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Title: Charley Patton: expanded edition
Author: FAHEY JOHN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/10/2020
Imprint: DOVER PUBLISHERS
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
The Father of the Delta Blues, Charley Patton (18911934) was born and raised around
Mississippi’s cotton plantations. During the 1920s, he was the first of the region’s great stars,
performing for packed houses throughout the South and making popular recordings in New York
City. His music – ranging from blues and ballads to ragtime and gospel – is distinctive for his
gravelly, high-energy singing and the propulsive beat of his guitar. Patton had a lively stage
presence, originating many of the guitar-playing antics now associated with Jimi Hendrix and
other latter-day musicians. His influence, among both his contemporaries and subsequent blues
artists, is incalculable.
Noted guitarist John Fahey presents a textual and musicological examination of Patton’s music.
This new edition of the original 1970 publication is enhanced by Fahey’s notes from the
Grammy-winning, out-of-print box set Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues: The Worlds of Charley
Patton. Available for the first time outside the set, Fahey’s reconsideration of Patton’s music
offers fresh perspectives and key corrections of the historical record.
ISBN: 9780486843445
Dimension: 203mm X 127mm