'Some These Days I'll Be Gone' CHARLEY PATTON, 1929 Delta Blues Guitar Legend

[Harmonator1000]

Wow, what do you suppose he was thinking of when he wrote, played and sang this song?

[PeluMaad]

@Harmonator1000 ...the Tin Pan Alley song someone had requested.....most likely.

[Harmonator1000]

@PeluMaad Not sure what yo mean by that....

[Harmonator1000]

@PeluMaad Not sure what you mean by that....

[PeluMaad]

@Harmonator1000 .....I'm pretty sure this is Patton's version of a popular song of the day.

[Harmonator1000]

@PeluMaad Ah yes, ok. I getcha. Isn't that how most blues songs were "made"? Just heard by someone then reworked into a slightly different version?

[PeluMaad]

@Harmonator1000 ....blues songs tended to share common verses and much like reggae with it's "riddims", there were many variations on standard guitar arrangements but, "Some of These Days" isn't a blues. Read "Escaping the Delta" by Elijah Wald...our conception of a "blues singer" probably didn't exist until the 40s and the birth of electric bands. The degree to which the record industry segregated and categorized American music is surprising.

[Harmonator1000]

@PeluMaad I'll have to grab that book. Read "Deep Blues" by Robert Palmer. Very interesting. I thought "Some of these days" sounded almost countryish. Kind of like Charlies song "Runnin Wild".

[909chuck]

Actually a number of the old blues musicians didn't do so bad moneywise, or ladywise! The lifestyle and travel often took its toll to shorten careers and lives. Also, music for some was a part time job. Patton did OK and played varied music to please audiences well beyond basic blues.  Thanks for another precious piece of culture!

[MyMoppet52]

I don't see how he got his sound so long ago. I love the great, old Blues Masters. I respect them. I'm angry that they had to live the lives that most had to live...deprivation, almost starvation, lack of recognition for their talent, and much more. Something about Charley Patton reaches down inside me, even more than regular blues does, and makes me feel that I know this man. He feels like a friend. I love him. His voice does all that. It's like he's saying "it's ok honey.' What a great artist.

[StanTheStoic]

Haunting.

[unklelemmy]

I want this song played when they bury me.

[TheIsraDave]

beautiful rendition by Charlie of this very sad song

[lotuswight]

alright ragtime waht list would "jellyjaw short" fall under?

[dragonr2222]

Très modernes comme musique

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

ah enfin quelqu'un qui aime le blues et qui parle français !

oui tu as raison, pour moi le blues de Charley Patton et des autres est la base de la musique moderne .

[dragonr2222]

j'adore cette chanson

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

moi aussi ..

merci de tes commentaires !