089408353529

Down The Dirt Road: The Songs Of Charley Patton

Various Artists

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Cat No: CD83535

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Release Date:  30 July 2012

Label:  Telarc

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  089408353529

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    2001 album paying tribute to Charley Patton, the first great star of the Delta blues, and featuring Snooky Pryor, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Louis Walker, Graham Parker and others.

    Charley Patton's dark, passionate singing and fluid, rhythmic guitar playing made him the king of early blues artists. He was an acknowledged celebrity and a seminal influence on musicians throughout the Mississippi Delta, including Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf. The diverse crew acknowledging his genius on 'Down the Dirt Road' includes harmonica master Snooky Pryor (an originator himself) and his fellow Mississippian Charlie Musselwhite, along with guitarists Kid Bangham and blues boss Joe Louis Walker. Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Steve James, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines all represent a cross-section of contemporary roots sounds. The list is rounded out by singer/guitarist Dave Van Ronk, British rock legend Graham Parker and new folk voice Coleen Sexton.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Steve James & Mark Rubin - Elder Greene Blues
      • 2. Graham Parker - Poor Me
      • 3. Charlie Musselwhite - Pea Vine Blues
      • 4. Snooky Pryor - Pony Blues
      • 5. Annie Raines & Paul Rishell - I Shall Not Be Moved
      • 6. Guy Davis, Levon Helm, Mark Murphy & T-Bone Wolk - Some Of These Days
      • 7. Joe Louis Walker - Sugar Mama
      • 8. Dave Van Ronk - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
      • 9. Corey Harris - Moon Going Down
      • 10. Steve James & Mark Rubin - Shake It and Break It
      • 11. Kid Bangham, Dave Ferrara, Dan McKinney & Bill Melcher - Some Summer Day
      • 12. Per Hanson, Gregg Hoover & Colleen Sexton - Down The Dirt Road Blues/When Your Way Gets Dark