Charley Patton - Father of the Delta Blues: Selections From Paramount Recordings - VINYL LP

Charlie Patton (1891-1934) was the most powerful blues recording artist of all time, as well as the most subtle. He was, and re-mains, a figure of immense significance in blues history. Rural entertainers were basically anonymous figures, or at best locally known,when Patton took up guitar around 1907 - due to Inchwoman troubles,Inch he later said. At that time, Patton was a resident of Dockery, avast Mississippi Delta plantation that housed some four hundred tenant families. He soon eclipsed the notary of the musician, one EarlHarris, he credited with teaching him guitar, and had (as one contemporary put it) Inchpeople just clownin' over him - they'd follow himeverywhere.Inch By 1910 he had already established most of the themes he would record two decades later, including Pony Blues, BantyRooster, Down the Dirt Road and Maggie, the latter the template for most of his blues in Spanish tuning. In 1929, Patton auditionedat Dockery for the Jackson record store owner H.C. Speir, who afterward said of him InchHe beat 'em all.Inch Following his recording debut,he recorded more sides in a single year (43) than any blues singer who preceded him. Although he recycled his most popular themesunder various ti- tles, he almost never slavishly parroted them. Shortly after he became a blues recording celebrity, Patton was expelledfrom Dockery. After 1930 he settled in the vicinity of Holly Ridge, Mississippi, living in a variety of nearby plantation towns. Justbefore recording in 1934, he was arrested for drunkenness at Belzoni, an event he depicted in High Sheriff Blues. Eighty-five daysafter completing his 1934 session, he died in Heathman, Mississippi, of a long-standing heart condition.Patton's legacy is pervasive and influenced generations of blues musicians. His greatness as a singer and musician is apparent from hisvery best, which obviously are among the greatest examples

Grammy award-winning blues icon returns to his Delta blues roots for the most captivating musical statement of his long and legendary career. Charlie's first new solo studio in seven years is stripped-down and semi-acoustic, driven by his deft guitar playing, while also featuring the masterful harp and soul-deep vocals for which he is famed. Mississippi Son is front porch country blues that is at turns raucous and languid, haunting and impossibly soulful. The track listing includes Musselwhite originals and songs by Charley Patton, Yank Rachell and Big Joe Williams. This warm, intimate recording is loaded with feeling and exhilarating, timeless music. Album Tracks 1. Blues Up the River 2. Hobo Blues 3. In Your Darkest Hour 4. Stingaree 5. When the Frisco Left the Shed 6. Remembering Big Joe 7. The Dark 8. Pea Vine Blues 9. Crawling King Snake 10. Blues Gave Me a Ride 11. My Road Lies in Darkness 12. Drifting from Town to Town 13. Rank Strangers 14. A Voice Foretold

180gm vinyl LP pressing. LP is displayed in a beautiful, one of a kind package (leather texture, die-cut, embossed logo). Pinetop Perkins spent the bulk of his career playing in bands, and this 1995 live set, recorded at Antone's in Austin, TX, the month he turned 82, is very much a band album. Perkins sings in a creaky, breathy voice and plays piano in his trademark barrelhouse style, but his accompaniment, consisting of regular bassist Calvin Jones and drummer Willie Smith, plus guests Kim Wilson on harmonica, Rusty Zinn on guitar, and Mark Kazanoff on tenor sax. New West Records is proud to present the reissue of Pinetop Perkins Live At Antone's Vol. 1. Long out of print, this title has been re-mastered for vinyl. Unlike their previous , each of these LP's will include the entire original master as well as bonus tracks when available. Album Tracks 1. Got My Mojo Working 2. Pinetop's Mambo 3. I Almost Lost My Mind 4. Look on Yonder's Wall 5. Big Fat Mama 6. Hoochie Coochie Man 7. Just a Little Bit 8. Caldonia 9. Hi Heel Sneakers 10. Chicken Shack