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Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams has been played on NTS shows including Kit Records, with Mamma' Don't Like Me Runnin' Round first played on 16 February 2014.

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…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
I Want My Crown
Big Joe Williams
Arhoolie Records1960
I Want My Crown
Big Joe WilliamsArhoolie Records1960
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Wild Cow Blues
Big Joe Williams
Editions Atlas, Guilde Internationale Du Disque1993
Wild Cow Blues
Big Joe WilliamsEditions Atlas, Guilde Internationale Du Disque1993
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Worry You Off My Mind
Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Brown, Willie Lee Harris
Testament Records1964
Worry You Off My Mind
Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Brown, Willie Lee HarrisTestament Records1964
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Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams
Bluesway, ABC Bluesway, ABC Records1974
Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe WilliamsBluesway, ABC Bluesway, ABC Records1974
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Mamma' Don't Like Me Runnin' Round
Big Joe Williams
Liberty1969
Mamma' Don't Like Me Runnin' Round
Big Joe WilliamsLiberty1969
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