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Charley Patton : voice of the Mississippi Delta / edited by Robert Sacré ; foreword by William Ferris.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

Patton, Charley, 1891-1934 -- Congresses.

Blues (Music) -- Mississippi -- Congresses.

African Americans -- Mississippi -- Congresses.

9781496818560 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

1496818563 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

American made music series.

xxi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Part 1. Charley Patton and the Mississippi blues: origins and traditions. Black music USA: from African to African American music / Robert Sacré ; The Mississippi blues tradition and the origins of the blues / Arnold Shaw ; Charley Patton: the conscience of the Delta / David Evans ; Elementary blues and the tonal scale in Charley Patton's recordings / Daniel Droixhe -- Part 2. Charley Patton, Mississippi Delta blues: comparison with other regional styles and mutual influences. Louisiana coutry blues: a comparison with the Delta country style of Charley Patton and followers: mutual influences / John Broven ; The influence of the Mississippi Delta style on Chicago's postwar blues / Mike Rowe ; Memories of Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett and Willie Johnson / Dick Shurman ; "I was born in Arkansas and raised up in Chicago" / Luther Allison ; Modern Chicago blues: Delta retentions / Jim O'Neal -- Part 3. Conclusion. Mississippi blues today and its future / David Evans.

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