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Clarence Carter
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Clarence Carter Born 14 January 1936 Montgomery Alabama Is A Singer And Musician. Carter's Earliest Releases Were As Half Of The Duo Clarence And Calvin. Also Known As The "C And C Boys" The Blind Duo Made Seven Singles The Last Of Which Was Recorded At Fame's Muscle Shoals Studio. When His Partner Calvin Thomas Aka Scott Suffered Serious Injuries In A Car Accident In 1966 Carter Became A Solo Act Calvin Himself Later Reappeared As A Solo Act To Record Two Dave Crawford-Produced Atco Records Singles In 1969/70 And A Clarence Paul-Produced 1971 Album For Stax Records I'm Not Blind ... I Just Can't See From Which Two Singles Were Also Taken . "Tell Daddy" Released In January 1967 Began A Fruitful Spell Of Fame-Produced Hits By Carter Released On The Atlantic Records Label. Noteworthy Were "Thread The Needle" "Looking For A Fox" And "Slip Away" Where The Singer Combined His Outstanding Voice With His Skill As An Arranger And Musician. "Patches" First Recorded By Chairmen Of The Board Was A UK Number 2 And A US Number 4 In 1970 But Despite Further Strong Offerings Clarence Was Unable To Sustain The Momentum. He Remained With Fame Until 1973 Where He Also Helped Guide Candi Staton Who Was Now His Wife Before Moving To ABC Records The Subsequent Year. Further Recordings On Venture And Big C Took Carter's Career Into The 1980s And Later The Artist Found A Sympathetic Outlet With The Ichiban Records Label. Despite Being Blinded As A Child He Developed A Distinctive Guitar Style That Complemented His Earthy Delivery And Was Just As Comfortable On Keyboards Writing Songs Or Arranging Sessions. The First Two Albums This Is Clarence Carter And The Dynamic Clarence Carter Show Off His Versatile Talent To Good Effect. Clarence Returned In The Late Eighties With The Album Dr. CC Which Spawned The Bawdy Comedic Single "Strokin'" Which Has Evolved Into A Favorite At Clubs And Weddings. He Later Followed It Up With A Sequel "Still Strokin'" In 1989.
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In Its Musical Structure And Theme Of Infidelity "Slip Away" Would Seem Based On The Template Of "Steal Away" The 1964 Self-Penned Jimmy Hughes Hit Which Had Been The First Single Recorded At FAME Studios. 2 The Official Songwriting Credit For "Slip Away" Lists Three Musicians From Clarence Carter's Touring Band Keyboardist William Armstrong Bassist Marcus Daniel And Drummer Wilbur Terrell. Marcus Daniel Carter's Sideman Since 1962 Had Previously Co-Written - With Carter And Wilbur Terrell - "Tell Daddy" Which After Becoming Carter's Inaugural R&B Hit At The Start Of 1967 Would - As "Tell Mama" - Be Recorded By Etta James That Summer To Become An R&B Top Ten R&B Hit And Top 40 Crossover. Daniel Would Nevertheless Recall That In 1967 He Had Been Feeling Uneasy About His Musical Career Marcus Miller 2008 Quote "I Got Down On My Knees And Asked God To Allow Me To Do Better" - As A Songwriter And Musician - "and Stay With The Band And Within Twenty Minutes I Sat Up In Bed With Both The Melody And The Lyrics Of 'Slip Away' In My Mind." Commenting On The Arguable Incongruity Of A Divinely Inspired Song Being Focused On Infidelity Marcus Daniel Would State "I Wrote About What I Knew" "back Then...I Was A Bad Womanizer Which...Shames To This Day" In 1988 Daniel Would Leave His Musical Career Behind Serving As Pastor Of The Piney Groves Missionary Baptist Church In Mathews Alabama Until His 10 May 2021 Passing. Clarence Carter Would In 2009 Have A Somewhat Contrasting Recollection Of The Song's Genesis "My Bass Player Had Written Some Lyrics...And He And I Sat Down And Really Put 'Slip Away' Together."
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Biography - Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter Born 14 January 1936 Montgomery Alabama Is A Singer And Musician. Carter's Earliest Releases Were As Half Of The Duo Clarence And Calvin. Also Known As The "C And C Boys" The Blind Duo Made Seven Singles The Last Of Which Was Recorded At Fame's Muscle Shoals Studio. When His Partner Calvin Thomas Aka Scott Suffered Serious Injuries In A Car Accident In 1966 Carter Became A Solo Act Calvin Himself Later Reappeared As A Solo Act To Record Two Dave Crawford-Produced Atco Records Singles In 1969/70 And A Clarence Paul-Produced 1971 Album For Stax Records I'm Not Blind ... I Just Can't See From Which Two Singles Were Also Taken . "Tell Daddy" Released In January 1967 Began A Fruitful Spell Of Fame-Produced Hits By Carter Released On The Atlantic Records Label. Noteworthy Were "Thread The Needle" "Looking For A Fox" And "Slip Away" Where The Singer Combined His Outstanding Voice With His Skill As An Arranger And Musician. "Patches" First Recorded By Chairmen Of The Board Was A UK Number 2 And A US Number 4 In 1970 But Despite Further Strong Offerings Clarence Was Unable To Sustain The Momentum. He Remained With Fame Until 1973 Where He Also Helped Guide Candi Staton Who Was Now His Wife Before Moving To ABC Records The Subsequent Year. Further Recordings On Venture And Big C Took Carter's Career Into The 1980s And Later The Artist Found A Sympathetic Outlet With The Ichiban Records Label. Despite Being Blinded As A Child He Developed A Distinctive Guitar Style That Complemented His Earthy Delivery And Was Just As Comfortable On Keyboards Writing Songs Or Arranging Sessions. The First Two Albums This Is Clarence Carter And The Dynamic Clarence Carter Show Off His Versatile Talent To Good Effect. Clarence Returned In The Late Eighties With The Album Dr. CC Which Spawned The Bawdy Comedic Single "Strokin'" Which Has Evolved Into A Favorite At Clubs And Weddings. He Later Followed It Up With A Sequel "Still Strokin'" In 1989.
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In its musical structure and theme (of infidelity), "Slip Away" would seem based on the template of "Steal Away", the 1964 self-penned Jimmy Hughes hit which had been the first single recorded at FAME Studios.[2] The official songwriting credit for "Slip Away" lists three musicians from Clarence Carter's touring band: keyboardist William Armstrong, bassist Marcus Daniel, and drummer Wilbur Terrell.
Marcus Daniel, Carter's sideman since 1962, had previously co-written - with Carter and Wilbur Terrell - "Tell Daddy" which, after becoming Carter's inaugural R&B hit at the start of 1967, would - as "Tell Mama" - be recorded by Etta James that summer to become an R&B Top Ten R&B hit and Top 40 crossover. Daniel would nevertheless recall that in 1967 he had been feeling uneasy about his musical career:(Marcus Miller 2008 quote:)"I got down on my knees and asked God to allow me to do better" - as a songwriter and musician - "and stay with the band, and within twenty minutes I sat up in bed with both the melody and the lyrics of 'Slip Away' in my mind."
Commenting on the arguable incongruity of a divinely inspired song being focused on infidelity, Marcus Daniel would state: "I wrote about what I knew":"back then...I was a bad womanizer, which...shames to this day": in 1988 Daniel would leave his musical career behind, serving as pastor of the Piney Groves Missionary Baptist Church in Mathews, Alabama until his 10 May 2021 passing.
Clarence Carter would in 2009 have a somewhat contrasting recollection of the song's genesis: "My bass player had written some lyrics...and he and I sat down and really put 'Slip Away' together." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.