the 60's.
I remember this on a 45 in our home when I was a kid.
I remember this song. It was a favorite of mine. I was a little older than you.
Don't know why Clarence Carter isn't more widely known. Damn, this has to be one of the greatest songs ever recorded!!!
Brilliant song 👍 another on a similar line is"son of hickory hollers tramp" by O C Smith
I had forgotten all about this song.Love it.
I remember this song from sometime in the 70’s. I don’t know if it was this version. The one that charted in the US might have been a cover. It’s a poignant tale and a great song. 🌺✌️
Love Clarence Carter. My favorite of his songs is “Girl From Soweto”. “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa” are great too.
So was “Strokin’” by him also.
Wow....Memories, Beautiful 🙏
I have this song on various music players and it still chokes me up every time.
Always reminds me of my dad. His dad died in the 1920's. They were in Oklahoma. When the Dust Bowl hit he and his brother, the two oldest, set out riding the rails. They worked wherever they could and sent what money they could to their Mamma and their baby brother and sister. The Depression was a very hard time for so many people.
I remember this song so well and I still love it and you’re right Harri, these words hit hard
I love this Patches' song story. ❤
Wow. You just took me back 40 years. My mom had that record and used to play it all the time. 🥺Another one she liked was the Diana Ross version of “Ode To Billy Jo”.
Wow! I haven’t heard this in ages!
Harri, Great song. Brings back a lot of memories from my childhood. I believe this will always be one of my favorites. I have just been diagnosed with cancer and have been doing a lot of reminiscing. Right on time. Thanks and God bless.
This song came to mind after listening to Only The Strong Survive by Jerry Butler. Two songs from my long lost past. Melts my heart, gives me goosebumps. Songs like this helped make me who i am
Reminds me of audie murphy his dad run off and audie had to bring up his brothers and sisters , he was stunted a bit because of childhood malnutrition then he went off to world war 2 and lost most of his friends and became the most decorated american soldier , when he was trying to join up he was turned down several times because he was too small . This sort of thing still happens . Patches and kids like that are pretty heroic and noble
Great tune, many can relate.
Always loved that song. Nice job Mr. Carter.
Such a great tune!! Been ages since I last heard it!
Nice one Daniel! This track gets the memories flowing! I put Clarence up there with all the greats! It's been a spell since I've graced my ears with this magnificent blues track! Forgot the impact behind it! Harri you have a great soul my good man, and really appreciated your insight to this song! Daniel, I truly mean it when I say "Thanks for this one!"
It tears me up every time. Weird. Thanks Harri and GMM 😢
One of my favorite songs, it makes me cry everytime 😢 💔
Great request.
Great reaction Harri. Heartbreaking song 😢
A very beautiful song.
i grew with this song and i loved word of this song i love clarence carter
Check out the Documentary “Muscle Shoals” … not for review just for info. Clarence didn’t want to do this song initially but this song ment so much to the producer he did it.
This is truly a great song another one his was Stroking awesome
Great pick Daniel and excellent reaction Harri. I remember cranking up the AM radio when this came on when I was a kid. As you Harri, it wasn't until later that I understood the lyrics.
This song makes me so emotional
There is an amazing documentary, with some cool anecdotes about this song. It is titled Muscle Shoals, home to one of the most famous recording studios - FAME, and the incredible artists that recorded there. Great reaction Harri.
i used to listen to this song in the projects in the 90's
Wonderful.
Clarence Carter was also known for doing some raunchier songs like “Back Door Santa” and “Strokin’”, which are both hilarious.
One depressing azz song, but I've always loved it. The story he tells in this song reminds me of sad stories my Dad had of growing up poor in the 30s & 40s.
When Rick Hall pitched this song to Clarence, he didn’t want to do it. Rick shared with Clarence that the song was one Rick saw as description of his father so Clarence gave it a shot. I too, cry cause I think of my daddy.
I clearly remember when PATCHES came out when I was a kid after hearing the song I could never listen to it because it always brought tears to my eyes.
Now, you need to feature "Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" by OC Smith.
Strokin'.
This story is real for someone
Different seasons in life ... but the same song 🤎🤎🤎🤎
Watch the music documentary "Muscle Shoals" it tells the story of "Patches". It also tells the story about how a small rural town in Alabama became the center of the music world. From Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones recorded there.
