Founder of the Delta Blues

by Charley Patton

Founder of the Delta Blues cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Yazoo
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 5/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Issued decades after his death at the height of the acoustic blues revival, 'Founder of the Delta Blues' compiles the seminal 1920s and 1930s recordings of Charley Patton. The collection showcases his extraordinarily powerful, gravelly vocal delivery and highly aggressive, rhythmic acoustic guitar techniques. Widely considered the primordial architect of the Delta blues style, his foundational tracks directly influenced subsequent icons like Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
  2. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
  3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
  4. Pony Blues
  5. Banty Rooster Blues
  6. It Won't Be Long
  7. Tom Rushen Blues
  8. A Spoonful Blues
  9. Shake It And Break It
  10. Going To Move To Alabama
  11. Elder Green Blues
  12. Frankie And Albert
  13. Some These Days I'll Be Gone
  14. Green River Blues
  15. Hammer Blues
  16. When Your Way Gets Dark
  17. High Water Everywhere Part 1
  18. High Water Everywhere Part 2
  19. Rattlesnake Blues
  20. Running Wild Blues
  21. Dry Well Blues
  22. Moon Going Down
  23. Bird Nest Bound
  24. High Sheriff Blues
  25. Stone Pony Blues
  26. 34 Blues
  27. Revenue Man Blues
  28. Poor Me

Credits

  • Charley Patton - primary artist, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Nick Perls - artwork, liner notes, mastered by [reissue]
  • Al Wilson - liner notes
  • Don Kent - liner notes
  • Jerry Epstein - liner notes
  • John Fahey - liner notes
  • Michael A. Stewart - liner notes
  • Stephen Calt - liner notes

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