louisiana blues

The crying pained vocals and uneven gait of the accompanying guitar marked out Robert Pete Williams as one of the most distinctive of the country blues performers recorded in the 60s and indeed he was celebrated in books by both Sam Charters and Peter Guralnick. This CD is a welcome re-issue of the most difficult of his recordings to track down
Track listing:SOMEBODY HELP POOR ME FREIGHT-TRAIN BLUES IT'S HARD TO TELL I'M GOING DOWN SLOW MOTHERLESS CHILDREN HAVE A HARD TIME UGLY SO LONG BOOGIE THIS IS A MEAN OLD WORLD TO ME HIGH AS I WANT TO BE IT'S A LONG OLD ROAD