Scott Ellison’s tenure as a member of Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown’s touring band was brief, but it undoubtedly left a mark on the Tulsa-based guitarist and singer-songwriter. Ellison spent a little over a year (1980–81) in the iconic Texas bluesman’s band, but throughout his ensuing...
Tulsa Town is a look back at the white riots against a successful Black business district in 1921, while Call Me by My Name (on which he duets with Harrison Kennedy, former singer with R&B hitmakers Chairmen of the Board) is as much a call to authentic Black patriotism as the Impressi...
But there was a far more economic use of time and energy to deliver comedy, satire, stories, and nonsense set to catchy fun tunes by clever writers, musicians, singers, entertainers and comics and that was on 33RPM and 45 RPM records. Due to the novel nature of the recorded hit songs’...