Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

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Road could be renamed for Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Posted by Ed Anderson May 31, 2007 5:14PM
Categories: Breaking News

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown may not be around any more, but a little piece of him may live on in St. Tammany Parish, where he spent the last 22 years of his life.

A stretch of U.S. 11 from the southern boundary of Slidell to Lake Pontchartrain will be designated the Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Memorial Highway if state Rep. A.G. Crowe, R-Slidell, gets his way.

Without objection, the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works on Thursday unanimously approved Crowe's House Concurrent Resolution 18, which calls on the state highway department to rename U.S. 11 from Spartan Drive to Lake Pontchartrain and hang roadsigns bearing the Grammy winning musician's name.

The resolution needs just the final approval of the Senate before it goes to the department. No opposition is expected.

Although the legislation does not have the force of law and does not mandate the name change and designation, a state agency usually pays attention to such resolutions as the expression of the Legislature's wishes.

"I travel all over the world but this is home," Brown said of Slidell in 2003.