Charlie Patton; Charley Patton; Blues Comfort Zone

As international tensions grow, I am driven back to the unlikely 'comfort zone' of early Delta blues, especially the songs of Charlie Patton.


Down The Dirt Road Blues

Some These Days I'll Be Gone

High Sheriff Blues

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues

You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die


Elder Greene Blues


The Day Charley Patton Changed the Blues

The influence of Charley Patton (BBC Arena: American Epic)


Scouting the Delta: Charley Patton and H. C. Speir