Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back to Crawford

Arhoolie Records – 9015

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1999
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Back Home Blues (4:20)
02 Baby Please Don't Go (2:40)
03 Saturday Night Women (3:40)
04 Been In Crawford Too Long (2:55)
05 Sugar Diabetes Blues (2:45)
06 Run Here Jailer With The Key (1:55)
07 Take Me Out Of The Bottom (3:05)
08 Bird Nest (3:00)
09 Corrina (1:45)
10 I Walked All Night Long (5:15)
11 Sugar On The Bottom (3:20)
12 Bad Luck (2:40)
13 Checkin' Out (3:16)
14 My Last Girl - Don't Treat Her Wrong! (3:37)
15 Can't Listen No More (3:13)
16 Don't Stay Long (3:41)
17 I'm Wild About My Jelly Roll (2:00)
18 Moanin' 'Fo Day (2:16)
19 I'm Leavin' This Town (3:29)
20 I Don't Know Why (3:07)
21 My Baby Stopped Drinking Water (1:28)
22 Good Times Here, Better Down The Road (2:00)
23 Shake It Enough For Me (2:30)
24 Mary Frances (3:00)
25 My Baby Don't Stand No Foolin' (1:50)
26 She Have Broken My Heart (2:35)
[Credits] Big Joe Williams (guitar/vocals) Austen Pete (guitar/vocals) John "Shortstuff" Macon (guitar) Glover Lee Connor (vocals) Amelia Johnson (vocals)
Producer, Liner Notes, Recorder and Photographer: Chris Strachwitz, Designer: Morgan K. Dodge
[Notes]
Joe Lee "Big Joe" Williams (1903–1982) was a legendary country bluesman. A performer for over 40 years, Williams began his career in the 1920s playing at local fish fry’s, house parties, and work camps in Mississippi and Alabama. He eventually traveled north to St. Louis in 1934, where he recorded his iconic hit "Baby, Please Don't Go." In 1971, Arhoolie founder Chris Stratchwitz arranged to meet and record Williams in Crawford, Mississippi. Due to a performance rights issue, the recording was not released until 1999