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Robert Pete Williams

Born: Mar 14, 1914 in Zachary, LA

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Died: Dec 31, 1980 in Rosedale, LA

Genre: Blues

Styles: Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Louisiana Blues, Blues Revival

Biography: Discovered in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Robert Pete Williams became one of the great blues discoveries during the folk boom of the early '60s. His disregard for conventional patterns, tunings, and structures kept him from a wider audience, but his music remains one of the great, intense treats ...Read full biography

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Angola Prisoner's Blues

Released: 1961

Label: Folk Lyric

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Not enough great things to say about this one, one of the finest field recordings ever done anywhere. If Robert Pete's "Prisoner's Talking Blues" doesn't move you, check your heart into your refrigerator's ...Read full review

Poor Bob's Blues

Released: 2004

Label: Arhoolie

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Robert Pete Williams worked from the field holler tradition, with free-form lyrics that were usually unrhymed, making him the most idiosyncratic and West African-sounding of the country blues players, ...Read full review

More Robert Pete Williams albums: Main Albums (13), Compilations (11)

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