SKU: AP.6-843440
Expanded Edition.
Composed by John Fahey.
Textbook - General. Dover
Edition. Book. Dover
Publications #06-843440.
Published by Dover
Publications
(AP.6-843440).
ISBN
9780486843445. UPC:
800759843442.
English.
The Father
of the Delta Blues,
Charley Patton
(c.1891--1934) was born
and raised amid
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
gravely, high-energy
singing and the
propulsive beat of his
guitar. Patton possessed
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 Charley
Patton's music. This new
edition of the original
1970 publication is
enhanced by Fahey's notes
from the GRAMMY
award-winning,
out-of-print boxed set,
Screamin' and Hollerin'
the Blues: The Worlds of
Charley Patton. Available
for the first time
outside the set, Fahey's
reconsideration on
Patton's music offers
fresh perspectives and
key corrections of the
historical record.
Charley Patton
