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 Charley Patton's Profile |
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Aw, he caught me yellin' I was drunk as I could be |
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| Location: | Holly Ridge, Mississippi |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 4, 2008 (431 days back) |
About Me |
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| Born in April 1891, between Edwards and Bolton in southern Mississippi, Charley Patton was the scrawny child of sharecropper parents. In 1900, his family moved 100 miles north to the Delta and the Will Dockery Plantation. There Patton fell under the spell of guitarist Henry Sloan and would follow him to gigs. By 1910, he had become proficient as a performer and songwriter, having already composed "Down The Dirt Road Blues," a slow drag called "Banty Rooster Blues," and his theme song "Pony Blues."After the turn of the decade Patton began playing with Willie Brown, a guitarist who would later become a regular on his recordings. Patton's music began to exert considerable influence; guitarist Tommy Johnson had moved to the Dockery vicinity circa 1913 and was soon playing Delta blues including Patton's "Pony Blues." Around 1914, Patton began playing his guitar with members of the Chatmon family, working picnics and frolics. Bo, Sam, and Lonnie Chatmon and guitarist Walter Vinson later would gain fame as the Mississippi Sheiks. Bo Chatmon also recorded many titles as soloist Bo Carter. Patton continued playing and rambling around the Delta, going north to Memphis and as far west as Arkansas and Louisiana. By 1926, a young Robert Johnson had begun following Patton and Brown to gigs trying to learn from the veteran guitarists.Patton made his first recording in June 1929, cutting fourteen songs for the Paramount label, all issued on 78s. Such was the success of his initial session that he was invited four months later to Paramount's new studio in Grafton, Wisconsin, where he recorded twenty-eight additional tunes. Patton's polyrhythmic picking, accompanied by tapping the body of the guitar, created an intricate dance melody that its author could play for thirty minutes or more. Son House, who recorded in a 1930 session that also featured Patton and Brown, recalled that Charley "clowned" for an audience by playing the guitar behind his back or between his knees. Patton included regional landmarks in his tunes - places that a local record-buying audience would be familiar with, including a Moorehead, Mississippi railroad crossing, "Where The Southern Crosses The Dog," in "Green River Blues" and Parchman Farm in "A Spoonful Blues."Howlin' Wolf, who moved to Dockery in 1926, recalled seeing Patton on the town square in Drew, not far from Dockery Plantation. Patton's hypnotic three-note songs also deeply influenced Clarksdale's John Lee Hooker, who recorded his own version of Patton's "Pea Vine Blues." Bukka White also cited a desire "to come to be a famous man, like Charley Patton," and demonstrated a similar knack for playing dance songs for extended periods. Patton's last recording session was in New York City in February 1934, two months before his death.Charley Patton died April 28, 1934, at 350 Heathman Street in Indianola, Mississippi. Patton's grave is located in Holly Ridge, Mississippi, and the tombstone acknowledges his pivotal role in the development of the Delta Blues. |
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Music:Member Since: 12/17/2007Band Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Patton Band Members: Charley Patton - Vocals And GuitarBertha Lee- Second Vocal (Oh Death, Troubled Bout My Mother, Yellow Bee Blues, Mind Reader Blues)Willie Brown - Second Guitar (Moon Going Down & Birdnest Bound)Henry "Son" Sims - Fiddle Influences: Sounds Like: hollerin' pickin' and stompin' Record Label: Paramount & Vocalion Type of Label: Major |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Blues / Religious / Roots Music) |
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Charley Patton Biography Part 3 |
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| There are two main subjects of the songs from this last session. One is Bertha Lee herself and Charley's evident satisfaction with her. Unlike the women in most of his earlier blues, he has a consiste... Posted by Charley Patton on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:11:00 PST |
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Charley Patton Biography Part 1 |
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| Charley Patton died on April 28, 1934, some three months after his final recording session. During the preceding five years he had become the most extensively recorded of the early Mississippi folk bl... Posted by Charley Patton on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:26:00 PST |
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Charley Patton Biography Part 2 |
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| Charley's popularity among whites, however, was established well before he began his recording career. He was in great demand as an entertainer, and apparently he was reluctant to turn down any reques... Posted by Charley Patton on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:25:00 PST |
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