Asie Reed Payton) was an American

United States

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 blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 musician

Musician

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, who lived most of his life in Holly Ridge

Holly Ridge, Mississippi

Holly Ridge is an unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. It is located in the Mississippi Delta, approximately five miles west of Indianola.-Blues history:...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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, in the Mississippi Delta

Mississippi Delta

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. Born in Washington County, Mississippi

Washington County, Mississippi

-National protected areas:*Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge*Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge *Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

, he sang and played the guitar

Guitar

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, but made his living as a farmer

Farmer

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.

Near the end of his life he recorded one album

Album

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, Worried, for the Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records

Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster...

 label

Record label

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, which was released after his death. He died of a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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.

He appeared and performed in the documentary film

Film

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, You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen. There is also a track by Payton on the Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow,...

soundtrack

Soundtrack

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. Payton's song, "I Love You" from the album, Worried, was used in the closing credits of the 2002 film

Film

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, The Badge

The Badge

The Badge is a 2002 Mystery-thriller film, directed by Robby Henson and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Patricia Arquette and William Devane.-Synopsis:In a small town in Louisiana, Sheriff Darl Hardwick, investigates the death of a local transsexual.-Plot:...

. Several artists from Fat Possum were featured in the soundtrack, but it was not released.

He and his wife Mary are interred at Holly Ridge Cemetery, where Charlie Patton

Charlie Patton

Charlie Patton , better known as Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician. He is considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", and is credited with creating an enduring body of American music and personally inspiring just about every Delta blues man...

 is also buried.

Filmography

• You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2003; released by Fat Possum Records in 2005)

External links

• Asie Payton page from Fat Possum Records site