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He also mentored younger performers such as Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf who lived in the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePatton gained popularity for his showmanship on stage - playing guitar behind his head or back or even with the guitar down on his knees. He died on April 28th 1934 on the Heathman-Dedham plantation near Indianola due to a mitral valve disorder. His death went unreported in newspapers but a memorial headstone was later erected on his grave through musician John Fogerty's contribution to the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-rough-guide-to-charley-patton","title":"The Rough Guide To Charley Patton","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe music of this stern-looking man is the closest connection we have to the birth of the blues, and therefore to the making of pop as we know it. Born in 1891, Patton grew up on the Mississippi delta plantations at a time when the music was likelier gospel or country hoedowns than that new-fangled fad, the blues. Becoming a local star, though, he was formidable in shaping the genre. 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