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Birthplace of the Blues
The precise origins of the Blues are lost to time but one of the primal centers for the music in Mississippi was Dockery farms. For nearly three decades the plantation was intermittently the home of Charley Patton, the most important early Delta blues musician. Patton himself learned from fellow Dockery musician Henry Sloan and influenced many other musicians who came here, including Howlin' Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson and Roebuck "Pops" Staples.
Birthplace of the Blues
The precise origins of the Blues are lost to time but one of the primal centers for the music in Mississippi was Dockery farms. For nearly three decades the plantation was intermittently the home of Charley Patton, the most important early Delta blues musician. Patton himself learned from fellow Dockery musician Henry Sloan and influenced many other musicians who came here, including Howlin' Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson and Roebuck "Pops" Staples.