Charley Patton
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Charlie Patton, more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of America
Publicity photo for Paramount Records, the only confirmed extant photograph of Patton, c. 1929
Robert Johnson
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Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians.
Charley Patton
…form of the blues. Patton performed at Dockery and nearby plantations and began an association with Willie Brown. Tommy Johnson, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Robert Johnson, and Chester Burnett (who later became famous in Chicago as Howlin' Wolf) also lived and performed in the area. Patton served as a mentor to these…
Alleged gravesite at Payne Chapel near Quito, with one of Johnson's three tombstones
Alleged gravesite at Little Zion Church north of Greenwood
The crossroads at Clarksdale, Mississippi