Mississippi Blues Travellers

Charley Patton recorded this song about actual events that happened to him in Belzoni, Humphries County, Mississippi circa 1933. It has the same tune as an earlier Charley Patton recording, Tom Rushen Blues, about events in Merigold, Bolivar County, Mississippi. This track is taken from the JSP Records box set Charley Patton: Complete Recordings 1929-1934 and is used with permission from JSP Records: https://www.jsprecords.com/ Here is a Mississippi Blues Travellers post about High Sheriff Blues and Benzoni, Mississippi: http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/charley-patton-high-sheriff-blues-belzoni-mississippi/

Charley Patton recorded this song about an event in Merigold, Mississipi. Tom Rushing was the local sheriff in Merigold between 1928 and 1932. Paramount Records, the label which released this record, got Rushing's name wrong on the title. This recording is taken from the JSP Records box set, Charley Patton: The Complete Recordings 1929-1934 and is used here with the permission of JSP Records. Here is a link to JSP Records website: https://www.jsprecords.com/ Here is a link to Mississippi Blues Travellers post about Merigold, Mississippi and Tom Rushen Blues: http://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/charley-patton-tom-rushen-blues-merigold-mississippi/