{"product_id":"patton-charlie-best-of-charlie-patton-016351206916","title":"PATTON,CHARLIE - BEST OF CHARLIE PATTON - RECORD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlie Patton (1891-1934) was the most powerful blues recording artist of all time, as well as the most subtle. He was, and re\u003cspan\u003emains, a figure of immense significance in blues history. Rural entertainers were basically anonymous figures, or at best locally known,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhen Patton took up guitar around 1907 - due to \"woman troubles,\" he later said. At that time, Patton was a resident of Dockery, a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evast Mississippi Delta plantation that housed some four hundred tenant families. He soon eclipsed the notary of the musician, one Earl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarris, he credited with teaching him guitar, and had (as one contemporary put it) \"people just clownin' over him - they'd follow him\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeverywhere.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 1910 he had already established most of the themes he would record two decades later, including Pony Blues, Banty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRooster, Down the Dirt Road and Maggie, the latter the template for most of his blues in Spanish tuning. In 1929, Patton auditioned\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat Dockery for the Jackson record store owner H.C. Speir, who afterward said of him: \"He beat 'em all.\" Following his recording debut,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe recorded more sides in a single year (43) than any blues singer who preceded him. Although he recycled his most popular themes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunder various ti- tles, he almost never slavishly parroted them. Shortly after he became a blues recording celebrity, Patton was expelled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom Dockery. After 1930 he settled in the vicinity of Holly Ridge, Mississippi, living in a variety of nearby plantation towns. Just\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebefore recording in 1934, he was arrested for drunkenness at Belzoni, an event he depicted in High Sheriff Blues. Eighty-five days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eafter completing his 1934 session, he died in Heathman, Mississippi, of a long-standing heart condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatton's legacy is pervasive and influenced generations of blues musicians. His greatness as a singer and musician is apparent from his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003every best, which obviously are among the greatest examples of rural black music ever preserved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Down ?E Dirt Road Blues\u003cbr\u003e2 It Won't Be Long\u003cbr\u003e3 High Water Everywhere - Part 1\u003cbr\u003e4 High Sheriff Blues\u003cbr\u003e5 Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues\u003cbr\u003e6 Lord I'm Discouraged\u003cbr\u003e7 Shake It and Break It\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Rattlesnake Blues\u003cbr\u003e9 Screamin' and Hollerin' ?E Blues\u003cbr\u003e10 A Spoonful Blues\u003cbr\u003e11 Pony Blues\u003cbr\u003e12 Jim Lee Blues - Part 1\u003cbr\u003e13 Moon Going Down\u003cbr\u003e14 I'm Goin' Home\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yazoo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53465774162259,"sku":"YAZ2069.1","price":4.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/8983\/3555\/files\/patton.jpg?v=1776047596","url":"https:\/\/vinylrecordcrate.com\/products\/patton-charlie-best-of-charlie-patton-016351206916","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}