Charley Patton
- MatchCharley Patton
- 100%Blind Willie McTell
- 73%Mississippi Sheiks
- 72%Blind Lemon Jefferson
- 69%Son House
- 65%Blind Blake
- 64%Henry Thomas
- 62%Mississippi John Hurt
- 62%Skip James
- 60%Blind Willie Johnson
- 55%Bukka White
Biography
1 May 1891, Bolton, Mississippi, USA, d. 28 April 1934, Indianola, Mississippi, USA. Charley Patton was small, but in all other ways larger than life; his death from a chronic heart condition at the age of 43 brought to an end his relentless pursuit of the good things then available to a black man in Mississippi - liquor, women, food (courtesy of women), music, and the avoidance of farm work, which carried with it another desideratum, freedom of movement. Read more