In patches, Clarence Carter had a hardship life in Alabama, he lost his
father very early and had to pull the family through when he was only a
boy.Feding the family, chopping the woods and going to school was his
duty to accomplish his father’s desire in the dying bed.
Patches was a nick name given due to his condition and hurt his father
inside because he had given everything he could besides his absent
education. Since the day the old man died he had to become a man.Even
when he through he couldn’t go on and wanted to run away from home
he remembered what his father desire was and continued carrying the
whole world in his shoulders because he was the only one in the family
who could work.
Clarence Carter use his awe-inspiring and harrowing life story to create a
remarkable harmonica instrumental song. Horrifying as the situation was,
Clarence carter was capable to capture the hopelessness of living in the
fields with no money and face this problem with the strength of his father
last wish to work and provide a better life to the family.
Aline Franca