"Father of the Delta Blues": Charley Patton

[MrNoBody]

my prior post
...one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century.
Please forgive me, but with all this 'free time' I now have, I'm exploring
the roots of American music!
:oldfogey:
To avoid the YT rabbit hole, here's some Charley Patton vids:
Two short documentaries: The Day Charley Patton Changed the Blues https://youtu.be/2QVA2zEUTIY
Mississippi Delta Blues (Charley Patton & Blind Lemon Jefferson) https://youtu.be/2_3dFITOlYg

Charley Patton Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...ECC7088468

Charley inspires rock? Some Summer Day (1930) https://youtu.be/KxFLcpIJ0kA
first there's Howlin’ Wolf, whom Charley tutored (1958): https://youtu.be/IuZ36pZWIdI
and then 'Cream': https://youtu.be/QyyFHmNtwIU

[DP]

One more, "Ah, man"...

[cbelt3]

Awww....

I was fortunate enough in my youth to live in St. Louis, and to see a club performance by Muddy Waters. In the club named after him (and after the Mississippi river that flowed not 100 yards away from the club in the Laclede's Landing area in the shadow of the Eads Bridge and the Arch. The music flowed from his fingers in a lyrical cloud.

There is something about ancient blues guitarists... the fluidity of their playing and grumbling delivery of the song makes for a mellow evening.