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Some say the blues was born on Dockery’s farm Dockery’s farm was essentially a plantation in the Mississippi Delta region where some believe the blues was born. What we know as fact… is that many men went there to learn the blues. Charley Patton, one of the most famous delta blues musicians of all time, grew up on the farm and was the most popular act in the area — in fact, some say he was the most influential blues musician of all time. For one, he was the most popular Saturday night act in the Mississippi Delta region… playing songs (sometimes lasting more than 30 minutes) that people could relate to and dance to, all the while being quite the showman (often twisting and throwing his guitar in the air). Perhaps more importantly though was his musical influence — to name a few: he taught Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown (who in turn taught Robert Johnson — who Muddy Waters learned the most from); Son House frequently played with Charley Patton in 1929 and learned from him (as well as from James McCoy and others)… and Howlin Wolf, one of the most popular Chicago bluesmen (and Muddy Water’s chief competitor there during the fifties and sixties) moved to Dockery’s farm in 1926 — he states, “It was Patton who started me off playing. He took a liking to me, and I asked him would he learn me, and at night, after I’d get off work, I’d go and hang around.” Wolf’s first recording, titled ‘Saddle My Pony,’ was even a version of one of Patton’s songs, ‘Pony Blues.’ Wiki states …