Clarence Carter - Patches

Clarence Carter returns to the Muscle Shoals to play at the Shoals Theater to a packed house. Thanks to Justin Crisler Productions for a GREAT SHOW!!

[lenzcap]

One of the greatest songs ever. Still brings a tear to my eye 50 yrs. later.... R.I.P. C.C.

[music-ee]

"Patches" is one of the greatest songs ever. Won the Grammy for Best R&B song of 1971.

[tzulutron]

My dadd was from Alabama, he loved this song, i do too. I love being a father, miss u dadd ❤🫡🫡😏

[mateusdemelo]

Powerful song! My grandpa was born and raised in the South of Bahia in Brazil. His father was a little sugar cane farmer and died after a snakebite. Grandpa was the oldest son and took care of the whole family during hard years in Brazil '50s. They tried to work in the family's sugar cane fields, but they needed to sell their two oxen used to ran the farm, then the hungry started. The region has hard drought periods, the opposite problem of Patches with rains. He took the hard mission of conduct the family to a new area, they moved to São Paulo. He was like a father to every one of his siblings. He supported them by working hard in the coffee farms and also logging into the wild forest for months far from home. I cried a lot listen to Patches and remembering my hero, my grandpa Jose Antonio.

[Jqau]

Real story telling...the way a song should be. Not like the crap that's out there now. Thanks Clarence for showing them the way. We need a 100 more like you.

[charlesbaran]

I looked up Patches after talking with a Black fellow my age 63 today. He was listening to Break Up to Make Up on a Sirius station, and I asked, Stylistics? A Clarence Carter song came on next, and we remembered Patches. Beautiful song. Funny how some of the lyrics came back to me 50+ years after I bought the 45. I mentioned listening to AM radio (CKLW in Windsor Ontario, across from Detroit). I still have the 1972 Top 100 list, which shows how diverse the music was. Motown, of course, but Joe Cocker, Sammy Davis, Jr., the Moody Blues, Elvis Presley, and the O'Jays. Top ten: Lean on Me (Bill Withers); Alone Again (Naturally)(Gilbert O'Sullivan; Me and Mrs. Jones (Billy Paul); American Pie (Don McLean); I Got Cha'(Joe Tex); Without You (Nilsson); Betcha' By Golly Wow (Stylistics); Oh Girl (Chi-Lites); School's Out (Alice Cooper); My Ding-a-Ling (Chuck Berry). Great stuff.

[thehytekrednek]

The great Clarence Carter was one of the reasons I picked up a Strat and started to belt out the blues. This man is a freakin' legend!

[BeatInternational]

Clarence Carter is still putting on a great performance with a sense of humor!

[mitcht]

June 9, 2023 Somebody just recommended this song to me and it is moving and wonderful - inspirational. I just googled Clarence Carter and see that he's still going strong - blessings to you.

[susiebarrett]

I saw Clarence Carter in Augusta, Georgia in 1968-1969 at Leonards Lounge on Deans Bridge Road. He was fantastic!! Such a talent!! Miss those days!! Thank you Clarence for your contributions to the music of my youth!! GOD bless!!

[marilynabraham]

First time i have seen this live but this song has been with me since my younger days, always brings a tear to my eye because my kids and i were patches in real life, Thank God they r all grown and this still remains our favorite song!I remember my mom thru d bad times also saying"Lord give us strength to face another day" thanks mammy!

[gaylemitchell]

This is one of my favorite song because of two things I like how he sings it and it brings tears to my eyes

[stevendimmock]

Legend and seeing a legend perform it. Clarence, in one song, elevated Himself to Godlike status. Love this video. But can we never, ever forget the great General Johnson. He wrote this most emotive of songs.

[eldnheard]

The one song that made me feel like a man and step up to the plate to help my other 6 siblings and either parents in their absence, because my daddy told me in the early 60's these very same words.

[briddle]

A glimpse into the family life of Patches.  A glimpse into the love that drove them.  That love is what makes us cry.  It's a powerful, enduring deep love we all crave.  I envy those who have it, but maybe someday I will. 

[roccoco]

Always one of my favorite songs.  This song was written by General Johnson, (Leader of "The Chairmen of the Board."  "Biggest National hit "Give me just a little more time."  -  My band in NC got to open for Clarence Carter once and the Charimen of the board several times.   I will never be famous or rich, but they are surely great memories I will always have.

[critter]

My R & B/Soul hero, Clarence!  Thanks for posting!

[brianmitchell]

A 45 record of Clarence Carter singing Funky Fever on one side and Slip Away on the other is the first record I remember having as a small child. I played Funky Fever so many times that I think I wore that record out.

[TheFreeheelbird]

The cool thing about this song is that the man who wrote was the owner of one of the recording studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It is the story of his life. He wrote it after his dad died in a tractor accident and it became a number one hit.

[NYVoice]

Before there was there Clemons there was Carter. the first Clarence. And yes, this WAS a #1 song. Melodrama, great story, strong lyrics and a heartfelt performance by CC. What's not to like?