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Charlie Patton
Founder of Delta Blues
Genre: Blues

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. Down the Dirt Road Blues
2. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
3. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
4. Stone Pony Blues
5. It Won't Be Long
6. Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
7. Magnolia Blues
8. Dry Well Blues
9. High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
10. High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2
11. Green River Blues
12. Bird Nest Bound
13. High Sheriff Blues
14. A Spoonful Blues
15. Moon Going Down
16. Pony Blues
17. Elder Greene Blues - Charley Patton, Patton
18. Banty Rooster Blues
19. Some of These Days
20. Tom Rushen Blues
21. 34 Blues
22. Going to Move to Alabama
23. Hammer Blues - Charley Patton, Patton
24. Poor Me
25. When Your Way Gets Dark
26. Devil Sent the Rain Blues

CD Details

All Artists: Charlie Patton
Title: Founder of Delta Blues
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Yazoo
Release Date: 6/27/1990
Genre: Blues
Styles: Delta Blues, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Slide Guitar
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 016351012029

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Although the title of founder might not be exactly accurate, Patton does cast a giant shadow over Mississippi blues. His background as a medicine show entertainer made him more than the typical brooding bluesman. Much of his repertoire was upbeat and just plain fun. Take, for instance, his rendition of "Shake It and Break It": the gravelly voiced Patton snaps his strings and taps out the rhythm on his guitar while not missing a beat. His slide numbers like "High Sheriff" and "When Your Way Gets Dark" are beautiful melodic pieces seldom matched by his peers. He was also an early mentor of Robert Johnson, who probably picked up his trademark descending bass run from Patton. Charley was one of the true greats and is required listening for Delta blues fans. --Lars Gandil

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CD Reviews

Primal Delta Blues

Chris Luallen | Nashville, Tennessee | 09/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Before Robert Johnson there was an older generation of Delta blues musicians of which Charlie Patton was a part. Patton, with his rough voice and primitive sound, may take getting used to for some. But I find him to be among the most poweful of all the bluesmen. His music is rhythmically charged and his lyrics are funny, emotional and very smart. He cleverly takes on the role of a bo weavil addressing his wife in "Bo Weavil Blues" and the desperate voice of a drug addict in "A Spoonful Blues". But my favorite has to be "Down The Dirt Road Blues", where he travels with his woman to the "Indian Nation" in Oklahoma. Patton was apparently 1/4 Cherokee and hoped to obtain a place on the reservation. But instead he ends up alone and full of despair.

Every day seem like murder here

My God, I'm no sheriff

Every day seem like murder here

I'm gonna leave tomorrow, I know you don't bid my care

When it comes to the blues no one is more passionate and intense than Charlie Patton. This is definitely a must for anyone that loves soul filled blues music."