NEAL PATTMAN

Pattman nació en el condado de Madison, Georgia, Estados Unidos, fué uno de los catorce hijos. del matriominio , Aprendió de la armónica de su padre, después de un accidente con una rueda de carro a la edad de nueve años lo dejó con sólo su brazo izquierdo. Inspirado por juego y distintivos gritos y alaridos de Sonny Terry, Pattman juega en las esquinas de las calles de la cercana Athens, Georgia. Encontró un empleo regular en la Universidad de cocinas de Georgia, y ganó más experiencia y adoración local para sus actuaciones en directo con regularidad en diversos clubes y festivales. Sin embargo, su renombre más general fue mínimo hasta 1989, cuando actuó en el Lincoln Center para las Artes Escénicas en Nueva York. A pesar de tocar con grandes figuras del género y  figurar en varios compilatorios que agrupan a los maestros armonicistas del Blues clásico no es muy conocido entre el gran público 

                                                           

From his LP 'Lightnin' Twist' with the King Bees. Bluesman from Georgia, USA.


                                                             

Neal Pattman (January 10, 1926 – May 4, 2005) was an American electric blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Sometimes billed as Big Daddy Pattman, he is best known for his self-penned tracks, "Prison Blues" and "Goin' Back To Georgia". In the latter, and most notable stages of his long career, Pattman worked with Cootie Stark, Taj Mahal, Dave Peabody, Jimmy Rip, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Guitar Gabriel, and Lee Konitz.

Pattman was born in Madison County, Georgia, United States, one of fourteen children. He learned harmonica playing from his father, after an accident involving a wagon wheel at the age of nine left him with only his left arm. Inspired by Sonny Terry's playing and distinctive whoops and hollers, Pattman played on the street corners of nearby Athens, Georgia. He found regular employment in the University of Georgia's kitchens, and gained further experience and local adoration for his regular live performances at various clubs and festivals. However, his more general renown was minimal until 1989, when he performed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.

A meeting in 1991 with Tim Duffy, of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, led to Pattman playing with Cootie Stark, supporting Taj Mahal, on a nationwide Blues Revival Tour.Playing with the British blues guitarist, Dave Peabody,[3] led to Pattman releasing three albums between 1995 and 2001. He also contributed to Kenny Wayne Shepherd's album and DVD, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (2007).

However, Pattman had already died of bone cancer in May 2005, in Athens, Georgia, aged 79.