Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues

Tracklist

• CD 1: CD A (JSP7719A)
• 1
  Little Leg Woman
  3:08
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
  3:05
• 3
  Providence Help the Poor People
  3:06
• 4
  49 Highway Blues
  3:08
• 5
  My Grey Pony
  3:11
• 6
  Stepfather Blues
  3:08
• 7
  Baby Please Don't Go
  3:25
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Stack O' Dollars
  3:11
• 9
  Wild Cow Blues
  3:15
• 10
  Worried Man Blues
  2:39
• 11
  I Know You Gonna Miss Me
  3:03
• 12
  Rootin' Ground Hog
  2:57
• 13
  Brother James
  2:53
• 14
  I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More
  2:39
• 15
  Crawlin' King Snake
  2:50
• 16
  I'm Getting Wild About Her
  2:48
• 17
  Peach Orchard Mama
  2:42
• 18
  Meet Me Around the Corner
  2:58
• 19
  Throw a Boogie Woogie
  2:42
• 20
  North Wind Blues
  2:54
• 21
  Please Don't Go
  2:47
• 22
  Highway 49
  3:13
• 23
  Someday Baby
  3:10
• 24
  Break 'em on Down
  3:13
• CD 2: CD B (JSP7719B)
• 1
  Drop Down Blues
  2:57
• 2
  Somebody's Been Worryin'
  3:12
• 3
  Wanita
  3:23
• 4
  Vitamin A
  2:48
• 5
  His Spirit Lives On
  2:46
• 6
  Baby Please Don't Go
  2:47
• 7
  Baby Please Don't Go (alternate take)
  2:49
• 8
  Stack of Dollars
  2:49
• 9
  Mellow Apples
  2:48
• 10
  Wild Cow Moan
  2:54
• 11
  P Vine Blues
  3:11
• 12
  Bad and Weakhearted Blues
  2:43
• 13
  King Biscuit Stomp
  2:34
• 14
  I'm a Highway Man
  2:53
• 15
  Banta Rooster Blues
  2:59
• 16
  Mean Step Father Blues
  2:47
• 17
  House Lady Blues
  2:57
• 18
  Don't You Leave Me Here
  2:53
• 19
  Jivin' Woman
  2:48
• 20
  She's a Married Woman
  2:41
• 21
  Mama Don't Allow Me
  2:44
• 22
  Delta Blues
  2:40
• 23
  Overhauling Blues
  2:46
• 24
  Whistling Pines
  2:34
• 25
  She Left Me a Mule
  2:32
• 26
  Bad Heart Blues
  2:45
• CD 3: CD C (JSP7719C)
• 1
  You Can Mistreat Me Here

  Tommy McClennan
  2:45
• 2
  New 'Shake 'em on Down'

  Tommy McClennan
  3:10
• 3
  Bottle It Up and Go

  Tommy McClennan
  2:49
• 4
  Whiskey Head Woman

  Tommy McClennan
  3:00
• 5
  Brown Skin Girl

  Tommy McClennan
  2:45
• 6
  Cotton Patch Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:47
• 7
  Baby Don't You Want to Go

  Tommy McClennan
  2:58
• 8
  Baby, Please Don't Tell on Me

  Tommy McClennan
  2:44
• 9
  I'm Going Don't You Know

  Tommy McClennan
  2:44
• 10
  New Highway 51

  Tommy McClennan
  2:51
• 11
  She's Just Good Huggin' Size

  Tommy McClennan
  2:59
• 12
  My Little Girl

  Tommy McClennan
  2:51
• 13
  My Baby's Gone

  Tommy McClennan
  2:45
• 14
  It's Hard to Be Lonesome

  Tommy McClennan
  2:38
• 15
  My Baby's Doggin' Me

  Tommy McClennan
  2:40
• 16
  She's a Good Looking Mama

  Tommy McClennan
  2:52
• 17
  Whiskey Head Man

  Tommy McClennan
  2:50
• 18
  New Sugar Mama

  Tommy McClennan
  2:58
• 19
  Down to Skin and Bones Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:42
• 20
  Katy Mae Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:46
• 21
  Love With a Feeling

  Tommy McClennan
  3:00
• 22
  Drop Down Mama

  Tommy McClennan
  2:52
• 23
  Black Minnie

  Tommy McClennan
  2:56
• 24
  Elsie Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:59
• 25
  Des'e My Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  3:16
• CD 4: CD D (JSP7719D)
• 1
  Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 1)

  Tommy McClennan
  2:44
• 2
  Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 2)

  Tommy McClennan
  2:47
• 3
  Classy Mae Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:48
• 4
  You Can't Read My Mind

