CHARLEY PATTON - Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues by the MASKED MARVEL
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Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton is the musical equivalent of a limited-edition, fine-press book, and it's easily one of the most beautiful collections of recorded music ever assembled. Exquisitely designed, this 78-album-inspired, seven-CD package contains a wealth of information and music, featuring not only the Delta blues pioneer's complete recorded works, but the music of peripheral players (including Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Henry "Son" Sims), a disc of fascinating audio interviews with Patton associates, and hours of reading material on the enigmatic songster. It's hard not to romanticize the music contained within this set as you open its retro-looking slipcase, but Patton (1887-1934) doesn't let you down. Under the haze of 78 rpm record hiss, his 50-odd preserved recordings spellbind with great guitar playing and moving lyrics about love, loss, and catastrophes. Who cares if his life lacked the mystique of Robert Johnson, or his low, growling voice wasn't the creepy falsetto of Skip James? Patton's repertoire was unparalleled; his guitar playing--punctuated by striking syncopated, percussive beats--is always in tune and precise; and his slide playing is full subtle whines and flourishes. These remastered tracks sound better than ever, but there's still plenty of hiss (for some tunes, just one abused and poorly pressed record has survived). Copious, scholarly (and, at times, a little arcane) liner notes debate and survey Patton's mysterious life and tunes; the complete lyrics to his songs are included, too--no small feat. But it's the music--utterly raw, striking, and influential blues--that steals the show here.Revenant Records has outdone itself--this is a poignant dream project that label cofounder/guitar great John Fahey didn't live long enough to see completed--and it's well worth every penny. Only a handful of musical artists deserve this lavish a treatment; as evidenced here, Patton--the first great Delta blues musician on record--is certainly one of them. --Jason Verlinde
Spin: "Lavish. Akin to a perfect museum exhibition."
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New Yorker: "Best Box Sets of 2001: a museum calibre set."
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Newsweek: "A work of mad and magical obsessiveness..worth every penny."
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JazzTimes: "A box set to beg for--jawdropping packaging"
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Wall Street Journal: "Exquisite."
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Village Voice: "Easily the most lavish set I have ever seen in a long career of looking covetously at lavish box sets."
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LA Weekly: "So opulent it verges on the pornographic."
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Amazon.com: "5/5 stars..Easily one of the most beautiful collections of recorded music ever assembled."
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"An artifact in its own right….elegantly packaged… digitally remastered and pitch corrected from the best available sources, the Revenant set could redefine the way listeners experience rare antique recordings." - Blues Revue
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"Recording of the Issue. Simply the best blues box set ever released, maybe even the best box set in any genre." - The Absolute Sound
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"The magnificent "Worlds of CP" contains powerful Delta blues recorded in the late Twenties. Patton may have had the most frightening vocal delivery in American music - ravings mixed with powerhouse shouts." - Playboy
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"Fantastically monumental. If immersing yourself in this box of musical treasures doesn't transport you back in time to the bedrock source of the blues, nothing will. This is a literal cornerstone of any blues collection. Fifty stars." - ePULSE!
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Biography by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Patton
Charlie Patton was one of the first mainstream stars of the Delta blues genre. Patton, who was born in Hinds County, Mississippi near Edwards, lived most of his life in Sunflower County, in the Mississippi Delta. Most sources say he was born in 1891, but there is some debate about this. In 1900, his family moved 100 miles north to the legendary 10,000-acre Dockery Plantation sawmill and cotton farm near Ruleville, Mississippi. It was here that both John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf fell under the Patton spell. It was also here that Robert Johnson played his first guitar.At Dockery, Charlie fell under the tutelage of Henry Sloan, who had a new, unusual style of playing music which today would be considered very early blues. Charlie followed Henry Sloan around, and, by the time he was about 19, had become an accomplished performer and songwriter in his own right, having already composed "Pony Blues," a seminal song of the era.Robert Palmer describes Patton as a "jack-of all-trades bluesman" who played "deep blues, white hillbilly songs, nineteenth century ballads, and other varieties of black and white country dance music with equal facility". He was extremely popular across the Southern United States, and — in contrast to the itinerant wandering of most blues musicians of his time — played scheduled engagements at plantations and taverns. Long before Jimi Hendrix impressed audiences with flashy guitar playing, Patton gained notoriety for his showmanship, often playing with the guitar down on his knees, behind his head, or behind his back. Although Patton was a small man at about 5 foot 5 and 135 pounds, his gravelly voice was rumored to have been loud enough to carry 500 yards without amplification. Patton's gritty bellowing was a major influence on the singing style of his young friend Chester Burnett, who went on to gain fame in Chicago as Howlin' Wolf.
Patton settled in Holly Ridge, Mississippi with his common-law wife and recording partner Bertha Lee in 1933. He died on the Heathman-Dedham plantation near Indianola from heart disease on April 28, 1934 and is buried in Holly Ridge (both towns are located in Sunflower County). A memorial headstone was erected on Patton's grave (the location of which was identified by the cemetery caretaker C. Howard who claimed to have been present at the burial) paid for by musician John Fogerty through the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund in July, 1990. The spelling of Patton's name was dictated by Jim O'Neal who also composed the Patton epitaph. Only one photograph of Charlie Patton is known to exist, although its authenticity is disputed.[citation needed] The photograph is owned by a collector, John Tefteller.
