Walter Rhodes

Walter 'Pat' Rhodes, a street singer and accordionist from Cleveland, Mississippi regularly played in an ensemble made up of one or two guitarists a fiddler and Rhodes. In 1927 he became the first Sunflower County musician to record. His recording of ''Crowing Rooster Blues'' accompanied by Richard ''Hacksaw'' Harney and Mylon Harney (Pat & Can) on guitars precedes Patton's more famous recording of ''Banty Rooster Blues'' by two years. This record