Charlie Patton: The Mentor of All Mentors

Charlie Patton is credited with creating the Delta Blues sound we love so much.  He is the grandpappy of them all and was born, raised and worked on the Dockery Plantation.  Musicians he is credited with teaching include Muddy Waters, BB King, Elvis, Robert Johnson and Son House.  Chances are if you were playing acoustic blues early in the 20th century you learned from Charlie Patton.  

Everything in the Delta seems 'just around the corner'.  In this instance just around the corner from Dockery Farms is Moorhead, Mississippi where the 'Southern Cross The Dog'.  A famous crossroads all of their own referring to the Southern and Yazoo rail crossing.  WC Handy went on to write and record Yellow Dog Blues.  As you can see there is little left of the track but thankfully it has been saved for the 'Delta Blues Hunters' with a monument as well.  

And just when I thought it couldn't get any better...

KD xoxo