King of the delta blues : the life and music of Charlie Patton / Gayle Dean Wardlow, Stephen Calt, and Edward Komara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wardlow, Gayle, author.

Calt, Stephen, author.

Komara, Edward M., 1966- author.

Series:

Charles K. Wolfe music series

The Charles K. Wolfe music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patton, Charley, 1891-1934.

Patton, Charley.

Blues musicians--Mississippi--Biography.

Blues musicians.

Mississippi.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 474 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Charlie Patton (1891-1934) was born in central Mississippi. By 1908, he had begun his performing career, initially at small house parties, then at barrelhouses and other settings that could accommodate a hundred people or more. Until his death in 1934, Patton was a top draw for the numerous African Americans then living and working in the Delta. In 1929 and 1930, he recorded several hits for Paramount Records, on the basis of which he was sought by the American Record Company in January 1934 for what would be his last recordings. He was immensely influential to other bluesmen, including Tommy Johnson, Kid Bailey, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf. Since 1991, his collected recordings have been available to the wider public. This book was previously published in 1988 under the authorship of Wardlow (b. 1940) and Calt (1946-2010). Its sole printing of 3,000 paperback copies sold out within seven years, and since 1988 additional recordings of Patton and his associates have been recovered and widely reissued to the public, particularly on Jack White's Third Man Records. Komara (b. 1966) has updated Wardlow and Calt's original edition and has written a new afterword discussing a resurgence of Delta-blues-style rock and the continuing influence of Patton and the music genre he helped pioneer"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE MAN AND HIS TIMES

ch. 1 Mister Patton

ch. 2 Portrait of the Artist as a Well-Meaning Woofer

pt. TWO THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC

ch. 3 Through The Past Darkly (1880s

1900)

ch. 4 The Delta (1900

circa 1906)

ch. 5 The Greening of the Delta Blues (circa 1906

1910)

ch. 6 Down the Dirt Road Blues (circa 1906

ch. 7 The Art of Charlie Patton (1910s

1920s)

ch. 8 A Squabblin' Scuttiebub (1914

1924)

ch. 9 The Myth of Willie Brown (1920s)

pt. THREE THE MAN AND HIS RECORDS

ch. 10 From Rags to Richmond (circa 1924

June 1929)

ch. 11 A Session with Son Sims (July 1929

February 1930)

ch. 12 High Water (January

ch. 13 Grafton (Spring

Fall 1930)

ch. 14 Later Years (Fall 1930

Fall 1933)

ch. 15 Last Session (January

April 1934)

ch. 16 Aftermath (May 1934

1970)

ch. 17 The Legacy of Charlie Patton (1970

2020).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Komara, Edward M., 1966- King of the delta blues

ISBN:

9781621906612

1621906612

OCLC:

1311406839