Label: Document Records.
Release Date: 1991.
Releases: August 15, 1992; March 24, 1994; October 25, 2005.
Recording Time: 75 minutes.
Recording Date: June 17, 1938 - July 21, 1939.
Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Harmonica Blues.
Document's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1938-1939) picks up where the first volume left off, reissuing 24 tracks from the 13-month period of June 1938 to July 1939. Unfortunately, there weren't as many classic performances during this era, leaving this the odd one out from the many volumes in this set. Serious blues fans will still find much of interest here, including versions of "Susie-Q" and "You've Been Foolin' Round Town," plus a second stab at his classic "Sugar Mama Blues."
by Thom Owens
Credits: Keith Briggs - liner notes; Big Bill Broonzy - guitar; Walter Davis - piano; Will Hatcher - mandolin; Robert Lee McCoy - guitar; Johnny Parth - producer; Yank Rachell - mandolin, speech/speaker/speaking part; Speckled Red - piano; Joe "Jackson Joe" Williams - guitar, speech/speaker/speaking part; Sonny Boy Williamson II - composer; Sonny Boy Williamson I - composer, harmonica, primary artist, vocals.
Tracks: 1) My baby I've been your slave; 2) Whiskey headed blues; 3) Lord, oh lord blues; 4) You give an account; 5) Shannon Street blues; 6) You've been foolin' round town; 7) Deep down in the ground; 8) Number five blues; 9) Christmas morning blues; 10) Susie-Q; 11) Blue bird blues) part 2; 12) Little girl blues; 13) Low down ways; 14) Goodbye Red; 15) The right kind of life; 16) Insurance man blues; 17) Rainy day blues; 18) Bad luck blues; 19) My little baby; 20) Doggin' my love around; 21) Little low woman blues; 22) Good for nothing blues; 23) Sugar mama blues no. 2; 24) Good gravy.