Big Joe Williams

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Born
16 October 1903
Born In
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States
Died
17 December 1982 (aged 79)
Big Joe Williams (Joseph Lee Williams, Crawford, Mississippi, October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over four decades, he recorded such songs as "Baby Please Don't Go", "Crawlin' King Snake" and "Peach Orchard Mama" for a variety of record labels, including Bluebird, Delmark, Okeh, Prestige and Vocalion. Williams was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992. Williams as a youth began wandering acr… read more
Big Joe Williams (Joseph Lee Williams, Crawford, Mississippi, October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over four decades, he recorded such songs as "Baby Ple… read more
Big Joe Williams (Joseph Lee Williams, Crawford, Mississippi, October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over four decades, he recorded such songs as "Baby Please Don't Go", "Crawlin' King Snake" and "… read more

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1 Play track Baby Please Don't Go Baby Please Don't Go
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2 Play track Classic Delta Blues Rollin' And Tumblin'
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3 Chicago 63 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
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4 Nobody Knows When You're Down Nobody Knows When You're Down
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5 Play track Rough Guide To Charley Patton She Left Me A Mule To Ride
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6 Baby Please Don't Go: The Essential Big Joe Williams Whistlin' Pines
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7 Play track Chicago 63 Sloppy Drunk Blues
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8 Every Shade of the Blues - 5CD Baby Please Don’t Go
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9 Play track Going Back to Crawford Back Home Blues
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10 Baby Please Don't Go Highway 49
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Albums

  1. 41,815 listeners

    1994 · 20 tracks

    Baby Please Don't Go
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  2. 24,921 listeners

    2003 · 126 tracks

    Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues
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  3. 14,052 listeners

    1999 · 26 tracks

    And Friends, Going Back To Crawford
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  4. 8,317 listeners

    1998 · 17 tracks

    These Are My Blues
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