Charley Patton - Complete Recordings 1929-1934 (5 CD, 2002/FLAC]

 Charley Patton lived only into his 40s, but he left a large body of recorded work, which reveals a broad repertoire, much self-written. He came to his first recording session - in June 1929, for Paramount - with an established reputation. It was said his voice could be heard 500 yards away. The songs he recorded that day include some he had been honing for 20 years around the Delta. Pony Blues is usually cited as a masterpiece. He cut two versions. Both are good, the first is finer: he growls the lyrics, his guitar lopes and bucks. Patton's rhythms are one of his trademarks - complex, intricate, powerful, his fingering always precise. Listen to his playing on Down The Dirt Road Blues - he puts brilliant guitar phrases at the end of each stanza. Songs like Banty Rooster, with its beautiful slide work, and the idiosyncratic Spoonful represent the essence of Mississippi blues and are typical of Patton fast-and-loose approach to blues structures (there's not a standard 12-bar in Patton's recorded output) and rhythmic conventions. Even those who have studied Patton's lyrics find areas to dispute. The voice is gruff, the phrasing eccentric and his Mississippi accent can be impenetrable. But it's worth paying attention - Patton's songs evoke a world that has vanished. We hear of characters like Sheriff Tom Rushen, a lawman whom Patton knew well, for the wrong reasons. He did exist, although his name was actually Rushing. Other songs evoke things like the whistle of the Pea Vine train, or the boll weavil, which threatened the cotton crop - as Patton sings: ... (it) sucks all the blossom and leaves your hedges square. In each case, Patton's playing is crafted to the song. Throughout his career, Patton recorded religious material. Prayer Of Death, from the first session (sacred tunes, and a sermon whose words are as obscure as his song lyrics), is a powerful example. Patton died in 1934, still in demand. His reputation has burgeoned since.



Disc A

1. Pony Blues
2. Spoonful Blues
3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
4. Prayer Of Death
5. Prayer Of Death
6. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
7. Banty Rooster Blues
8. Tom Rushen Blues
9. It Won't Be Long
10. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
11. Pea Vine Blues
12. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
13. Lord I'm Discouraged
14. I'm Goin' Home
15. Snatch It And Grab It
16. Rag Blues
17. How Come Mama Blues
18. Voice Throwin' Blues

Disc B
1. Hammer Blues
2. I Shall Not Be Moved
3. High Water Everywhere
4. High Water Everywhere
5. I Shall Not Be Moved
6. Rattlesnake Blues
7. Going To Move To Alabama
8. Hammer Blues
9. Joe Kirby
10. Frankie And Albert
11. Magnolia Blues
12. Devil Sent The Rain Blues
13. Runnin' Wild Blues
14. Some Happy Day
15. Mean Black Moan
16. Green River Blues
17. That's My Man
18. Honey Dripper Blues: No. 2
19. Eight Hour Woman
20. Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues: No 2

Disc C
1. Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
2. Elder Green Blues
3. Jim Lee
4. Jim Lee
5. Mean Black Cat Blues
6. Jesus Is A-Dying
7. Elder Green Blues
8. When Your Way Gets Dark
9. Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
10. Heart Like Railwood Steel
11. Circle Round The Moon
12. You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
13. Be True Be True Blues
14. Farrell Blues
15. Tell Me Man Blues
16. Come Back Corrina

Disc D
1. Some Summer Day
2. Bird Nest Bound
3. Future Blues
4. M & O Blues
5. Walkin' Blues
6. My Black Mama
7. My Black Mama
8. Preachin' The Blues
9. Preachin' The Blues
10. Dry Spell Blues
11. Dry Spell Blues
12. All Night Long Blues
13. On the Wall
14. All Night Long Blues
15. By The Moon And Stars
16. Long Ways From Home

Disc E
1. Dry Well Blues
2. Moon Going Down
3. We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun
4. Moaner Let's Go Down In The Valley
5. Jesus Got His Arms Around Me
6. God Won't Forsake His Own
7. I'll Be Here
8. Where Was Eve Sleeping
9. I Know My Time Ain't Long
10. Watch And Pray
11. High Sheriff Blues
12. Stone Pony Blues
13. Jersey Bull Blues
14. Hang It On The Wall
15. 34 Blues
16. Love My Stuff
17. Poor Me
18. Revenue Man Blues
19. Troubled 'Bout My Mother
20. Oh Death
21. Yellow Bee
22. Mind Reader Blues



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