Blues History: Charlie Patton

This is someone who's kinda new to me, as I try to expand on my knowledge of the blues. I will probably choose to keep this short, since I'm still learning about him. If you're interested in more, just read this. Frankly, I'm not going to be able to expand on it much anyhow. Not without going into mythology, anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Patton

The song that really did it for me initially was "Spoonful Blues." Check out the amazing slide guitar.



What I'm discovering as I get further into his recordings is the gravelly scream he used on most of his songs. "Spoonful" is rather subdued compared with some of the other songs.

This seems to be a rare recording where he actually had a proper microphone and recording equipment. So many of his other recordings are scratchy and in poor condition. Actually, it may just be the condition of the source tapes/albums.



I try to be better informed before I start a post, but I was excited to hear a new blues musician I wasn't too acquainted with.

Fuck my horseshit. Just check the man out. I gotta listen to "Spoonful Blues" again.