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| | YEAR OF THE BLUES 2003 |
 | | By the time Charlie (Charley) Patton was first recorded in 1929, then, some form of the music had reportedly been floating through the region's fields, juke joints, and house parties for approximately two decades, and was presumably being played by many regional performers. |
 | | Patton, however, was the area's star, renowned as much for his booming voice and rhythmic drive as for his consummate and fiery entertaining style, which incorporated such stage moves as spinning and throwing his guitar, and playing it behind his head and between his legs. |
 | | Patton blended a phenomenally intricate guitar style with propulsive and often complex layers of rhythm, topped with a rough, powerful voice that cuts through the surface noise so common to recordings of the time. |
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