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Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

April 13, 2024

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton is a boxed set collecting remastered versions of the recorded works of blues singer Charley Patton, with recordings by many of his associates, supplementary interviews and historical data.[1] The set won three Grammy awards, for Best Historical Album, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, and Best Album Notes.[2]

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
Box set by
Charley Patton
ReleasedOctober 23, 2001
Recorded1924–1969
GenreBlues
LabelRevenant

Background edit

Revenant Records was formed in 1996 by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood. The project to compile a boxed set of Charley Patton's music took approximately two years to complete, financed in a large part by an inheritance Fahey had received.[3] "There's a lot of playful stuff in [Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues], the depth of scholarship is there," said Blackwood. "But we dispense with the pretense."[4]

The package includes seven CDs and is designed to resemble a 78rpm record release. Only 52 Patton recordings survive to this day and five of the CDs contain these recordings plus songs he performed on as guitarist and other artists he brought to his record label. The seventh disc includes interviews with some of Patton's contemporaries.[1] Also included is a reprint of Fahey’s 1970 master's thesis on Patton as well as notes by blues scholars David Evans, Dick Spottswood, and Ed Komara. Lyrics and reproductions of original 1929 Paramount ads are also included. The printed material covers Patton's life, music, and his world in the Yazoo River Basin within which he lived and performed.[3][4]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [5]
Entertainment Weekly(A) [6]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings     + crown[7]
The Guardian     [3]

In his review of the box set, music critic Richie Unterberger called it "Perhaps the most sumptuous, nay incredible, box set package ever devised for a blues artist." He also cautions that some of the tracks "sometimes suffer from unavoidably poor sound quality due to the extremely rough shape of the only surviving original copies."[5]

Scott Schinder of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Revenant "has topped itself with this lavish seven-CD box honoring the gravelly howl, inventive guitar work, and vivid songwriting of seminal Delta bluesman Patton", and he praised the accompanying essay by John Fahey as "illuminating" and "fascinating".[6] In The Guardian, Richard Williams suggested that the "unwieldy but magnificent collection will probably remain for ever unmatched" in its focus on a single musician.[3]

Track listing edit

Disc 1

By Charley Patton:

  1. "Pony Blues"
  2. "A Spoonful Blues"
  3. "Down the Dirt Road Blues"
  4. "Prayer of Death Part 1"
  5. "Prayer of Death Part 2"
  6. "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues"
  7. "Banty Rooster Blues"
  8. "Tom Rushen Blues"
  9. "It Won't Be Long"
  10. "Shake It and Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)"
  11. "Pea Vine Blues"
  12. "Mississippi Boweavil Blues"
  13. "Lord I'm Discouraged"
  14. "I'm Goin' Home"

By Buddy Boy Hawkins:

  2. "Snatch It and Grab It"
  3. "A Rag Blues"
  4. "How Come Mama Blues"
  5. "Voice Throwin' Blues"
Disc 2

By Charley Patton:

  1. "I Shall Not Be Moved" (take 1, previously unissued)
  2. "Hammer Blues" (take 1, previously unissued)
  3. "High Water Everywhere – Part I"
  4. "High Water Everywhere – Part II"
  5. "I Shall Not Be Moved"
  6. "Rattlesnake Blues"
  7. "Going to Move to Alabama"
  8. "Hammer Blues" (take 2)
  9. "Joe Kirby"
  10. "Frankie and Albert"
  11. "Devil Sent the Rain Blues"
  12. "Magnolia Blues"
  13. "Running Wild Blues"
  14. "Some Happy Day"
  15. "Mean Black Moan"
  16. "Green River Blues"

By Edith North Johnson:

  2. "That's My Man"
  3. "Honey Dripper Blues No. 2"
  4. "Eight Hour Woman"
  5. "Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues No. 2"
Disc 3

By Charley Patton:

  1. "Elder Greene Blues" (take 2, previously unissued)
  2. "Some These Days I'll Be Gone" (take 1, previously unissued)
  3. "Jim Lee – Part I"
  4. "Jim Lee – Part II"
  5. "Mean Black Cat Blues"
  6. "Jesus Is a Dying-Bed Maker"
  7. "Elder Greene Blues" (take 1)
  8. "When Your Way Gets Dark"
  9. "Some These Days I'll Be Gone" (take 2)
  10. "Heart Like Railroad Steel"
  11. "Circle Round the Moon"
  12. "You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die"
  13. "Be True Be True Blues"

