Charlie Patton News

As a teenager, Michael Lee Ammons signed up for harmonica lessons because he wanted to learn to play a small instrument that traveled well during his frequent camping trips in the Wisconsin woods.

The folk blues song Sitting on Top of the World has been done by so many great musicians over the years that I thoght I would do a post on it.

Charlie Patton, who was better known as Charley Patton was born on May 1, 1891 and he passed away on April 28, 1934.

Evoking that 'Muddy Waters thang' with a mix of originals and old time blues standards, The Delta Jets bring the sound of the bayou to the Atlantis Lounge at Clearwaters Hotel & Convention Center from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday.

I'm a fan of the "For Dummies" books on subjects that I know nothing about. They can bring you up to speed on a subject if you really don't know the ends and outs and want a good overview, so that you can jump ...

DELTA BLUES: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music.

Although this Van Nuys-based label concentrates primarily on West Coast blues artists, they've gone a bit further afield with this CD, and you could be pardoned for thinking that the music here is the kind of ...