'Mean Black Cat Blues' CHARLEY PATTON, 1929 Delta Blues Guitar Legend

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you should add this dude to your awesome list of bluesman:

Charles Henry "Baby" Tate (January 28, 1916-August 17, 1972). heres a few songs by him:

watch?v=8f-YL02pumY&list=PL010­B53242DEBCAC1&index=18

watch?v=sH7eDj4Y-Ws&list=PL010­B53242DEBCAC1&index=17

watch?v=Krn9yEMmh_o&list=PL010­B53242DEBCAC1&index=19

He didnt live very far from where i live now!!

[marvinbubbalofton]

Very happy to see that alot of people can appreciate my grandfather's music. Thank You!!!!!!

[jemesouvienz]

We call all sorts of Blues legends the "father of blues". But lets be straight, the real fathers of blues were the men slaving on the plantations, singing as they worked. we can't forget about them. funny thing is that without them, we would not have any of the music we love (unless you're a classical fan),

[t1mel1ne]

@jemesouvienz as my teacher put it- "you have to learn the blues to understand todays music, becasue no matter what you listen to, at some point your style of music has done the dirty with the blues" :)

[Bobjb999]

@jemesouvienz True, Blues in America began with slaves' work songs,but they brought a lot of those tunes from Africa.So, one could say the roots of Blues are in Africa, & those roots transplanted to the American south grew into an incredible garden of varied styles that together constitute much of what has become popular music worldwide today!

-e.g. The black Gnawa tribe of Morocco has been playing beautiful bluesy music on the

3-string,bass-guitar-like "guimbri" for hundreds of yrs.

[MaStormy]

@jemesouvienz very well said!holla!

[tssinglet]

@jemesouvienz preach!

[boxingin]

This is the real father of the Blues... And not Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters or any other...

[sheilapatrick1]

@boxingin yep thats the truest genuine thing ive seen written out of letters on any of these channels

[boxingin]

@sheilapatrick1 Thank you very much.

[keepinguptheday]

It appears to be about suffering from a magical attack having had the Hoodoo black cat bone put on him by the woman.

[sheilapatrick1]

@keepinguptheday his woman has another man thats what he means by let that black cat go or gonna get up some mornin gonna kill that black cat dead

[shannonandsheila1]

@keepinguptheday thats not even close sorry mean no harm but hes talkin about his woman havin another man he says hes even wearin my clothes he says if you if you want my lovin let that black cat go

[GnastyGnorcs]

Hmm. Dorian, do you know the meaning of this song? Is this "Mean Black Cat" whom he is referring to his woman, or a literall cat?

[sheilapatrick1]

@GnastyGnorcs definitely his woman listen what he says about lettin it go and killin it talkin bout her lover