Search - Big Joe Williams :: Classic Delta

Mushmouf blooz

D. B Pepper | 02/01/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"He done play a mean geetar yas sir but he sho sound like he gotta a mowf fulla buffalowballs."

Classic Delta Blues Really Is a Classic!

07/04/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Growing up in a small New England town in the 50s and 60s, the closest thing to the blues I ever heard was some Fats Domino records(which on second thought wasn't bad!)-- until a friend of a friend came back from Kent State with Big Joe Williams' Classic Delta Blues. This was one of the most intense musical experiences of my life, opening up vistas of expression I had never dreamed of. The singing rates with the best of the Mississipi bluesmen, and the guitar playing is brilliant and surrealistic, conjuring up an endless kalaidoscope of images. I can't think of a better introduction to the world of country blues."

Good Album of Delta Blues

D. B Pepper | Plainview, NY United States | 05/21/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This album deserves three and a half stars. There are a lot better Country Blues albums out there, but there is nothing bad about this one. The album suffers a little bit from songs sounding too alike. I like how many Charley Patton songs were performed very well. I could have done without hearing "Terraplane Blues" for the 10,000th time. Nobody can play it like Robert Johnson, save Johnny Shines. Part of the appeal of this album is Big Joe Williams' 9 string guitar. While I disagree with the reviewer who gave this album five stars, I'm not questioning his taste. This is a solid effort from Williams."