Clarence Green
b. 15 March 1929, Galveston, Texas, USA. A self-taught blues piano player, Clarence ‘Candy’ Green performed on radio and in the numerous clubs of Galveston, a naval town known as the ‘Playground Of the South’. His first record was Green's Bounce, made in Houston for Eddie's in 1948. His brother Cal Green was a guitarist who also recorded. Candy recorded Hard Headed Woman (Peacock) before starting army service in 1951. Returning to Texas two years later, he remained a familiar figure in local clubs throughout the '50s, sometimes recording as Galveston Green and working with Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown. In 1966 he cut the soulful I Saw You Last Night (Duke).