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There is a scarceness of authentic Blues artists who transcend the music and become the very essence of what they are conveying. They 'ARE' the Blues in its primordial form,beyond the field hollers and arhoolies, to the African griots, at its original source. One such individual was Robert Pete Williams, bluesman. From a Prison Cell to the Avant-Garde By Milo Miles Although Robert Pete Williams died in 1980 at the age of 66, he arguably remains the most avant-garde blues performer ever recorded. Few have approached his ability to evoke the torment of life in prison or bend language to cast an eerie spell over a chance encounter with a seductive woman
Various Artists: Blues Kings of Baton Rouge
by Jakob Baekgaard
Any musical genre gets its own regional twist, and this is especially the case with the blues. Just think of Chicago blues, Memphis blues and Detroit blues. However, a regional variant that has not been examined sufficiently is the blues of Baton Rouge. This fault is corrected by Blues Kings of Baton Rouge, a 2CD-set curated ...
Storyville Records: A Treasure Trove of Swinging Jazz
by Chris May
Since its foundation during the European revivalist movement of the early 1950s, Copenhagen-based Storyville Records has grown into a major repository of New Orleans, big band and mainstream recordings. With something approaching 600 releases in its back catalogue, the label is a treasure trove of jazz that swings. Founded in 1952 by Danish jazz ...
Robert Pete Williams
Label: Fat Possum Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Farm Blues/ Goodbye Slim Harpo/ Rub Me Until My Love Comes Down/ Freight Train Blues/ Got Me Way Down Here/ Matchbox Blues/ Railroad Blues/ Tombstone Blues/ Sweep My Floor/ You Used To Be A Sweet Cover Shaker But You Ain
Robert Pete Williams: Robert Pete Williams
by Alan Jones
The music of Robert Pete Williams does more beyond telling a chain of personal and fictional stories. His music, like the works of great literary figures, is a life-breathing, transcendental product of experience. He perfected the effects of escape and dark satire in his work, which often has an almost supernatural quality. Williams met a temporary ...