Label: Everest Records / Archive of Folk Music.
Original Release Date: 1968.
Releases: 2010, 2012, 2013.
Recording Time: 35 minutes
Recording Date: 1963.
Release Info: LP FS-218, Vinyl.
Release Title: Archive of Contemporary Folk.
Bluesman Big Joe Williams, King of the 9 string guitar, recorded this wonderful set in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1963. Williams' guitar playing is rooted in the delta blues style with a unique, driving rhythm topped with masterful lead lines played simultaneously - all anchored by a penetrating vocal delivery. His modified acoustic guitar, with three extra strings and homemade pickup, produced an intense sound that was unique to Big Joe. The album features a dozen Williams originals including "Shake 'em On Down," "Pick A Pickle," "Saturday Night Jump" and "Old Saw Mill Blues." All selections newly remastered.
Tracklist:
- A1. So Soon I'll Be Goin' My Way Back Home (3:30)
- A2. Shake 'Em On Down (2:45)
- A3. Saturday Night Jump (2:30)
- A4. Jinx Blues (2:25)
- A5. Pick A Pickle (3:10)
- A6. Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (2:30)
- B1. Old Saw Mill Blues (2:35)
- B2. Don't The Apples Look Mellow Hangin' (2:55)
- B3. El Paso Blues (2:20)
- B4. Back Home Blues (2:55)
- B5. Don't You Leave Me Here (3:00)
- B6. Shaggy Hound Blues (3:20)