When A Man Takes The Blues, by Robert Pete Williams

When A Man Takes The Blues

by Robert Pete Williams

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1.	When A Man Takes The Blues 04:23	buy track
2.	I Had Trouble 04:19	buy track
3.	All Night Long 04:35	buy track
4.	Dyin' Soul 04:22	buy track
5.	I Got the Blues So Bad 03:40	buy track
6.	Sinner Don't You Know 04:34	buy track
7.	Hot Springs Blues 05:52	buy track
8.	This Train Is Heaven Bound 04:43	buy track
9.	Santa Fe Blues 04:23	buy track
10.	Blue In Me 04:07	buy track
11.	Death Comes Creepin' In Your Room 03:52	buy track
12.	Wife and Farm Blues 06:21	buy track
13.	I Want To Die Easy 04:01	buy track
14.	Robert Pete Williams Monologue 11:04	buy track

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“The blues follows me. I hear the echo in the atmosphere, kind of moanin’ and hummin’. I can come back and take my guitar, and I can put them blues together.” A talented musician, Robert Pete Williams produced his best work when he was living the blues, rather than just singing them. Singing rural and prison blues, his unpredictable, often improvised rhythmic guitar style earned him popularity and respect, but never wealth or fame. Williams recounts his arrest that led to his time in Angola prison on track 14. Vol. 1 - I’m As Blue As a Man Can Be (ARH00394) is the companion recording to this album.

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released January 1, 1994

1994, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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