CHARLEY PATTON
EXPANDED EDITION
BY JOHN FAHEY

PAGES: 128
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER BOOKS ON MUSIC: FOLK SONGS
PUBLICATION DATE: 12TH AUGUST 2020
TRIM SIZE: 5.5 X 8.5 IN
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / ETHNIC STUDIES / AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
HISTORY / AFRICAN AMERICAN
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / CULTURAL, ETHNIC & REGIONAL / AFRICAN AMERICAN & BLACK
MUSIC / ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
MUSIC / GENRES & STYLES / BLUES

DESCRIPTION:
-THE FATHER OF THE DELTA BLUES, CHARLEY PATTON (1891–1934) WAS BORN AND RAISED AROUND MISSISSIPPI`S COTTON PLANTATIONS. DURING THE 1920S, HE WAS THE FIRST OF THE REGION`S GREAT STARS, PERFORMING FOR PACKED HOUSES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH AND MAKING POPULAR RECORDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY. HIS MUSIC — RANGING FROM BLUES AND BALLADS TO RAGTIME AND GOSPEL — IS DISTINCTIVE FOR HIS GRAVELLY, HIGH-ENERGY SINGING AND THE PROPULSIVE BEAT OF HIS GUITAR.
-PATTON HAD A LIVELY STAGE PRESENCE, ORIGINATING MANY OF THE GUITAR-PLAYING ANTICS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH JIMI HENDRIX AND OTHER LATTER-DAY MUSICIANS. HIS INFLUENCE, AMONG BOTH HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND SUBSEQUENT BLUES ARTISTS, IS INCALCULABLE.

-NOTED GUITARIST JOHN FAHEY PRESENTS A TEXTUAL AND MUSICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF PATTON`S MUSIC. THIS NEW EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL 1970 PUBLICATION IS ENHANCED BY FAHEY`S NOTES FROM THE GRAMMY-WINNING, OUT-OF-PRINT BOX SET SCREAMIN` AND HOLLERIN` THE BLUES: THE WORLDS OF CHARLEY PATTON. AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME OUTSIDE THE SET, FAHEY`S RECONSIDERATION OF PATTON`S MUSIC OFFERS FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND KEY CORRECTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD.

-REPRINT OF THE STUDIO VISTA, LONDON, 1970 EDITION, PLUS NEWER MATERIAL.