Patton's ethnicity is the subject of minor debate. Though he was considered African-American, because of his light complexion there have been rumors that he was Mexican, or possibly a full-blood Cherokee, a theory endorsed by Howlin' Wolf. In actuality, Patton's grandmother was a full-blood Cherokee, and Patton himself sang in "Down the Dirt Road Blues" of having gone to "the Nation" and "the Territo'" -- meaning the Cherokee Nation portion of the Indian Territory (which became part of the state of Oklahoma in 1907), where a number of Black Indians tried unsuccessfully to claim a place on the tribal rolls and thereby obtain land. Most likely he was a tri-racial person of mixed Anglo-Saxon, African, and Native American heritage. Patton's death certificate states that he died in a house approximately twenty miles from Dockery's Plantation in Indianola, Mississippi. Bertha Lee is not mentioned on the certificate, the only informant listed being one Willie Calvin. His death was not reported in the newspapers.
Tracks
Disc: 1
1. Pony Blues
2. A Spoonful Blues
3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
4. Prayer Of Death Part 1
5. Prayer Of Death Part 2
6. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
7. Banty Rooster Blues
8. Tom Rushen Blues
9. It Won't Be Long
10. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
11. Pea Vine Blues
12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
13. Lord I'm Discouraged
14. I'm Goin' Home
15. Snatch It And Grab It (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
16. A Rag Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
17. How Come Mama Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
18. Voice Throwin' Blues (Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins)
Disc: 2
1. Hammer Blues (take 1; uniss.)
2. I Shall Not Be Moved (take 1; uniss.)
3. High Water Everywhere; Part I
4. High Water Everywhere; Part II
5. I Shall Not Be Moved
6. Rattlesnake Blues
7. Going To Move To Alabama
8. Hammer Blues (take 2)
9. Joe Kirby
10. Frankie And Albert
11. Devil Sent The Rain Blues
12. Magnolia Blues
13. Running Wild Blues
14. Some Happy Day
15. Mean Black Moan
16. Green River Blues
17. That's My Man (Edith North Johnson)
18. Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)
19. Eight Hour Woman (Edith North Johnson)
20. Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson)
Disc: 3
1. Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 1; uniss.)
2. Elder Greene Blues (take 2; uniss.)
3. Jim Lee; Part I
4. Jim Lee; Part II
5. Mean Black Cat Blues
6. Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
7. Elder Greene Blues (take 1)
8. When Your Way Gets Dark
9. Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 2)
10. Heart Like Railroad Steel
11. Circle Round The Moon
12. You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
13. Be True Be True Blues (Henry 'Son' Sims)
14. Farrell Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
15. Tell Me Man Blues (Henry "Son" Sims)
16. Come Back Corrina (Henry "Son" Sims)
Disc: 4
1. Some Summer Day
2. Bird Nest Bound
3. Future Blues (Willie Brown)
4. M&O Blues (Willie Brown)
5. Walkin' Blues (Son House)
6. My Black Mama; Part I (Son House)
7. My Black Mama; Part II (Son House)
8. Preachin' The Blues; Part I (Son House)
9. Preachin' The Blues; Part II (Son House)
10. Dry Spell Blues Part I (Son House)
11. Dry Spell Blues Part II (Son House)
12. All Night Long Blues (Louise Johnson)
13. On The Wall (Louise Johnson)
14. All Night Long Blues; uniss. (Louise Johnson)
15. By The Moon And Stars (Louise Johnson)
16. Long Ways From Home (Louise Johnson)
Disc: 5
1. Dry Well Blues
2. Moon Going Down
3. We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun (Delta Big Four)
4. Moaner Let's Go Down In The Valley (Delta Big Four)
5. Jesus Got His Arms Around Me (Delta Big Four)
6. God Won't Forsake His Own (Delta Big Four)
7. I'll Be Here (Delta Big Four)
8. Where Was Eve Sleeping? (Delta Big Four)
9. I Know My Time Ain't Long (Delta Big Four)
10. Watch And Pray (Delta Big Four)
11. Paramount Test 1; 4/19/30 headlines (HC Speir)
12. Paramount Test 2; 4/12/30 headlines (HC Speir)
13. High Sheriff Blues
14. Stone Pony Blues
15. Jersey Bull Blues
16. Hang It On The Wall
17. 34 Blues
18. Love My Stuff
19. Poor Me
20. Revenue Man Blues
21. Troubled Bout My Mother
22. Oh Death
23. Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee)
24. Mind Reader Blues (Bertha Lee)
Disc: 6
1. Booze And Blues (Ma Rainey)
2. The Crowing Rooster (Walter Rhodes)
3. I Will Turn Your Money Green (Furry Lewis)
4. Ham Hound Crave (Rube Lacy)
5. Bye Bye Blues (Tommy Johnson)
6. Maggie Campbell (Tommy Johnson)
7. Big Road Blues (Tommy Johnson)
8. Kansas City Blues (William Harris)
9. Rowdy Blues (Kid Bailey)
10. Mississippi Bottom Blues (Kid Bailey)
11. Cold Woman Blues (Blind Joe Reynolds)
12. Sitting On Top Of The World (Mississippi Sheiks)
13. Just A Spoonful (Charley Jordan)
14. Banty Rooster (Blind Pete And George Ryan)
15. My Grey Pony (Big Joe Williams)
16. Dark Road Blues (Willie Lofton Trio)
17. Blues (unknown)
18. Sic 'Em Dogs On (Bukka White)
19. Po' Boy (Bukka White)
20. Make Me A Pallet on the Floor (Willie Brown)
21. County Farm Blues (Son House)
22. Saddle My Pony (The Howlin' Wolf)
23. Forty Four (The Howlin' Wolf)
24. Too Close (Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers)
Disc: 7
1. Howlin' Wolf (interview)
2. to 16.Booker Miller (interview)
17. to 25.HC Speir (interview)
26. Roebuck "Pops" (interview)
Details
.. Year: 2001
.. Label: Revenant Records
.. Country: U.S.A.
.. Bitrate: 192 kbps
.. Ripped: EAC 9.0
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