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==Notable cover versions==
==Notable cover versions==


* [[Canned Heat]]: ''[[Living the Blues]]'', (1968)
* [[Canned Heat]]: ''[[Living the Blues]]'' (1968)
* [[Son House]]: ''The Great Bluesmen at Newport'', (1976)
* [[Son House]]: ''The Great Bluesmen at Newport'' (1976)
* [[Big Joe Williams]]: ''Classic Delta Blues'', (1966)
* [[Big Joe Williams]]: ''Classic Delta Blues'' (1966)
* [[Cassandra Wilson]]: ''[[Silver Pony]]'', (2010)
* [[Cassandra Wilson]]: ''[[Silver Pony]]'' (2010)


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 01:27, 23 December 2011

"Pony Blues"
Song
B-side"Banty Rooster Blues"

"Pony Blues" is a Delta blues song composed by Charley Patton. With the help of record store owner, H. C. Speir, Patton's first recording session occurred on June 14, 1929, cut six sides, included "Pony Blues" (vocal and guitar), for Paramount Records.[1] The song later became a standard in the Delta region, and appears in the repertoires of many other blues musicians. Patton had a body of his own compositions which he recorded at the session, included "Banty Rooster Blues," "Down the Dirt Road" and his version of "Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues."[2]

Notable cover versions

Footnotes

  1. ^ Dicaire, David. Blues Singers, McFarland & Company (1999), page 7 - ISBN 0786406062
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Guinness (1995), page 3201 - ISBN 1561591769

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