This really is a great song, but I have to confess I almost feel guilty about something now. I was around 14 when this song was a hit on the radio and my brother was 12. Whenever this song came on the radio (we loved the radio so much back then) we used to make up more lines for the song. Like, when he says one day the rain came and washed away all the crops, we would add, and then a tornado came and knocked down the house. These lines kept getting worse and worse the longer the song stayed on the radio and even got kind of perverted after a few weeks. It was a lot of adolescent fun back then but seems so disrespectful now. This really was a serious song about people facing hard times, but I still smile sometimes when I remember some of those lines.
Harrie, this is a true story. But not of Clarence Carter's. It's the true story of Rick Hall who was the founder of the legendary music studio called Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He got Clarence Carter, who was also from Alabama, to sing this song Hall wrote but only after Carter initially didn't want to. You should watch the documentary called Muscle Shoals - it's available on youtube. It's a great flick and puts the spotlight on one of the great centers of the music of the 60's and beyond. Check it out. I think you'd really like it.
Hello, Bob Geldof is a super talent, not as a singer but as an actor.
He perfectly embodies the role of Pink. As a video, the music of The Wall will be fondly remembered. Since you can watch the videos on You Tube for free, I don't think there will be any problems. Don't make the same mistake as the others and rate live performances or studio quality.
I'll give you 100,000 views.
I'm surprised you haven't reacted to Clarence "the frogman" Henry!
Clarence doesn't sound sad when he is singing "Strokin" !!
I just listened to that. He was doing a live performance in his late 70s and it showed he is a great storyteller but I bet you wouldn't knowingly play it on here, Harri. There was another song I listened to as well where he was talking about being caught with a truck driver's wife.
He's 86 now, he should know how to behave himself (grin).
I see you reacted to this song (which I absolutely love this song) but I'd love to see you react to Dickie Lee's Patches
Masterpice
@danielvolk excellent choice I'm marking it off miy list. Still got the song"slip away" on my list unless you beat me to it
Thanks, I know you have helped me take a few songs off my list too. 😉
It's a true story for thousands of not millions of people 😉
In 2022, you cannot find a single family that could represent this family today in today's times. White or black. It's very foreign. It's called respect and history. Bring. It. Back.
Amen.
What poverty, early death,child labor?
Not just the black community. Many poor whites as well. I remember many of times, when I was young, going to bed hungry because there wasn't enough food to feed the family. Unlike "Patches" though, my father didn't pass away, he had other demons, and usually drank all the money away...
If you don't shed a tear with this song, you ain't human!!
The difference is that white people didn't have policies and laws written so they couldn't advance. It's still going on today.
Recorded at Muscle Shoals. Clarence was pushing back that it was some kind of pandering black song. The white man who wrote it replied “this is about my grandfather “
You should do his song “Strokin” - it tells a good story too. 🤓
Though I believe this is original artist I first heard this song by Ray Griff and personally like Rays version
😭😭😭
Try the cover by BB Kiing and George Jones - 2 legends
Kinda tugs at the heart strings don't it
Listen Boss Man that’s a Big Big Big cltune. The late great Garnett Silk remixed it in a song
General Johnson did a good cover of this song
Harri X 3 Have you heard "Blowin' in the Wind" by Eunice & Howard? Gary X 3
See, im different. I had the opportunity to be the one.
Lookin' For A Fox.
Clarence was born blind
Carter was born blind.
Never knew that. Wow...
Great country soul song.
Harri, I dug up some information on this song for you, as I would rather relay accurate information, especially about this song ... you'll understand why.
From songfacts.com:
Carter really was from Alabama, but he didn't grow up on a farm and never worked the fields. His delivery was so convincing that many listeners thought Carter was telling the story of his life, which was even more remarkable considering he was blind. Carter said that he sometimes felt like a fraud after receiving letters from fans praising his dedication to his family and citing him as an inspiration. Said Carter, "I heard it on the Chairmen of the Board LP and liked it, but I had my own ideas about how it should be sung. It was my idea to make the song sound real natural - I guess I tried a little too hard for some people!"
Clarence Carter, known to his fans as Dr. CC, had a difficult childhood. He was blinded at a young age, and attended the Alabama School for the Blind at Talladega. He taught himself to play the guitar by listening to Lightnin' Hopkins records. Carter had three hits that went gold in the States: "Slip Away," "Too Weak To Fight" and "Patches."
While Carter didn't write this song, he claimed that he could certainly associate with it, since he came from a poor family and knew kids who had to support their families through farm work. Carter's grandfather died when his mother was still in high school, which also helped him relate to the song.
Now, I grew up listening to this version, but Jerry Reed also had a voice that, when he wanted, could sound very similar, and I heard his version a lot. It's hard to tell them apart, so of course, I like either/both versions.