Poor Bob's Blues, by Robert Pete Williams

Poor Bob's Blues

by Robert Pete Williams

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1.	My Mind Wandering Around (acapella) 05:57	buy track
2.	Cane Cut Man 05:12	buy track
3.	My Daddy Was A Hoodoo Man 04:45	buy track
4.	No More Sweet Potatoes 04:33	buy track
5.	Poor Bob's Blues 03:58	buy track
6.	Cows Love Music 04:40	buy track
7.	Can't Yo-Yo No More 05:17	buy track
8.	Shake, Shake Baby 04:44	buy track
9.	Lord, I Done You Wrong 03:12	buy track
10.	Been Mistreated So Long 03:52	buy track
11.	Things All Wrong With Me 06:46	buy track
12.	Matchbox Blues 05:42	buy track
13.	Sad News From Korea 04:38	buy track
14.	What A Shape I'm In 05:25	buy track
15.	Poor Boy, Long Way From Home 04:13	buy track
16.	Out All Night Long 04:14	buy track
17.	Crying Won't Make Me Stay 05:50	buy track
18.	All Out And Down 03:51	buy track
19.	Tom And Old Master (story) 09:16	buy track

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Serving a life sentence for murder, blues singer Robert Pete Williams (1914 – 1980) was “discovered” by folklorist Dr. Harry Oster in 1956 and was included on the Angola Prisoners’ Blues recording (ARH00419). As a result of the recording and efforts by Oster, Williams was paroled in 1959. Subsequently pardoned by the Louisiana governor, Williams was able to travel and perform at blues festivals in the US and Europe. His personal, idiosyncratic style has often been likened to that of an African musician over that of an African American musician from the South. This CD contains music from two albums recorded by Oster in the late 1950s. Allmusic.com notes that it serves as a perfect introduction to the music of a truly one-of-a-kind bluesman.

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released January 1, 2004

2004, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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