Patrick's earliest musical leanings developed into areas more demanding than the current "pop" music of the day. He became interested in authentic American blues and listened in admiration to records by such black and British performers as Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Louis Myers, Howling Wolf, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and more crucially Robert Johnson, the legendary bluesman from Mississippi who was said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for a musical virtuosity that inspired awe-struck envy in his peers...