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Catfish Blues - Robert Petway

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Blues Diabolique Podcast Session #003

Session 3 of The Blues Diabolique Podcast is now live on Radio Free Satan and looks at the sounds of blues across the regions. From The Mississippi Delta to the southern hills, the city of Chicago to the State of Texas. Each of these areas have their own distinct sound, history and artists. Blues players like Robert Petway, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Elmore James to name a few. There is also a track…

Blues Diabolique Podcast Session #003

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Unica fotografía conocida de Robert Petway, cantante de blues (hacia 1941).

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Notebook 1

The object of circulation I have chosen is the song “Catfish Blues.”  A traditional blues song that originated in the Mississippi Delta region with the first known recording from 1941 by blues musician Robert Petway, the song has been circulated through several genres of music and periods of time.  While the musical style in which “Catfish Blues” is played has varied, the preservation of the song from the traditional genre of Mississippi Delta Blues which arose as a result of systematic oppression under the Black Codes, makes the song a Circulation of Blackness.

One trans/national context in which this song can be considered is during the Great Migration period, specifically during the 1940s when blues music was also being brought to the northern states as a result of fleeing violence from terrorist organizations in the south.  As discussed in lecture, the illegality of slavery in Northern states caused the region to be systematically designated as “anti-black” states.  Bringing blues music from the south to the Northern states was in itself an act of defiance and preservation of blackness and black culture.  Muddy Waters utilized lines from “Catfish” for the song “Rollin’ Stone.”  Another trans/national context in which “Catfish” has circulated is during 1968.  Jimi Hendrix adapted lines from “Catfish Blues” for the song “Voodoo Chile.”  Jimi Hendrix performed the song at Woodstock music festival.

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Robert Petway.-

SU IMPERIO: Música.

GENERACIÓN DE 1907 (aprox.): Nace probablemente en Alabama o Misisipí.

FORJADORES DE 1941: Graba “Catfish Blues”, un influyente blues.

APOTEOSIS EN 1978 (aprox.): Fallece probablemente en Chicago, Illinois.

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“Rockin’ Chair Blues” de Robert Petway, single (Blues, Estados Unidos, 1941).

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“Bertha Lee Blues” de Robert Petway, single (Blues, Estados Unidos, 1942).

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And if she does not oblige me, I say, “Down the road you may go!”

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