Pony Blues
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"Pony Blues" is a Delta blues song composed by Charley Patton. With the help of record store owner, H. C. Speir, Patton's first recording session occurred on June 14, 1929, cut six sides, included "Pony Blues" (vocal and guitar), for Paramount Records.[1] The song later became a Delta staple and was part of every young guitarist's repertoire. Patton had a repertoire of his own compositions which he recorded at the session, included "Banty Rooster Blues," "Down the Dirt Road" and his version of "Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues."[2]
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton is a boxed set collection of Charley Patton's recorded works.
[edit] Notable cover versions
- Canned Heat (Living the Blues (1968))
- Son House (The Great Bluesmen at Newport (1976))
- Big Joe Williams (Classic Delta Blues (1966, recorded in 1964))
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Dicaire, David. Blues Singers, McFarland & Company (1999), page 7 - ISBN 0786406062
- ^ Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness (1995), page 3201 - ISBN 1561591769
