Ciaccia
The Clarence Carter’s awe-inspiring song “Patches” chronicles Patches’ harrowing life in Oklahoma. It captures the hopelessness of Patches and his family when his father, the responsible for making money and take care of the family, dies. It also shows the difficulties that Patches go through for being the new responsible of the family.
This award-winning song catches you from the start to the end. The rhythm and lyrics are extremely original and you can feel the emotion of it just by listening. It is a song that every blues singer would wish to have written.
Luiz Gustavo
Clarence Carter is a legend of the american blues. A singer like no else, and he knows exactly how to lend enduring meaning to suffering. It is impossible for one not to feel moved by his history. When listening to one of his most famous songs, patches, we can clearly feel how Clarence puts his soul at every word, and the lessons his song teach.
The history of patches, the main character of the song, is a boy who had to help his family, as his father told him before he passed away. Feeling as if the sky was falling on his shoulder, patches was capable of holding his family tight and overcome all difficulties.