By Henry "Son" Sims:

  2. "Farrell Blues"
  3. "Tell Me Man Blues"
  4. "Come Back Corrina"
Disc 4

By Charley Patton:

  1. "Some Summer Day"
  2. "Bird Nest Bound"

By Willie Brown:

  2. "Future Blues"
  3. "M&O Blues"

By Son House:

  2. "Walkin' Blues" (previously unissued)
  3. "My Black Mama – Part I"
  4. "My Black Mama – Part II"
  5. "Preachin' the Blues – Part I"
  6. "Preachin' the Blues – Part II"
  7. "Dry Spell Blues Part I"
  8. "Dry Spell Blues Part II"

By Louise Johnson:

  2. "All Night Long Blues" (take 1)
  3. "On the Wall"
  4. "All Night Long Blues" (take 2, previously unissued)
  5. "By the Moon and Stars"
  6. "Long Ways from Home"
Disc 5

By Charley Patton:

  1. "Dry Well Blues"
  2. "Moon Going Down"

By Delta Big Four:

  2. "We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun"
  3. "Moaner Let's Go Down in the Valley"
  4. "Jesus Got His Arms Around Me"
  5. "God Won't Forsake His Own"
  6. "I'll Be Here"
  7. "Where Was Eve Sleeping?"
  8. "I Know My Time Ain't Long"
  9. "Watch and Pray"

By H. C. Speir:

  2. "Paramount test 1-4/19/30 headlines"
  3. "Paramount test 2-4/12/30 headlines"

By Charley Patton:

  2. "High Sheriff Blues"
  3. "Stone Pony Blues"
  4. "Jersey Bull Blues"
  5. "Hang It on the Wall"
  6. "34 Blues"
  7. "Love My Stuff"
  8. "Poor Me"
  9. "Revenue Man Blues"

Performer as noted:

  2. "Troubled 'Bout My Mother" (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
  3. "Oh Death" (Charley Patton and Bertha Lee)
  4. "Yellow Bee" (Bertha Lee)
  5. "Mind Reader Blues" (Bertha Lee)
Disc 6

Performer as noted:

  1. "Booze and Blues" (1924) (Ma Rainey)
  2. "The Crowing Rooster" (1927) (Walter Rhodes)
  3. "I Will Turn Your Money Green" (1928) (Furry Lewis)
  4. "Ham Hound Crave" (1928) (Rube Lacy)
  5. "Bye Bye Blues" (1928) (Tommy Johnson)
  6. "Maggie Campbell" (1928) (Tommy Johnson)
  7. "Big Road Blues" (1928) (Tommy Johnson)
  8. "Kansas City Blues" (1928) (William Harris)
  9. "Rowdy Blues" (1929) (Kid Bailey)
  10. "Mississippi Bottom Blues" (1929) (Kid Bailey)
  11. "Cold Woman Blues" (1929) (Blind Joe Reynolds)
  12. "Sitting on Top of the World" (1930) (Mississippi Sheiks)
  13. "Just a Spoonful" (1930) (Charley Jordan)
  14. "Banty Rooster" (1934) (Blind Pete and George Ryan)
  15. "My Grey Pony" (1935) (Big Joe Williams)
  16. "Dark Road Blues" (1935) (Willie Lofton Trio)
  17. "Blues" (1936)" (unknown convict)
  18. "Sic 'Em Dogs On" (1939) (Bukka White)
  19. "Po' Boy" (1939)" (Bukka White)
  20. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (1941) (Willie Brown)
  21. "County Farm Blues" (1942) (Son House)
  22. "Saddle My Pony" (1952) (The Howlin' Wolf)
  23. "Forty Four" (1954) (The Howlin' Wolf)
  24. "Too Close" (1957) (Roebuck "Pops" Staples and the Staple Singers)

Personnel edit

  • Dean Blackwood – compilation producer
  • Scott Colburn – audio production, tape transfer
  • John Davis – transfer
  • Potsy Duncan – illustrations, digital manipulation
  • David Glasser – mastering, audio restoration
  • Christopher C. King – coordination, transfers, sound director
  • Alan Lomax – engineer
  • John Work – engineer
  • Charlie Pilzer – audio restoration
  • Matt Sandoski – mastering engineer
  • Steven Smolian – transfers
  • David Evans – liner notes
  • John Fahey – book
  • Richard K. Spottswood – liner notes
  • Chris Strachwitz – interviewer
  • Ernest C. Withers – photography
  • Henry H Owings – design, layout design
  • Susan Archie – art direction

References edit

  1. ^ a b Harrington, Richard (6 January 2002). . Washington Post. Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. ^ . Cincinnati Post. 24 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Williams, Richard (23 November 2001). "Mississippi magic". The Guardian. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Smith Jr., Clay (26 October 2001). "Dead Man Blues". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Schinder, Scott (November 2001). "Review: Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues". Entertainment Weekly.
  7. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 511. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.

