PATTON, CHARLEY

PATTON, CHARLEY. Bluesman (1887 near Edwards, Mississippi; 28 April 1934 in Indianola, Mississippi). He played guitar with the Chatman family string band at the age of fourteen, before he left his birthplace. His singing style reputedly was influenced by folksinger Henry Sloan , who was active in Cleveland, Mississippi. He was well known in the Delta region before he made his first recordings in 1929; thereafter he developed a wide reputation. In 1933 he settled in Holly Ridge, Mississippi,...