{"product_id":"charlie-patton-the-best-of-charlie-patton-1","title":"Charlie Patton- The Best of Charlie Patton { VINYL LP }","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-\r\nmains, a figure of immense significance in blues history. Rural entertainers were basically anonymous figures, or at best locally known,\r\nwhen Patton took up guitar around 1907 - due to \"woman troubles,\" he later said. At that time, Patton was a resident of Dockery, a\r\nvast Mississippi Delta plantation that housed some four hundred tenant families. He soon eclipsed the notary of the musician, one Earl\r\nHarris, he credited with teaching him guitar, and had (as one contemporary put it) \"people just clownin' over him - they'd follow him\r\neverywhere.\" By 1910 he had already established most of the themes he would record two decades later, including Pony Blues, Banty\r\nRooster, Down the Dirt Road and Maggie, the latter the template for most of his blues in Spanish tuning. In 1929, Patton auditioned\r\nat Dockery for the Jackson record store owner H.C. Speir, who afterward said of him: \"He beat 'em all.\" Following his recording debut,\r\nhe recorded more sides in a single year (43) than any blues singer who preceded him. Although he recycled his most popular themes\r\nunder various ti- tles, he almost never slavishly parroted them. Shortly after he became a blues recording celebrity, Patton was expelled\r\nfrom Dockery. After 1930 he settled in the vicinity of Holly Ridge, Mississippi, living in a variety of nearby plantation towns. Just\r\nbefore recording in 1934, he was arrested for drunkenness at Belzoni, an event he depicted in High Sheriff Blues. Eighty-five days\r\nafter completing his 1934 session, he died in Heathman, Mississippi, of a long-standing heart condition.\r\nPatton's legacy is pervasive and influenced generations of blues musicians. His greatness as a singer and musician is apparent from his\r\nvery best, which obviously are among the greatest examples of rural black music ever preserved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide A\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Down ?E Dirt Road Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It Won't Be Long\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e High Water Everywhere - Part 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e High Sheriff Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lord I'm Discouraged\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shake It and Break It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Side B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rattlesnake Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Screamin' and Hollerin' ?E Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Spoonful Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pony Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jim Lee Blues - Part 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Moon Going Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I'm Goin' Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43400734802010,"sku":"016351206916","price":8.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/6107\/2986\/files\/4424940-3388408.jpg?v=1779346879","url":"https:\/\/qbrxip-ki.myshopify.com\/products\/charlie-patton-the-best-of-charlie-patton-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}