Big Joe Williams – Meet Me Arround The Corner (2001)

01 - 49 Highway Blues
02 - Little Leg Woman
03 - Providence Help The Poor People
04 - Stepfather Blues
05 - Baby Please Don't Go
06 - Stack O' Dollars
07 - Wild Cow Blues
08 - I Know You Gonna Miss Me
09 - Brother James
10 - Rootin' Ground Hog
11 - I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
12 - Meet Me Around The Corner
13 - Crawlin' King Snake		play
14 - I'm Getting Wild About Her
15 - Peach Orchard Mama
16 - Please Don't Go
17 - Break 'em On Down		play
18 - Someday Baby
19 - His Spirit Lives On
20 - Vitamin A
21 - Somebody's Been Worryin'

Personnel:
Drums – Armand "Jump" Jackson 
Fiddle [One-string, Probably] – Old Tracy
Guitar – Robert Lee McCoy 
Guitar, Vocals – Joe Williams
Harmonica – John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
Vocals [Bass Imitation] – Alfred Elkins, William Mitchell 
Washboard – Clifford Dinwiddie 
Washboard [Probably] – Chasey Collins 

Big Joe Williams (born Joseph Lee Williams, October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. Born in Crawford, Mississippi, Williams performed frequently, wandering across the United States busking and playing stores, bars, alleys and work camps, as well as recording for Okeh, Bluebird Records, Delmark Records, Prestige Records and Vocalion. Big Joe’s guitar playing is decidedly in the Delta Blues style, and yet is unique. He played driving rhythm and virtuosic lead lines simultaneously, and sang over it all. He played with picks both on his thumb and index finger, plus his guitar was very heavily modified. Williams added a rudimentary electric pick-up, whose wires coiled all over the top of his guitar. He also added three extra strings, creating unison pairs for the first and second courses and an octave pair for the fourth course.

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