Shake Your Boogie, by Big Joe Williams

Shake Your Boogie

by Big Joe Williams

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1.	Sloppy Drunk Blues 02:48	buy track
2.	Yo Yo Blues 03:10	buy track
3.	President Roosevelt 03:52	buy track
4.	Forty Four Blues 03:10	buy track
5.	Greystone Blues 02:34	buy track
6.	I Want My Crown 02:25	buy track
7.	Mean Step Father 02:46	buy track
8.	Brother James 03:38	buy track
9.	Shake Your Boogie 02:21	buy track
10.	Vitamin A Blues 03:03	buy track
11.	She Left Me A Mule To Ride 02:35	buy track
12.	So Glad 04:17	buy track
13.	Louisiana Bound 02:44	buy track
14.	Killing Floor Blues 03:04	buy track
15.	Throw The Boogie Woogie 02:02	buy track
16.	Dirt Road Blues 02:18	buy track
17.	Montreal Blues 02:38	buy track
18.	Take Me Out Of The Bottom 02:28	buy track
19.	Thinking Of What They Did To Me 02:47	buy track
20.	The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King 02:51	buy track
21.	Army Man In Vietnam 02:59	buy track
22.	Creole Queen 02:00	buy track
23.	Remember Way Back 02:32	buy track
24.	King Jesus 01:43	buy track

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One of the fiercest of the Mississippi blues singers, Big Joe Williams recorded this emotionally charged album for Arhoolie records in 1960. Williams accompanies his vocal lines on a 9-string guitar, using it to add percussive elements and a slapping bass effect. Singing autobiographical, traditional, and improvised blues tunes, Williams gives a forceful delivery steeped in the sound of the hot, humid delta country and of his life’s hardships. Many of the songs are infused with the emotional stress of a recent arrest, which he describes in “Greystone Blues.” Liner notes give a bio of the artist and detail the recording session.

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released January 1, 1990

1990, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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