External links edit

  • Release info at Revenant Records
  • In Memoriam - John Fahey 1939-2001 by Dean Blackwood

April 13, 2024
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Screamin and Hollerin the Blues The Worlds of Charley Patton is a boxed set collecting remastered versions of the recorded works of blues singer Charley Patton with recordings by many of his associates supplementary interviews and historical data 1 The set won three Grammy awards for Best Historical Album Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package and Best Album Notes 2 Screamin and Hollerin the Blues The Worlds of Charley PattonBox set by Charley PattonReleasedOctober 23 2001Recorded1924 1969GenreBluesLabelRevenant Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 References 6 External linksBackground editRevenant Records was formed in 1996 by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood The project to compile a boxed set of Charley Patton s music took approximately two years to complete financed in a large part by an inheritance Fahey had received 3 There s a lot of playful stuff in Screamin and Hollerin the Blues the depth of scholarship is there said Blackwood But we dispense with the pretense 4 The package includes seven CDs and is designed to resemble a 78rpm record release Only 52 Patton recordings survive to this day and five of the CDs contain these recordings plus songs he performed on as guitarist and other artists he brought to his record label The seventh disc includes interviews with some of Patton s contemporaries 1 Also included is a reprint of Fahey s 1970 master s thesis on Patton as well as notes by blues scholars David Evans Dick Spottswood and Ed Komara Lyrics and reproductions of original 1929 Paramount ads are also included The printed material covers Patton s life music and his world in the Yazoo River Basin within which he lived and performed 3 4 Reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Entertainment Weekly A 6 The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp crown 7 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 In his review of the box set music critic Richie Unterberger called it Perhaps the most sumptuous nay incredible box set package ever devised for a blues artist He also cautions that some of the tracks sometimes suffer from unavoidably poor sound quality due to the extremely rough shape of the only surviving original copies 5 Scott Schinder of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Revenant has topped itself with this lavish seven CD box honoring the gravelly howl inventive guitar work and vivid songwriting of seminal Delta bluesman Patton and he praised the accompanying essay by John Fahey as illuminating and fascinating 6 In The Guardian Richard Williams suggested that the unwieldy but magnificent collection will probably remain for ever unmatched in its focus on a single musician 3 Track listing editDisc 1By Charley Patton Pony Blues A Spoonful Blues Down the Dirt Road Blues Prayer of Death Part 1 Prayer of Death Part 2 Screamin and Hollerin the Blues Banty Rooster Blues Tom Rushen Blues It Won t Be Long Shake It and Break It But Don t Let It Fall Mama Pea Vine Blues Mississippi Boweavil Blues Lord I m Discouraged I m Goin Home By Buddy Boy Hawkins Snatch It and Grab It A Rag Blues How Come Mama Blues Voice Throwin Blues Disc 2By Charley Patton I Shall Not Be Moved take 1 previously unissued Hammer Blues take 1 previously unissued High Water Everywhere Part I High Water Everywhere Part II I Shall Not Be Moved Rattlesnake Blues Going to Move to Alabama Hammer Blues take 2 Joe Kirby Frankie and Albert Devil Sent the Rain Blues Magnolia Blues Running Wild Blues Some Happy Day Mean Black Moan Green River Blues By Edith North Johnson That s My Man Honey Dripper Blues No 2 Eight Hour Woman Nickel s Worth of Liver Blues No 2 Disc 3By Charley Patton Elder Greene Blues take 2 previously unissued Some These Days I ll Be Gone take 1 previously unissued Jim Lee Part I Jim Lee Part II Mean Black Cat Blues Jesus Is a Dying Bed Maker Elder Greene Blues take 1 When Your Way