Down the Dirt Road Blues / It Won't Be Long

by Charley Patton

Down the Dirt Road Blues / It Won't Be Long cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: November 1929
  • Label: Paramount
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by an incredibly forceful, heavily accented guitar rhythm, this recording features the quintessential Delta bluesman delivering complex, syncopated vocal phrasing. The lyrics mix rural observation with an underlying sense of restless movement and subtle social commentary. The side perfectly encapsulates the aggressive, commanding presence that made the artist a foundational legend of the genre.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, melodic, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Down The Dirt Road Blues
  2. It Won't Be Long

Credits

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