  Tommy McClennan
  3:01
• 5
  Travelin' Highway Man

  Tommy McClennan
  3:01
• 6
  Deep Blue Sea Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  3:01
• 7
  I'm a Guitar King

  Tommy McClennan
  2:49
• 8
  It's a Crying Pity

  Tommy McClennan
  2:52
• 9
  Mozelle Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:57
• 10
  Blues Trip Me This Morning

  Tommy McClennan
  3:03
• 11
  Mr So and So Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:46
• 12
  Roll Me, Baby

  Tommy McClennan
  3:03
• 13
  I Love My Baby

  Tommy McClennan
  3:07
• 14
  Shake It Up and Go

  Tommy McClennan
  2:56
• 15
  Blue as I Can Be

  Tommy McClennan
  2:45
• 16
  Bluebird Blues

  Tommy McClennan
  2:59
• 17
  Bluebird Blues (take 2)

  Tommy McClennan
  2:55
• 18
  Boogie Woogie Woman

  Tommy McClennan
  3:00
• 19
  Catfish Blues

  Robert Petway
  2:55
• 20
  Ride 'em on Down

  Robert Petway
  2:58
• 21
  Rockin' Chair Blues

  Robert Petway
  3:03
• 22
  My Little Girl

  Robert Petway
  3:11
• 23
  Let Me Be Your Boss

  Robert Petway
  3:13
• 24
  Left My Baby Crying

  Robert Petway
  3:09
• 25
  Sleepy Woman Blues

  Robert Petway
  2:46
• CD 5: CD E (JSP7719E)
• 1
  Don't Go Down Baby

  Robert Petway
  3:03
• 2
  Bertha Lee Blues

  Robert Petway
  2:53
• 3
  Hollow Log Blues

  Robert Petway
  3:05
• 4
  In the Evening

  Robert Petway
  2:53
• 5
  My Baby Left Me

  Robert Petway
  3:16
• 6
  Cotton Pickin' Blues

  Robert Petway
  3:14
• 7
  Roamin' and Ramblin' Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  3:01
• 8
  You Got to Roll (Levee Camp Song)

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  0:58
• 9
  You Got to Roll

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  2:32
• 10
  Water Coast Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  5:54
• 11
  Stagolee

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  1:06
• 12
  Just a Spoonful

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  1:46
• 13
  Spread My Raincoat Down

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  2:40
• 14
  Hellatakin' Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  0:50
• 15
  Wind Howlin' Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  3:15
• 16
  Worried Life Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  2:55
• 17
  Tear It Down Rag

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  1:09
• 18
  The Army Blues

  David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  3:51
• 19
  It's Killin' Me

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  2:54
• 20
  Poor Boy Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  2:43
• 21
  Jake Leg Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  3:05
• 22
  My Mean Baby Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  2:56
• 23
  Dirty Mistreater

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  2:50
• 24
  Rainy Day Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  3:00
• 25
  Beer Garden Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  3:00
• 26
  Dark Road Blues

  Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  3:04

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Release credits

• Alan Lomax
  recording [7, 10-18]
• Alfred Elkins
  additional [6], bass [19-24], washtub bass [19-21, 21-23, 23-24]
• Armand “Jump” Jackson
  drums (drum set) [1-4], membranophone [1-4]
• Big Joe Williams
  guitar [2.1-20, 1.1-24], lead vocals [2.1-6, 2.8-20, 1.1-24], vocal [2.1-5, 2.7-10, 2.12-18, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-9, 1.11-23]
• Black Bob
  piano [25]
• Chasey Collins
  background vocals [7], washboard [7-10]
• Clifford Dinwiddie
  washboard [5]
• Dad Tracy
  fiddle [7-10]
• David “Honeyboy” Edwards
  guitar [7, 10-18], harmonica [15, 18], lead vocals [7, 10-18]
• Henry Townsend
  guitar [2]
• Lawrence "Judge" Riley
  drums (drum set) [6-10, 12-18], membranophone [8-9, 11-18]
• Ransom Knowling
  bass [4.9-17, 2.8-9, 2.11-18], double bass [6-10, 12-18]
• Robert Nighthawk
  guitar [11-14]
• Singleton Palmer
  membranophone [19-20]
• Sonny Boy Williamson
  additional [6], harmonica [1.11-14, 1.19-24, 2.1-4, 2.6-18]
• Tommy McClennan
  guitar [4.1-17, 3.1-25], lead vocals [4.1-17, 3.1-25], vocal [10]
• William Mitchell
  washtub bass [15, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18, 18]
• Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton
  guitar [19-26], lead vocals [19-26]
• [unknown]
  bass [6-7, 9-16], guitar [19], kazoo [25], vocal [19]
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Issues

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  Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues

  5x CD
  2003