Clarence Carter - Patches 1970 Throwback Thursday Song of the Day I still have my 45 💿 Born blind in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 14, 1936, Carter attended the Alabama School for the Blind in Talladega, Alabama, and Alabama State University in Montgomery, graduating in August 1960 with a Bachelor of Science degree in music. Patches” (sometimes known as “Patches (I’m Depending On You)”) is a country soul song written by General Johnson and Ron Dunbar and best known as the 1970 hit version by