CHARLEY PATTON
Charley Patton – Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues [2001] (7 x CDs) + Charley Patton by John Fahey Book (PDF)
Before Charley Patton was recognised as the bedrock of Delta blues, Paramount tried turning him into a mystery. In 1929 they issued one of his 78s under the name “The Masked Marvel,” inviting buyers to guess the performer for a chance to win free records. Anyone familiar with the Delta scene would have known that voice instantly, but the stunt became part of Patton’s early mythology. Revenant Records leaned into that history when they created Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues, weaving the “Masked Marvel” imagery into the artwork as a nod to the era’s eccentric marketing and the folklore surrounding Patton’s recordings. It’s a small detail, but it captures exactly what this set does so well, restoring the music, the context, and the stories that shaped one of America’s most important artists.
Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues isn’t just a box set; it’s one of the most ambitious archival projects ever devoted to an American musician. Released in 2001 by Revenant Records, the label co‑founded by John Fahey, it gathers Patton’s complete recorded legacy and presents it with a level of care that feels almost devotional. His 78s were scattered, fragile, and often worn beyond comfort, yet this set pulls them together with a clarity and depth earlier transfers rarely achieved.
The music remains astonishing. Patton’s voice — raw, percussive, and full of lived experience, cuts through the surface noise with a force that still feels modern. His guitar work, all snap and drive, anchors everything from spirituals to breakdowns to the narrative blues that shaped the Delta tradition. What emerges is the full range of his world: dance tunes, laments, sermons, sly humour, and the sheer physicality of his playing. Patton wasn’t just a bluesman; he was a complete entertainer and a community figure.
Revenant’s presentation is legendary. Oversized packaging, deep essays, label scans, photographs, and meticulous discographical notes turn the set into a museum piece you can hold. The remastering, sourced from the best surviving 78s, brings out detail that earlier editions buried. You hear the room, the breath, the scrape of strings, the urgency of a man performing for real people in real time.
Taken together, Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues restores Patton’s work to its rightful scale. It treats these recordings not as relics, but as living documents, vital, rhythmic, and foundational. This is the Delta blues at its source, presented with the respect and depth it has always deserved. (B)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Charley Patton - Pony Blues 3:00
02 Charley Patton - A Spoonful Blues 3:11
03 Charley Patton - Down the Dirt Road Blues 2:59
04 Elder J. J. Hadley (Charley Patton) - Prayer of Death, Part 1 3:07
05 Elder J. J. Hadley (Charley Patton) - Prayer of Death, Part 2 2:52
06 The Masked Marvel (Charley Patton) - Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues 3:09
07 Charley Patton - Banty Rooster Blues 3:04
08 Charley Patton - Tom Rushen Blues 3:08
09 Charley Patton - It Won't Be Long 3:28
10 Charley Patton - Shake it and Break it (But Don't Let it Fall Mama) 3:07
11 Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues 3:05
12 The Masked Marvel (Charley Patton) - Mississippi Boweavil Blues 3:10
13 Charley Patton - Lord I'm Discouraged 3:09
14 Charley Patton - I'm Goin' Home 3:14
15 Walter Hawkins - Snatch it and Grab It 3:07
16 Walter Hawkins - A Rag Blues 3:01
17 Walter Hawkins - How Come Mama Blues 3:07
18 Walter Hawkins - Voice Throwin' Blues 3:01
CD2
00 Charley Patton - Hammer Blues, I Shall Not Be Moved 6:01
01 Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere (part 1) 3:00
02 Charley Patton - Hight Water Everywhere (part 2) 2:59
03 Charley Patton - I Shall Not be Moved 3:05
04 Charley Patton - Rattlesnake Blues 2:47
05 Charley Patton - Going to Move to Alabama 3:01
06 Charley Patton - Hammer Blues (take 2) 3:16
07 Charley Patton - Joe Kirby 3:09
08 Charley Patton - Frankie and Albert 3:09
09 Charley Patton - Devil Sent the Rain Blues 2:57
10 Charley Patton - Magnolia Blues 3:03
12 Charley Patton - Some Happy Day 3:09
13 Charley Patton - Mean Black Moan 3:17
14 Charley Patton - Green River Blues 3:15
15 Edith North Johnson - That's My Man 3:40
16 Edith North Johnson - Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 3:11
17 Edith North Johnson - Eight Hour Woman 2:47
18 Edith North Johnson - Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues No. 2 2:38
CD3
00 Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone, Elder Greene Blues 5:51
01 Charley Patton - Jim Lee (part 1) 3:05
02 Charley Patton - Jim Lee (part 2) 3:01
03 Charley Patton - Mean Black Cat Blues 2:54
04 Charley Patton - Jesus is a Dying Bed Maker 2:52
05 Charley Patton - Elder Greene Blues (take 1) 3:03
06 Charley Patton - When Your Way Gets Dark 3:08
07 Charley Patton - Some These Days I'll Be Gone (take 2) 3:08
08 Charley Patton - Heart Like Railroad Steel 2:50
09 Charley Patton - Circle 'Round the Moon 2:33
