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Big Joe Williams

American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1903–1982)

Joseph Lee Williams was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the songs "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Crawlin' King Snake", and "Peach Orchard Mama", among many others, for various record labels.

He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992.

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Big Joe Williams

what: one person
from: Oktibbeha County
born: 1903
until: 1982
on the air here: 1 song

File card: Big Joe Williams

real name: Joseph Lee Williams

labels: Bluebird Records, Delmark Records, Prestige

genres: blues, Delta blues

plays: guitar, voice

member of: Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers

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Early life and career

Born a few miles west of Crawford in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, Williams as a youth began wandering across the United States busking and playing in stores, bars, alleys, and work camps. In the early 1920s he worked in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels revue. He recorded with the Birmingham Jug Band in 1930 for Okeh Records.

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Born : October 16, 1903 // Crawford, MS, United States Died : December 17, 1982 // Macon, MS, United States Joseph Lee Williams, billed throughout his career as Big Joe Williams, 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" (Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers), "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. Also known as: "Big" Joe Williams, "Jackson" Joe Williams, "Poor" Joe Williams, 'Big' Joe Williams, B. J. Williams From Discogs (free to use). Their entry