She became known as the "The Queen of Swing" who performed at speakeasies and had a style so unique that young Italian-American aspiring singers Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra began copying her form. Patton (who was well educated by the standards of his time) spelled his name Patton was considered African-American, but because of his light complexion there has been much speculation about his ancestry over the years. Those traditions were fused with black music. Charley Patton, Soundtrack: I Am Joe. Charley Patton, Vol. As a child, Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. hid under a bed when the Ku Klux Klan came to his parents' home in rural North Carolina. Salas told The Associated Press. He spent most of his career playing blues and ragtime-based popular songs for dancers at rural parties and barrelhouses.
American Epic is a documentary film series about the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world. Wray is one of many Native Americans musicians whose stories are featured in a documentary set to air on the PBS series " Independent Lens " showing how Native Americans helped lay the foundations to rock, blues and jazz and shaped generations of musicians. People need to know about Jesse Ed Davis," Salas said. Charley Patton was one of the earliest and best-known singers of Delta Blues music. The film also explores the career of Robbie Robertson, a Canadian musician of Mohawk and Cayuga descent, who performed with Bob Dylan in the mid-1960s before forming his own group called The Band. "RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World," a new PBS Independent Lens documentary set to air Monday, Jan 21, 2019, shows how Native Americans laid the foundations to rock, blues and jazz. And it goes into the momentous career of Randy Castillo, the Albuquerque, New Mexico-born Isleta Pueblo drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe, whose life was cut short by cancer in 2002.As the Native American musicians get closer to the 21st century, the film shows that they stopped hiding their identity and began to celebrate it.“This is a missing chapter to this history of music,” co-director Catherine Bainbridge said. Charley Patton was the “grandfather of Delta blues,” a true legend–and part-Native American. "So I started to investigate." Associated Press Writer Russell Contreras is a member of the AP's race and ethnicity team. The documentary touches on blues pioneer Charley Patton, an early 20th Century Mississippi Delta guitarist of Choctaw and African-American ancestry. The documentary touches on blues pioneer Charley Patton, an early 20th Century Mississippi Delta guitarist of Choctaw and African-American ancestry. Though the song had no lyrics, it was banned in the 1950s for allegedly encouraging teen violence. (AP Photo/Jim Wells, File)Connect with the definitive source for global and local news The film shows how some of Patton's music preserved on rough vinyl recordings is similar to traditional American Indian songs. Or $8.99 to buy MP3. But rock musicians aren't the only popular performers "RUMBLE" seeks to highlight. "I was there with Rod Stewart and thinking, 'Am I the only Indian to have ever played at (New York's) Madison Garden?'" “I was completely influenced by Mildred Bailey. Those traditions were fused with black music.Legendary bluesman Howlin’ Wolf would say he learned to play the guitar from an “Indian man” by the name of Charley Patton.The film also introduces viewers to the largely forgotten jazz vocalist Mildred Bailey. His best-known recording is ‘Pony Blues.’ People need to know about Jesse Ed Davis,” Salas said.But rock musicians aren’t the only popular performers “RUMBLE” seeks to highlight. (AP Photo/Jim Wells, File)FILE - In this Aug. 1, 1971 file photo, Jesse Ed Davis, center right, a guitarist of Kiowa and Comanche ancestry, performs with George Harrison, left, formerly of the Beatles, at the Concert For Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in New York City. "RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World" will be broadcast online and on most PBS stations Monday. A singer-guitarist, Charley was born on May 1, 1891. Wray eventually took all that rage of his early years and crafted a 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" using a distinct, distorted electric guitar sound that would influence rock 'n' roll musicians from Iggy Pop and Neil Young to Pete Townshend of The Who and Slash of Guns N' Roses.
"Be proud that you're an Indian," Robertson said he was told as a child, "but be careful who you tell." Charley Patton was actually singing about Tom Rushing, who was elected sheriff of Merigold in 1928 and served in that office until 1932. (AP Photo/Jim Wells, File)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Klaus Voorman is on bass, second from left, and Eric Clapton is at right. "This is a missing chapter to this history of music," co-director Catherine Bainbridge said. The documentary touches on blues pioneer Charley Patton, an early 20th Century Mississippi Delta guitarist of Choctaw and African-American ancestry. A member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe in the Pacific Northwest, Bailey began singing ragtime in the 1920s and developed a swing style that blended traditional Native American vocals with jazz. "I was completely influenced by Mildred Bailey.