Gets Dark Some These Days I ll Be Gone take 2 Heart Like Railroad Steel Circle Round the Moon You re Gonna Need Somebody When You Die Be True Be True Blues By Henry Son Sims Farrell Blues Tell Me Man Blues Come Back Corrina Disc 4By Charley Patton Some Summer Day Bird Nest Bound By Willie Brown Future Blues M amp O Blues By Son House Walkin Blues previously unissued My Black Mama Part I My Black Mama Part II Preachin the Blues Part I Preachin the Blues Part II Dry Spell Blues Part I Dry Spell Blues Part II By Louise Johnson All Night Long Blues take 1 On the Wall All Night Long Blues take 2 previously unissued By the Moon and Stars Long Ways from Home Disc 5By Charley Patton Dry Well Blues Moon Going Down By Delta Big Four We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun Moaner Let s Go Down in the Valley Jesus Got His Arms Around Me God Won t Forsake His Own I ll Be Here Where Was Eve Sleeping I Know My Time Ain t Long Watch and Pray By H C Speir Paramount test 1 4 19 30 headlines Paramount test 2 4 12 30 headlines By Charley Patton High Sheriff Blues Stone Pony Blues Jersey Bull Blues Hang It on the Wall 34 Blues Love My Stuff Poor Me Revenue Man Blues Performer as noted Troubled Bout My Mother Charley Patton and Bertha Lee Oh Death Charley Patton and Bertha Lee Yellow Bee Bertha Lee Mind Reader Blues Bertha Lee Disc 6Performer as noted Booze and Blues 1924 Ma Rainey The Crowing Rooster 1927 Walter Rhodes I Will Turn Your Money Green 1928 Furry Lewis Ham Hound Crave 1928 Rube Lacy Bye Bye Blues 1928 Tommy Johnson Maggie Campbell 1928 Tommy Johnson Big Road Blues 1928 Tommy Johnson Kansas City Blues 1928 William Harris Rowdy Blues 1929 Kid Bailey Mississippi Bottom Blues 1929 Kid Bailey Cold Woman Blues 1929 Blind Joe Reynolds Sitting on Top of the World 1930 Mississippi Sheiks Just a Spoonful 1930 Charley Jordan Banty Rooster 1934 Blind Pete and George Ryan My Grey Pony 1935 Big Joe Williams Dark Road Blues 1935 Willie Lofton Trio Blues 1936 unknown convict Sic Em Dogs On 1939 Bukka White Po Boy 1939 Bukka White Make Me a Pallet on the Floor 1941 Willie Brown County Farm Blues 1942 Son House Saddle My Pony 1952 The Howlin Wolf Forty Four 1954 The Howlin Wolf Too Close 1957 Roebuck Pops Staples and the Staple Singers Personnel editDean Blackwood compilation producer Scott Colburn audio production tape transfer John Davis transfer Potsy Duncan illustrations digital manipulation David Glasser mastering audio restoration Christopher C King coordination transfers sound director Alan Lomax engineer John Work engineer Charlie Pilzer audio restoration Matt Sandoski mastering engineer Steven Smolian transfers David Evans liner notes John Fahey book Richard K Spottswood liner notes Chris Strachwitz interviewer Ernest C Withers photography Henry H Owings design layout design Susan Archie art directionReferences edit a b Harrington Richard 6 January 2002 Charley Patton s Hollered Victory 68 Years After His Death the Bluesman Gets His Due With an Amazing Box Set Washington Post Archived from the original on 9 November 2012 Retrieved 12 July 2016 LIST OF 2003 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS Cincinnati Post 24 February 2003 Archived from the original on 21 November 2018 Retrieved 12 July 2016 a b c d Williams Richard 23 November 2001 Mississippi magic The Guardian Retrieved July 12 2016 a b Smith Jr Clay 26 October 2001 Dead Man Blues The Austin Chronicle Retrieved July 12 2016 a b Unterberger Richie Screamin and Hollerin the Blues gt Review Allmusic Retrieved April 20 2010 a b Schinder Scott November 2001 Review Screamin and Hollerin the Blues Entertainment Weekly Russell Tony Smith Chris 2006 The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Penguin p 511 ISBN 978 0 140 51384 4 External links editRelease info at Revenant Records In Memoriam John Fahey 1939 2001 by Dean Blackwood Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Screamin 27 and Hollerin 27 the Blues The Worlds of Charley Patton amp oldid 1183515228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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