Charley Patton - Tributes

Tributes

• Bob Dylan dedicated his song "High Water (For Charley Patton)", on his 2001 album "Love and Theft", to Patton.
• The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band internationally touring American country blues recording/touring artists, fronted by Kentucky Colonel, The Reverend Peyton, produced a tribute recording to Charley Patton: "Peyton on Patton" which was released July 19, 2011. The album entered the Billboard Blues Album chart at #7.
• French singer-songwriter Francis Cabrel refers to Charley Patton in the song "Cent Ans de Plus" on his 1999 album Hors-Saison.
• Indie rock band Gomez recorded a song on their 2006 release How We Operate, entitled "Charley Patton Songs".
• There is a picture of Charley Patton in the recording studio used for The White Stripes' album Icky Thump. It can be seen in the background of the short demo video on their website
• Jule Brown recorded an updated arrangement of Patton's "Green River Blues", on their 2006 release Smoke and Mirrors.
• Robert Crumb narrated Patton's life in a comic book.
• The 1980s NYC Punk/Blues band Hi Sheriffs of Blue (which included visual artists Mark Dagley, George Condo and Elliot Sharp) was named after the Patton song "High Sheriff Blues".