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Mississippi Boweavil BluesDown the Dirt Road BluesPony BluesSpoonful Blues, AHigh Water Everywhere, Pt. 1High Water Everywhere, Pt. 234 BluesPea Vine BluesRevenue Man BluesPoor MeHigh Sheriff BluesFrankie & AlbertPrayer of Death, Pt. 1Prayer of Death, Pt. 2Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)Magnolia BluesCircle Round the MoonScreamin' and Hollerin' the BluesMean Black MoanJesus Is a Dying Bed MakerOh DeathHeart Like Railroad SteelWalkin' BluesM&O BluesAll Night Long BluesBe True Be True BluesMind Reader BluesSaddle My PonyHobo BluesGypsy WomanBig Legged WomanShe Left Me a Mule to RideFixin to Die BluesCanned Heat BluesTrack List
Mississippi Boweavil BluesDown the Dirt Road BluesPony BluesSpoonful Blues, AHigh Water Everywhere, Pt. 1High Water Everywhere, Pt. 234 BluesPea Vine BluesRevenue Man BluesPoor MeHigh Sheriff BluesFrankie & AlbertPrayer of Death, Pt. 1Prayer of Death, Pt. 2Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)Magnolia BluesCircle Round the MoonScreamin' and Hollerin' the BluesMean Black MoanJesus Is a Dying Bed MakerOh DeathHeart Like Railroad SteelWalkin' BluesM&O BluesAll Night Long BluesBe True Be True BluesMind Reader BluesSaddle My PonyHobo BluesGypsy WomanBig Legged WomanShe Left Me a Mule to RideFixin to Die BluesCanned Heat BluesAlbum Notes
Liner Note Author: Nigel Williamson.
Translators: Irène Rognier; Isaac Gómez Martel.
The story of Delta blues starts with Charley Patton's slashing slide style, hoarse and gruff vocals, and unerring ability to enliven and enlarge even the most mundane blues lyric. Patton's 78s have been collected in several fine packages, including the JSP box called Complete Recordings: 1929-1934, Catfish's nifty three-disc budget box called The Definitive Charley Patton, and the last word in all this, the impressive (and expensive) seven-disc Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues from Revenant Records. This selection from World Music Network and its Rough Guide to Blues Legends series works as a single-disc introduction to Patton, and it contains some of his best-known songs like "Pony Blues," the two-part "High Water Everywhere," "High Sheriff Blues," "A Spoonful Blues," and "Revenue Man Blues." Since Patton's rhythms and overall approach can be repetitive at times, casual listeners wondering what all the fuss is about might be better served with a single disc like this one that hones things down a bit, but Patton's work is both the Big Bang and the epicenter of country blues, so going a little deeper and springing for one of the box sets is well worth the time and expense. [A bonus disc included with this package traces Patton's influence and legacy.] ~ Steve Leggett
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