10 Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die 2:59
11 Henry Sims - Be True Be True Blues 3:02
12 Henry Sims - Farrell Blues 3:07
13 Henry Sims - Tell Me Man Blues 3:13
14 Henry Sims - Come Back, Corrina 3:07
CD4
01 Charley Patton - Some Summer Day 3:03
02 Charley Patton - Bird Nest Bound 3:20
03 Willie Brown - Future Blues 3:00
04 Willie Brown - M&O Blues 3:18
05 Son House - Walkin' Blues 2:56
06 Son House - My Black Mama (part 1) 3:07
07 Son House - My Black Mama (part 2) 3:15
08 Son House - Preachin' the Blues (part 1) 3:04
09 Son House - Preachin' the Blues (part 2) 2:54
10 Son House - Dry Spell Blues (part 1) 3:11
11 Son House - Dry Spell Blues (part 2) 3:24
12 Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues 3:12
13 Louise Johnson - On the Wall 3:04
14 Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues (previously unissued) 3:03
15 Louise Johnson - By the Moon and Stars 2:53
16 Louise Johnson - Long Ways from Home 3:27
CD5
01 Charley Patton - Dry Well Blues 3:20
02 Charley Patton - Moon Going Down 3:25
03 Delta Big Four - We All Gonna Face the Rising Sun 3:39
04 Delta Big Four - Moaner, Let's Go Down in the Valley 3:01
05 Delta Big Four - Jesus Got His Arms Around Me 3:10
06 Delta Big Four - God Won't Forsake His Own 3:22
07 Delta Big Four - I'll Be There 3:09
08 Delta Big Four - Where Was Eve Sleeping? 3:17
09 Delta Big Four - I Know My Time Ain't Long 3:13
10 Brother W.M. Mosely & Delta Big Four - Watch and Pray 3:10
11 H.C. Spier - Headlines, 19 April 1930 3:42
12 H.C. Spier - Headlines, 12 April 1930 3:13
13 Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues 3:13
14 Charley Patton - Stone Pony Blues 2:54
15 Charley Patton - Jersey Bull Blues 3:10
16 Charley Patton - Hang it on the Wall 2:46
17 Charley Patton - 34 Blues 2:59
18 Charley Patton - Love My Stuff 2:58
19 Charley Patton - Poor Me 3:00
20 Charley Patton - Revenue Man Blues 2:53
21 Patton & Lee - Troubled 'bout My Mother 2:57
22 Patton & Lee - Oh, Death 3:00
23 Bertha Lee - Yellow Bee 2:54
24 Bertha Lee - Mind Reader Blues 2:54
CD6
01 "Ma" Rainey - Booze and Blues 3:11
02 Walter Rhodes - The Crowing Rooster 3:25
03 Furry Lewis - I Will Turn Your Money Green 3:11
04 Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave 2:58
05 Tommy Johnson - Bye Bye Blues 3:04
06 Tommy Johnson - Maggie Campbell 3:28
07 Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues 3:13
08 William Harris - Kansas City Blues 3:04
09 Kid Bailey - Rowdy Blues 3:06
10 Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues 2:57
11 Blind Joe Reynolds - Cold Woman Blues 2:59
12 Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting on Top of the World 3:04
13 Charley Jordan - Just a Spoonful 2:41
14 Blind Pete and George Ryan - Banty Rooster 2:17
15 Joe Williams - My Grey Pony 3:11
16 Willie Lofton Trio - Dark Road Blues 3:04
17 Unidentified Convict - Blues 2:56
18 Booker White - Sic 'Em Dogs 2:23
19 Booker White - Po' Boy 2:51
20 Willie Brown - Make Me a Pallet on the Floor 3:26
21 Son House - County Farm Blues 2:12
22 Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony 2:34
23 Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four 2:49
24 Staple Singers - Too Close 5:22
CD7
01 Charley Patton - Howlin' Wolf - interviewed by Pete Welding (ca. 1967) 2:05
02 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 1 (1968) 1:45
03 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 2 (1968) 0:59
04 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 3 (1968) 0:50
05 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 4 (1968) 2:59
06 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 5 (1968) 1:09
07 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 6 (1968) 0:46
08 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 7 (1968) 2:27
09 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 8 (1968) 1:14
10 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 9 (1968) 1:47
11 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 10 (1968) 6:31
12 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 11 (1968) 1:08
13 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 12 (1968) 0:22
14 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 13 (1968) 7:13
15 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 14 (1968) 2:49
16 Charley Patton - Booker Miller - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 15 (1968) 0:31
17 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 1 (1968-69) 4:40
18 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 2 (1968-69) 0:51
19 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 3 (1968-69) 2:36
20 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 4 (1968-69) 1:10
21 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 5 (1968-69) 1:11
22 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 6 (1968-69) 1:30
23 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 7 (1968-69) 0:36
24 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 8 (1968-69) 2:09
25 Charley Patton - H.C. Speir - interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow, part 9 (1968-69) 4:18
26 Charley Patton - Roebuck ''Pops'' Staples - interviewed by Chris Strachwitz (ca. 1964) 1:59
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