Release Date: May 12, 2009.
Recording Time: 03:51:49.
Release Info: PROPERBOX 151, 3 x CD, Compilation, DVD.
Four discs (three CDs + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) box set revolving around legendary blues musician Charley Patton, his influences, and other artists that followed in his wake. 2009 marked the 75th anniversary of the death of the "Father of the Delta Blues". Son House, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Howlin' Wolf all feature here and have Patton to thank for his groundbreaking work. As well as tracks from the man himself, the set also contains many of Patton's contemporaries, such as Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson. ~ Proper
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 'Father of the Delta Blues', Charley Patton. Patton was not the first Mississippi Bluesmen to record but he was without doubt the most important. Through his songbook and performances the Blues in the Delta became a major movement and many of the greatest artists from that region owe a great debt to Charley Patton. Son House, Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and just about any other Delta Blues artist from the first half of the last century all have Patton to thank for his groundbreaking work. Although he was definitely a pioneer Patton himself had influences and on this set we not only look at those artists that followed in his wake but also his contemporaries and those that came before him. Patton borrowed music or lyrics from many artists including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, the Mississippi Sheiks, Blind Willie Johnson, Jim Jackson and many more. This 60 track set contains many of Patton's best known songs as well as the sources for those songs and covers or variants by those artists that came after him. Also included is the DVD, 'Talkin' Patton', that contains interviews with musicians, musicologists. Blues scholars and Delta historians and contains brand new footage of Dockery's, the legendary plantation where Patton was raised and where many people believe the Delta Blues truly blossomed as an art form. (PROPERBOX 151)
Credits: Alberta Hunter - Primary Artist; Ardell Bragg - Primary Artist; Bertha Lee - Primary Artist; Bessie Smith - Primary Artist; Big Bill Broonzy - Primary Artist; Blind Lemon Jefferson - Primary Artist; Blind Pete & Partner - Primary Artist; Blind Willie Johnson - Primary Artist; Casey Bill Weldon - Primary Artist; Charley Jordan - Primary Artist; Charley Patton - Composer, Primary Artist; Charlie Poole - Primary Artist; Cow Cow Davenport - Primary Artist; Cripple Clarence Lofton - Primary Artist; David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Primary Artist; Ethel Waters - Primary Artist; Hound Head Henry - Primary Artist; Howlin' Wolf - Primary Artist; Jim JacksonPrimary Artist; Johnny Temple - Composer, Primary Artist; Kid Bailey - Composer, Primary Artist; Louise Johnson - Primary Artist; Ma Rainey - Primary Artist; Marshall Owens - Primary Artist; Mattie Delaney - Primary Artist; Memphis Minnie - Composer, Primary Artist; Mississippi Sheiks - Primary Artist; Pace Jubilee Singers - Primary Artist; Papa Charlie Jackson - Primary Artist; Poor Boy Lofton - Primary Artist; Robert Johnson - Primary Artist; Skip James - Primary Artist; Son House - Primary Artist; Sonny Boy Nelson - Primary Artist; Tommy Johnson - Primary Artist; Traditional - Composer; Walter Rhodes - Primary Artist; Willie Brown - Primary Artist.
Tracklist:
A Spoonful Blues
- 1-01. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-02. Bo Weevil Blues - Bessie Smith
- 1-03. Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-04. Down South Blues - Alberta Hunter
- 1-05. Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-06. Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- 1-07. Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-08. Black Horse Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 1-09. Banty Rooster Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-10. The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- 1-11. Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-12. Come On In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
- 1-13. Tom Rushen Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-14. Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- 1-15. A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-16. Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- 1-17. Shake It And Break It - Charley Patton
- 1-18. I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- 1-19. Going To Move To Alabama - Charley Patton
- 1-20. Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson
- 1-21. Elder Greene Blues - Charley Patton
- 1-22. I'm Alabama Bound - Papa Charlie Jackson
- 1-23. Frankie & Albert - Charley Patton
- 1-24. Leaving Home - Charlie Poole
- 1-25. Some These Days I'll Be Gone - Charley Patton
- 1-26. Some Of These Days - Ethel Waters
Moon Goin' Down
- 2-01. Hammer Blues - Charley Patton
- 2-02. Mountain Top Blues - Bessie Smith
- 2-03. You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die - Charley Patton
- 2-04. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond - Blind Willie Johnson
- 2-05. High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- 2-06. Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- 2-07. Jesue Is A Dying-Bed Maker - Charley Patton
- 2-08. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - Blind Willie Johnson
- 2-09. Running Wild Blues - Charley Patton
- 2-10. Running Wild - Cow Cow Davenport
- 2-11. Some Summer Day - Charley Patton
- 2-12. Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- 2-13. Moon Going Down - Charley Patton
- 2-14. Crying At Daybreak - Howlin' Wolf
- 2-15. Bird Nest Bound - Charley Patton
- 2-16. Bird Nest Blues - Ardell Bragg
- 2-17. Jersey Bull Blues - Charley Patton
- 2-18. Bull Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- 2-19. 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- 2-20. Forty Four - Howlin' Wolf
- 2-21. Oh Death - Charley Patton
- 2-22. Oh Death - Pace Jubilee Singers
- 2-23. Poor Me - Charley Patton
- 2-24. Cryin' Blues - Hound Head Henry
- 2-25. Yellow Bee - Charley Patton & Bertha Lee
- 2-26. Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie
Mississippi Bottom Blues
- 3-01. Mama's Got The Blues - Bessie Smith
- 3-02. Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- 3-03. Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- 3-04. Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- 3-05. Banty Rooster - Blind Pete & Partner
- 3-06. On The Wall - Louise Johnson
- 3-07. Hitch Me To Your Buggy - Will Weldon
- 3-08. Water Coast Blues - David Edwards
- 3-09. The Pony Blues - Son House
- 3-10. Louise, Louise Blues - Johnny Temple
- 3-11. Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- 3-12. Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- 3-13. Future Blues - Willie Brown
- 3-14. Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson
- 3-15. The Jinx Blues - Son House
- 3-16. Dark Road Blues - Poor Boy Lofton
- 3-17. Pony Blues - Sonny Boy Nelson
- 3-18. If You Haven't Any Hay - Skip James
- 3-19. Saddle My Pony - Howlin' Wolf
- 3-20. Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
- 3-21. Turpentine Blues - Will Weldon
- 3-22. Spoonful - Papa Charlie Jackson
- 3-23. My Black Mama Pt. 1 - Son House
- 3-24. M & O Blues - Willie Brown
Talkin' Charley Patton
- DVD-1. Talkin' Charley Patton - Various
- Featuring interviews with Luther Brown, Bob Brozman, Charlie Musselwhite, Tony Russell, Charles Shaar Murray, and Nigel Williamson, as well as snippets of Patton songs.
- 01. DVD: A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton
- 02. DVD: Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues - Charley Patton
- 03. DVD: Banty Rooster Blues - Charley Patton
- 04. DVD: Rollin' And Tumblin' - Muddy Waters
- 05. DVD: Some Summer Day - Charley Patton
- 06. DVD: When Your Way Gets Dark - Bob Brozman
- 07. DVD: Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- 08. DVD: High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 - Charley Patton
- 09. DVD: Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Charley Patton
- 10. DVD: Pony Blues - Bob Brozman