- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Masked Marvel
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Charley Patton was born on May 1, 1891 in Bolton, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Bertha Lee. He died on April 28, 1934 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA.
- SpouseBertha Lee(? - April 28, 1934) (his death, 1 child)
- Using his guitar for a drum
- Legendary blues musician.
- He gets guitar lessons from Earl Harris of Cleveland, and learns "You Take My Woman and Maggie."
- He used the back of his guitar for a drum.
- Long before Jimi Hendrix he was the "entertainer's entertainer", with dazzling showmanship, often playing the guitar on his knees and behind his head, as well as behind his back.
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