Founder of the Delta Blues

~ Release by Charley Patton (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Mastered At – CMS Digital
Record Company – Shanachie Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Yazoo
Art Direction – Joan Pelosi
Liner Notes – Stephen Calt
Mastered By Digital – Robert Vosgien
Producer – Don Kent, Richard Nevins
Remastered By From Original 78s – Richard Nevins
Recordings from the collections of Richard Nevins, Don Kent, Kip Lornell, Sherwin Dunner, and Pete Whelan.

Digital mastering at CMS Digital, CA.

This is a reissue and remaster of Yazoo 1020 with tracks 7 and 26 being new to this release.

℗ 1995 Yazoo, a division of Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

Annotation last modified on 2023-01-16 15:35 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Down the Dirt Road Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
additional vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Down the Dirt Road Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
2:57
2Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:08
3Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
3:07
4Stone Pony Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-01-30)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
recording of:
Stone Pony Blues (on 1934-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
2:53
5It Won't Be Long
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
3:24
6Shake It and Break It
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Shake It & Break It (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
Boogie Music, EMI Longitude Music, Unart Music Corp. and United Artists Musik GmbH
3:11
7Magnolia Blues
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
Magnolia Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:12
8Dry Well Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1930-08)
additional guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930-08)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1930-08)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1930-08)
recording of:
Dry Well Blues (in 1930-08)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:21
9High Water Everywhere, Part 1
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
4.653:08
10High Water Everywhere, Part 2
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
3:07
11Green River Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
Green River Blues (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:10
12Bird Nest Bound
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1930-08)
additional guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930-08)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1930-08)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (in 1930-08)
3:13
13High Sheriff Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-01-30)
guitar:
Charlie Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
vocals:
Charlie Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
3:12
14A Spoonful Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
additional vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
A Spoonful Blues (on 1929-06-14)
composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:14
15Moon Going Down
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
additional guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1930-05-28)
recording of:
Moon Going Down (on 1930-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:18
16Pony Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
Pony Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and SBK United Partnership Ltd.
3:01
17Elder Green Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
violin:
Henry Sims (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
3:04
18Banty Rooster Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
3:05
19Some of These Days
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
Some These Days I'll Be Gone (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:18
20Tom Rushen Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Tom Rushen Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:08
2134 Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-01-30)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
2:59
22Going to Move to Alabama
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
violin:
Henry Sims (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
3:01
23Hammer Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
3:16
24Poor Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-02-01)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-02-01)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-02-01)
2:59
25When Your Ways Get Dark
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
When Your Way Gets Dark (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:07
26Devil Sent the Rain
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
violin:
Henry Sims (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
Devil Sent the Rain Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
3:08