High Water Everywhere
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"High Water Everywhere" is a seminal 1929 Delta blues song by Charley Patton that vividly chronicles the devastation of the Great Mississippi Flood.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1920s song
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Delta blues song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalContext | African American experience in the Jim Crow South ⓘ |
| describes |
displacement of African American communities
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flood devastation in the Mississippi Delta ⓘ |
| genre | Delta blues ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic |
rhythmic vocal delivery
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slide guitar ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
American roots music
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country blues tradition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
High Water Everywhere – Part 1
NERFINISHED
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High Water Everywhere – Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later blues musicians ⓘ |
| isConsidered | seminal Delta blues recording ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Paramount Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1929 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Paramount Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1920s Mississippi Delta ⓘ |
| writer | Charley Patton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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