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Charley Patton is tagged as: blues, delta blues, country blues, classic blues, folk

Charley Patton (born Charlie Patton in Edwards, Mississippi, May 1, 1891, died in Indianola, Mississippi, April 28, 1934) was a Blues musician, singer and guitarist.
He was known as the “Father Of The Delta Blues” and therefore one of the most significant figures of American popular music.
Charley Patton was one of the first mainstream stars of the Delta blues genre. Patton, who was born in Hinds County, Mississippi near Edwards or Bolton, lived most of his life in Sunflower County, in the Mississippi Delta. He was extremely popular across the U.S. South, and (in contrast to the itinerant wandering of most blues musicians of his time) was invited to perform at plantations and taverns.
He is credited with creating an enduring body of American music and personally inspiring just about every Delta blues man (Robert Palmer, 1995). Palmer considers him among the most important musicians that America produced in the twentieth century. Long before Jimi Hendrix he was the entertainer’s entertainer with dazzling showmanship, often playing guitar on his knees and behind his head, as well as behind his back.
Patton was born in Southern Mississippi, near Edwards in 1891 but there is still some debate about this. In 1900, however, his family moved 100 miles nort...
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Top 10 Charley Patton Songs
Pony Blues
A Spoonful Blues
Down The Dirt Road Blues
Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
High Sheriff Blues
Dry Well Blues
Tom Rushen Blues
Banty Rooster Blues
Going To Move To Alabama
Stone Pony Blues
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Top 10 Charley Patton Albums
Founder of the Delta Blues
King of the Delta Blues
Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues
Complete Remastered Sessions
Founder of Delta Blues
The Best Of Charlie Patton
Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs
Primeval Blues, Rags, And Gospel Songs
Pony Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs
The Definitive Charley Patton
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