The Sonet Blues Story
Released: Aug 1, 2006
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Released: Aug 1, 2006
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Among the last of the great old country blues players discovered in the '60s, Robert Pete Williams was easily the most unique. His ragged griot approach to the blues paid little attention to...
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Poor Bob's Blues
Released: Mar 23, 2004
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Released: Mar 23, 2004
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Robert Pete Williams worked from the field holler tradition, with free-form lyrics that were usually unrhymed, making him the most idiosyncratic and West African-sounding of the country blues...
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Long Ol' Way From Home: The Chicago Sessions
Released: Mar 16, 2004
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Released: Mar 16, 2004
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Among the last of the great old country-blues players discovered in the 1960s, Robert Pete Williams was easily the most unique. His ragged griot approach to the blues paid little attention to...
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When a Man Takes the Blues
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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Important collection of Williams' best early work. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
I'm as Blue as a Man Can Be
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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More classic early sides. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
Robert Pete Williams, Vol. 1
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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Robert Pete Williams' music had the striking lyricism and highly individualized sound of the great Delta blues masters, but it was made well after the heyday of that style. Williams improvised...
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Robert Pete Williams, Vol. 2
Released: 1959
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Released: 1959
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This second volume of newly released (on CD) Robert Pete Williams material was mostly recorded in Louisiana in 1959, shortly after Williams was paroled from Angola by Governor Earl Long. The cuts...
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