Asie Payton
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Asie Payton (1937-1997) was a blues musician who lived most of his life in Holly Ridge, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta. He sang and played the guitar, but made his living as a farmer.
Near the end of his life he recorded one album, Worried, for the Fat Possum Records label, which was released after his death. He died of a heart attack.
He appears and performs in the documentary film You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen.
[edit] Films
- You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2003; released by Fat Possum Records in 2005). Produced and directed by Mandy Stein. Oxford, Mississippi: Plain Jane Productions, Inc; Fat Possum Records.
[edit] External links
- Asie Payton page from Fat Possum Records site
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