Product Description:
Solo performer: Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar).
Reissue producer: Matt Walters.
Recorded at MBS Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois on July 13 & 20, 1961. Originally released on Folkways (3820). Includes liner notes by Pete Welding.
All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology.
Entertainment Reviews:
Down Beat - 1/96, p.49
4.5 Stars - Very Good/Excellent - "...[Williams] uses his big and tough voice to sing...with passion, conviction, forbearance. His homemade guitar also captures his deep feeling....exemplifies the Delta tradition, reflecting a proud man's attempts to deal with adversity....The sound reproduction...is excellent..."
Dirty Linen - 4-5/96, p.51
"...With his gruff, blustery voice, Williams brings to mind the foreboding menace of acoustic John Lee Hooker..."
Living Blues - 3-4/96, p.92
"...For those discovering the joys of acoustic Delta blues for the first time, MISSISSIPPI'S BIG JOE WILLIAMS AND HIS NINE-STRING GUITAR offers the chance to be initiated into some of the music's deepest and most passionate secrets, by one of the all-time masters."
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