Charlie Patton (1891-1934) Charlie Patton was a very special character you can imagine it now: just look at one of his, few photographs to understand this eccentric character has something unique. He was short, thin, with dark skin, blond hair and facial features of a native American. Charlie was in fact the fruit of the union of at least three different races.
Born near Edwards, Mississippi in 1891, Patton was the founder of the Delta Blues. This is not entirely true, but he certainly was a point of reference for all the bluesmen were born in that period and the first ever to affect a delta blues disc. The legacy that he left us this bizarre musician is of paramount importance. He was author of some of the most important blues ever and witness the birth of the genre's most influential among the various incarnations of the devil's music.
His style on the guitar, usually slide, it was raw and powerful, often feel the beat with the strength of his tool box in order to sustain the strong voice and expressive. It is said that his vocal power was such that during his show in the various plantations of the Delta, it was also heard for miles. Those who knew him, and had the good fortune to see him play live, said Charlie was a real guitar hero: in his performances was in fact used to play the guitar behind his head or holding it between his legs, threw the air in order to take it on the fly, running and jumping was tightrope walker numbers. In short, Charlie Patton was a pioneer, an early, if not the very first, to understand that the guitar was not just a mere extension of the accompanying voice-but half the endless artistic possibilities.
His songs tell us about the blues still in their infancy, many debtors of African music, with lyrics that now would smile, but which are fundamental to understanding the evolution of the music of the devil. The verses were spent without a sense strand, the allegories and metaphors made from the absolute master.
Charlie Patton during his life, long enough for the average age rose to more than 50 years, has recorded several records on 78 rpm is not limited only to the blues but also touching on gospel and folk.
( Adapted freely from rocklab.it )
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A Spoonful Blues (3 MB - MP3)
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