Hang It on the Wall

by Charley Patton

Overview

The story of Delta blues starts with Charley Patton. His slashing slide style, hoarse and gruff vocals, and unerring ability to personalize even the most mundane blues lyric provides the template that eventually led to electric Chicago blues and beyond. Patton's 78s have been collected in several fine packages, including the JSP box called Complete Recordings, Catfish's three-disc budget box called Definitive Charley Patton, and the last word in all this, the impressive (and expensive) seven-disc Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues from Revenant Records. This single-disc selection from Snapper works as an inexpensive single-disc introduction to Patton, and it contains his best-known songs like "Pony Blues," the two-part "High Water Everywhere," "Mississippi Boweavil Blues," "Down the Dirt Road Blues," "High Sheriff Blues," and "Revenue Man Blues." ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/09/2004
Label:	Snapper
UPC:	0636551000529
Rank:	157018

Tracks

1. Tom Rushen Blues
2. Pony Blues
3. Hammer Blues
4. Pea Vine Blues
5. Frankie and Albert
6. High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1
7. High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2
8. Poor Me
9. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
10. 34 Blues
11. A Spoonful Blues
12. Hang It on the Wall
13. Down the Dirt Road Blues
14. High Sheriff Blues
15. Love My Stuff
16. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
17. Revenue Man Blues
18. Jersey Bull Blues
19. Prayer of Death, Pt. 1
20. Prayer of Death, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charley Patton   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Russell Beecher   Sleeve Notes
Charley Patton   Composer,Arranger
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Traditional   Composer