Shake Your Boogie

by Big Joe Williams

Overview

Arhoolie reissued two of Big Joe Williams' seminal rediscovery albums on one disc in 1990. The first, 1960's Tough Times, ranks among his best; the second, 1969's Thinking of What They Did to Me, isn't as strong, but the two albums provide an excellent introduction to this Delta bluesman. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/1993
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297031520
Rank:	87912

Tracks

1. Sloppy Drunk Blues
2. Yo Yo Blues
3. President Roosevelt
4. Forty-Four Blues
5. Greystone Blues
6. I Want My Crown
7. Mean Stepfather
8. Brother James
9. Shake Your Boogie
10. Vitamin A Blues
11. She Left Me a Mule to Ride
12. So Glad
13. Louisiana Bound
14. Killing Floor Blues
15. Throw a Boogie Woogie
16. Dirt Road Blues
17. Montreal Blues
18. Take Me Out of the Bottom
19. Thinking of What They Did to Me
20. The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King
21. Army Man in Vietnam
22. Creole Queen
23. Remember Way Back
24. King Jesus

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Joe Williams   Primary Artist,9-String Guitar,Guitar,Vocals
Mary Williams   Guest Artist,Vocals
Charlie Musselwhite   Guest Artist,Harmonica

Technical Credits

Robert Geddins   Engineer
Big Joe Williams   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes,Photography
John Lee Williams   Composer
Burton Wilson   Photography
Elizabeth Weil   Design,Artwork