domingo, 8 de diciembre de 2013

CHARLEY PATTON



Charlie Patton, más conocido como Charley Patton (1 de mayo de 1891 - 28 de abril de 1934) fue un músico estadounidense de delta blues. Es considerado como "El padre del delta blues" y uno de los artistas más antiguos de la música popular estadounidense. En algunas fuentes, incluyendo varios de sus discos y su propia tumba, aparece incorrectamente nombrado con el nombre de Charley, a pesar de que el músico utilizó siempre el nombre de Charlie.

Charlie Patton fue uno de los primeros artistas conocidos del género musical delta blues; nació en Hinds County, Misisipi, pasando la mayor parte de su vida en Sunflower County, localidad situada en el Delta del Misisipi. Nació en 1891, aunque hay dudas acerca de este dato. En 1900, su familia se trasladó al norte de la legendaria plantación de algodón de Dockery Plantation, lugar en el que también habitaron músicos como John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf y Robert Johnson.

En Dockery, Charlie conoció a Henry Sloan, el cual interpretaba música con un estilo diferente al habitual en aquel periodo, estilo que podría reconocerse hoy en día como blues temprano. Charlie pasó un tiempo con Henry Sloan hasta convertirse en compositor e intérprete de blues, a los 19 años, con su primera composición "Pony Blues". Seguir leyendo......



Charley Patton (between April 1887 and 1891 – April 28, 1934), also known as Charlie Patton, was an American Delta blues musician. He is considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", and is credited with creating an enduring body of American music and personally inspiring just about every Delta blues man (Palmer, 1995). Musicologist Robert Palmer considers him among the most important musicians that America produced in the twentieth century. Many sources, including musical releases and his gravestone, spell his name “Charley” even though the musician himself spelled his name "Charlie".

Patton was born in Hinds County, Mississippi, near the town of Edwards, and 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, and the years 1887 and 1894 have also been suggested.


Patton's parentage and race have been the subject of debate. Although born to Bill and Annie Patton, locally he was regarded as having been fathered by former slave Henderson Chatmon, many of whose other children also became popular Delta musicians both as solo acts and as members of groups such as the Mississippi Sheiks. Biographer John Fahey describes Patton as having "light skin and Caucasian features." Though Patton 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 was a mix of white, black, and Cherokee (one of his grandmothers was a full-blooded Cherokee). 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. Read more....


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