Track Listing

1. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
2. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues
3. Down the Dirt Road Blues
4. Pony Blues
5. Banty Rooster Blues
6. It Won't Be Long
7. Pea Vine Blues
8. Tom Rushen Blues
9. Spoonful Blues
10. Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
11. Prayer of Death, Pt. 1
12. Prayer of Death, Pt. 2
13. Lord, I'm Discouraged
14. I'm Goin' Home
15. Going to Move to Alabama
16. Elder Greene Blues
17. Elder Greene Blues [#]
18. Circle Round the Moon
19. Devil Sent the Rain Blues
20. Mean Black Cat Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #491084 in Music
• Released on: 1994-05-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

Delta Guitar Genius
The first 14 cuts, recorded in Richmand, Indiana, are state of the art recording for the time, and recorded at the same time period as some of Blind Blakes greatest recordings for recording quality. The last 6 cuts were recorded late in 1929 in Grafton, Wisconsin, at the Paramount studies and of lesser quality technically. That being said, the sheer genius of Patton's song writing and guitar playing are unsurpassed musically. One could wish that Document's founder Jonny Parth had made more effort to EQ the recordings instead of just recording them flat, but the scholarship is first class, and making all the recordings available to the general public instead of just hardcore collectors was a noble endeavor.