Big Joe Williams

About the artist

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.

Top songs

  1. Baby Please Don't Go
  2. Baby, Please Don't Go
  3. Peach Orchard Mama
  4. Stepfather Blues
  5. Highway 49
  6. Providence Help the Poor People
  7. Brother James
  8. Wild Cow Blues
  9. Meet Me Around the Corner
  10. Don't Want No Big Fat Woman
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  1. Crawlin' King Snake
  2. Rollin' And Tumblin'
  3. Sloppy Drunk Blues
  4. I know you gonna miss me
  5. Rootin' Ground Hog
  6. Stack O' Dollars
  7. Worried Man Blues
  8. Terraplane Blues
  9. Don't You Leave Me Here
  10. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  11. Please don't go
  12. Throw a Boogie Woogie
  13. Jinx Blues
  14. Little Leg Woman
  15. Sinking Blues
  16. North Wind Blues
  17. She Left Me A Mule To Ride
  18. Sugar Mama
  19. I'm Getting Wild About Her
  20. Hellhound On My Trail
  21. Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
  22. Little Annie Mae
  23. Bye Bye Baby Blues
  24. 49 highway blues
  25. Delta Blues
  26. Break 'em on down
  27. Levee Break Blues
  28. Nobody Knows When You're Down
  29. Baby Please Don’t Go
  30. Back Home Blues
  31. Hang It Up On The Wall
  32. Whistling Pines
  33. Someday Baby
  34. Christmas Blues
  35. His Spirit Lives On
  36. Stack Of Dollars
  37. I Have No Friends
  38. Down In The Bottoms
  39. Blues Left Texas
  40. Mean Mistreater
  41. Dirt Road Blues
  42. Poor Beggar
  43. That Thing's In Town
  44. Walk On, Little Girl
  45. Vitamin a
  46. Whistlin' Pines
  47. I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
  48. Razor Sharp Blues
  49. Overhaul Your Machine
  50. Four Corners of the World
  51. Hellbound On My Trial
  52. Shake Your Boogie
  53. King Biscuit Stomp
  54. When I First Left Home
  55. My Grey Pony
  56. Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall
  57. Stack O'Dollars
  58. 44 Blues
  59. Oh Baby
  60. Crawling King Snake
  61. Somebody's Been Borrowingthat Stuff
  62. Put on Your Nightcap Baby
  63. Crossroads Blues
  64. Don't Leave Me Here
  65. Wild Cow Moan
  66. What She Need With A Rooster
  67. Can't Listen No More
  68. Indiana Woman Blues
  69. I Got a Bad Mind
  70. 45 Blues
  71. Somebody's been worryin'
  72. Saturday Night Women
  73. Mellow Peaches
  74. Nobody knows you when your down and out
  75. Ride in My New Car
  76. Arkansas Woman
  77. Sugar Diabetes Blues
  78. Somebody's Been Fooling #1
  79. Tiajuana Blues
  80. Trouble Gonna Take Me To My Grave
  81. Big Roll Blues
  82. Chain Gang Blues
  83. Stool Pigeon Blues
  84. Juanita
  85. Banty Rooster Blues
  86. Good Morning Little School Girl
  87. I Done Stop Hollering
  88. Pea Vine Special
  89. I Got the Best King Biscuit
  90. Special Rider

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