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Asie Payton was a delta blues musician who made his living as a farmer his entire life. Relatively unknown outside of Mississippi, for two years before his passing Fat Possum records tried unsuccessfully to convince Asie that the world outside Mississippi needed to hear him. But despite living below the poverty level and desperately needing the easy money of a gig, he could not be lured away from Holly Ridge for more than a couple of hours.
Fun Fact
Fat Possum Records succeeded in recording Asie only twice: once at Junior Kimbrough’s club and once at Jimmy’s Auto Care (Fat Possum’s old recording studio). Those recordings were released on the album “Worried” originally intended to be demo tapes. A private man, all anyone knew about Asie was that he lived in a shotgun shack with no phone, no air conditioning and that whenever the fields were dry enough for tractor tires, he was working in them. When they were too wet, Asie was impossible to find. He lived in Holly Ridge almost all of his life and, like his father before him, spent Saturday nights playing in one of the two small grocery stores that qualify Holly Ridge for a name on the map.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Holly Ridge Cemetery
Rexburg Road
Holly Ridge, Mississippi, 38751
USA
North America
Grave Location Description
Asie Payton’s grave is located in the middle of the cemetery in front towards the road. He shares this cemetery with Charley Patton and Willie Foster.
The cemetery is difficult to find however the GPS coordinates are 33.44544, -90.75801
Photos:
Read More About Asie Payton:
Videos Featuring Asie Payton:
Asie Payton from the documentary "You See Me Laughin'"
Asie Payton - Take it Back to the Bridge
Asie Payton - Worried Life
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