High Water Everywhere
| "High Water Everywhere" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Charley Patton | |
| A-side | High Water Everywhere Part 1 |
| B-side | High Water Everywhere Part 2 |
| Format | 78 rpm |
| Recorded | Grafton, Wisconsin. 1929 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Label | Paramount Records |
| Writer(s) | Charley Patton |
"High Water Everywhere" is a song composed by Delta blues singer Charley Patton. It was recorded as a two part 78 recording in October 1929.
Its subject is the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 which devastated Louisiana. Featuring intense vocals and rapid beating on the guitar box; it is regarded to be among the finest recordings made by Patton, his magnum opus.[1]
Folk musician Bob Dylan pays tribute to the song in his 2001 "High Water (For Charley Patton)."
References
- ↑ Sleeve notes for Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues boxset, p63