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15 de mar. de 1981 · Robert Pete Williams, a powerful blues singer whose music helped win him a pardon from the state penitentiary, has died at the age of 66. Mr. Williams suffered heart trouble and cancer for more ...
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Folklorist Dr. Harry Oster used the tool room of the Louisiana state penitentiary at Angola to record Angola Prisoners’ Blues in 1959. Of the three guitar-playing convicts featured on this LP — Robert "Guitar" Welch, Matthew "Hogman" Maxey, and Robert Pete Williams — it was Welch (born in Memphis in 1896) who was hailed by the prison population as "King of the Blues".
Robert Pete Williams. Born March 14, 1914, Zachary, Louisiana. Williams was an inmate at Angola Prison when he was discovered by folklorists Harry Oster and Richard Allen. Their recordings of his freewheeling, improvisational blues pieces spawned a fruitful and expansive recording career, which Williams enjoyed until his death on December 31, 1980.
1 de ene. de 1994 · When A Man Takes The Blues by Robert Pete Williams, released 01 January 1994 1. When A Man Takes The Blues 2. I Had Trouble 3. All Night Long 4. Dyin' Soul 5. I Got the Blues So Bad 6. Sinner Don't You Know 7. Hot Springs Blues 8. This Train Is Heaven Bound 9. Santa Fe Blues 10. Blue In Me 11. Death Comes Creepin' In Your Room 12.
7. Crying Won’t Make Me Stay 8. Shake Shake Baby 8. All Out And Down 9. Lord I Done You Wrong 9. Tom And Old Master (Story) 10. Been Mistreated So Long. REVIEW “…the most avant-garde blues performer ever recorded. No punk rock band has ever matched the jagged acerbic fury of the riffs Williams played 35 years ago.
The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt. Mississippi John Hurt. Released. 1971 — US. Vinyl — LP, Album. Hard Again. ... Robert Pete Williams - Almost Dead Blues. 4:07; Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (1960) 2:48; Lists Add to List. Add to List. Ad. Contributors.
