Pony Blues
| "Pony Blues" | ||||
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| Single by Charley Patton | ||||
| B-side | "Banty Rooster Blues" | |||
| Released | Late 1929 | |||
| Recorded | Richmond, Indiana, June 14, 1929 | |||
| Genre | Delta blues | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Paramount (no. 12792-A) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charley Patton | |||
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"Pony Blues" is a Delta blues song recorded by blues musician Charley Patton. Patton recorded the song in June 1929 during his very first session.[1] The song was also the first song to be released by Patton on the Paramount label.
Recording and background
Patton wrote "Pony Blues" sometime around the age 19, and is one of the first songs Patton ever wrote. He would record another rendition of this song as "Stone Pony Blues" in 1934.
With the help of record store owner H. C. Speir, Patton obtained his first recording session, for Paramount Records, on June 14, 1929.[2] He cut 14 sides, including "Pony Blues" (vocal and guitar).[3] Patton's compositions "Banty Rooster Blues" and "Down the Dirt Road" were also recorded at this session.[4]
Renditions
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- Big Joe Williams: Classic Delta Blues (1966)
- Canned Heat: Living the Blues (1968)
- Son House: The Great Bluesmen at Newport (1976)
- Cephas & Wiggins: Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 1 (1981)
- Howlin' Wolf: The Memphis Days: Definitive Edition, Vol. 2 (1990)
- Corey Harris: Between Midnight and Day (1995)
- Alvin Youngblood Hart: Big Mama's Door (1996)
- Duke Robillard: New Blues for Modern Man (1999)
- Paul Geremia: Love, Murder & Mosquitos (2004)
- Cassandra Wilson: Silver Pony (2010)
References
- ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
- ^ Robert Palmer. Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
- ^ Dicaire, David (1999). Blues Singers, McFarland & Company. page 7. ISBN 0-7864-0606-2.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness. page 3201. ISBN 1-56159-176-9.