Big Joe Williams in concert on November 14, 1971. Photograph by Patrick Denoréaz

Big Joe Williams, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg 1972. Photograph by Heinrich Klaffs

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Big Joe Williams

Birth name: Joseph Lee Williams (Joe Lee Williams)
Other Names: Joe Williams, Big Joe, Po' Joe Williams, Poor Joe Williams, Big Country Joe Williams, Mississippi Big Joe Williams - (King Solomon Hill ??? [Blues Who's Who - mentioned as not confirmed), King of the 9 String Guitar

Member of: Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers, Birmingham Jug Band

* Oktober 16, 1903 on a farm on edge of Knoxford Swamp outside of Crawford, Mississippi
c1915 into 20s - workes as singer, dancer, guitarist at picnics, roadhouses, dances, fish fries, levee and railroad camps through Mississippi
c1918 - worked in Doc Bennett Medicine Show, Mobile AL
c1921 - recorded in New Orleans LA ?
c1922-24 - toured with Birmingham Jug Band on Rabbit Foot Minstrels tent show through South
20s - frequently toured with Little Brother Montgomery working brothel cicuit through Mississippi/Lousiana
1929 - recorded for Vocalion in Memphis TN ? - frequently worked with St Louis Jimmy at local house rent parties, St Louis MO, frequently toured with Birmingham Jug Band working jukes/streets through Bessemer, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa AL
30s - continued to hobo across US
1930 - recorded with Birmingham Jug Band for OKeh, Atlanta GA
1932 - recorded for Paramount, Grafton WI
1932-33 - worked with Honeyboy Edwards at parties, dances through Mississippi, Louisiana into Gulf Coast areas
1934 - worked with Bogus Ben Covington at Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago IL
1935-45 - recorded for Bluebird, Chicago IL
c1939 - together with Peetie Wheatstraw at St Louis Club, St Louis MO
40s - worked as single at St Louis Club, St Louis MO - frequently worked with Charley Jordan in local clubs, St Louis MO
1941 - frequently worked with Bill Lucas in local streets, St Louis MO - formed own group (with Muddy Waters), worked at local clubs, jukes, Clarksdale MS
1947 - recorded with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson for Columbia, Chicago IL
1949 - recorded for Bullet, St Louis
early 50s - appeared on Studs Terkel "I Come For To Sing" show, local TV, Chicago IL - toured with Jimmy Walker working at club dates through Ohio, Pennsylvania
1951-52 - recorded for Oldie Blues, St Louis MO
1952 - recorded for Trumpet, Jackson MS
1956 - recorded for VJ, Chicago IL
1957 - worked at Westminster College, Fulton MO - recorded for Collector, Chicago IL
1957-58 - recorded for Delmark, St Louis MO
1958 - Piney Wood Blues (Delmark 602) released
1959 - recorded for Arhoolie, Oakland CA
1960 - recorded for Arhoolie, Los Gatos CA - Gate of Horn, Blind Pig and Oxford Coffee House, Chicago IL - Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (Collector 3, 4) released - Tough Times (Arhoolie 1002) released - Blues 'n Trouble (Arhoolie 1006) released
1961 - recorded for Delmark, Folkways, Xtra, Chicago IL - Oct. 21, recorded for Spivey (together with Bob Dylan and Victoria Spivey), New York City (or March 2, 1962 [Wikipedia "Spivey Records"]??? - date of release?) - Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (Delmark 609) released - Blues On Highway 49 (Delmark 604) released
1962 - worked at University of Chicago Folk Festival, Chicago IL - at Yale University, New Haven CT - University of Illinois, Urbana IL - Nov. 24-26, at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, recorded for Bluesville - Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (Folkways 3820) released - Blues For Nine Strings (Bluesville 1056) released - Three Kings And the Queen (Spivey 1004) released
from 1962 - formed own trio to work local dance halls, clubs, St Louis MO
1963 - worked at Birdhouse, Gate of Horn, Limelight Cafe, Paul's Roast Round, Chiacgo IL - Skylight Theater, Milwaukee WI - toured with American Folk Blues Festival through England, Europe - on "I Heat The Blues", Granada-TV, London Eng. - recorded for Fontana, Bremen Ger. - worked at Ravisloe Country Club, Homewood IL - recorded for Spivey, Chicago IL (?) - March 6/31, recorded for Delmark with Yank Rachel, Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Paul Butterfield, Chicago IL - Big Joe Williams at Folk City (Bluesville 1067) released
1963-64 - worked at Fickle Pickle (Paul Butterfields Club), Chicago IL - worked at Grinnell College Folk Festival, Grinnell IA
1964 - recorded for Testament, Chicago IL - recorded with Short Stuff Macon for Spivey, Folkway, Brooklyn NY - worked at University of Chicago Folk Festival and at Big John's Club, Chicago IL - toured through Midwest working at small clubs, coffeehouses in Bloomington IN, DeKalb IL, Milwaukee WI and elsewhere, worked at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson NY - Oct. 9, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg Germany (Musikhalle) - Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (Storyville 163) released - Back To the Country (Testament 2205) released - Classic Delta Blues (Milestone 3001) released
1964-66 - recorded for Milestone, Chicago IL
1965 - worked at Rockford College Seminar, Rockford IL - at The Yellow Unicorn and Downbeat Jazz Festival, Chicago IL - Carnegie Hall, NYC - La Faim Foetale, Montreal Can. - Studio Blues (Bluesville 1086) released
1966 - appeared on "Festival Presents The Blues, CBC-TV", Toronto, Can. - Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (Folkways 31004) released - Big Joe Williams (Transatlantic XTRA 1033) released
1968 - worked at Electric Circus, NYC - toured with American Folk Blues Festival through England, Europe (shown in UK film "American Folk Blues Festival) - recorded for World Pacific, London - worked at United Disciple of Christ church, Chicago IL
1969 - worked at University of Wisconsin Blues Festival, Madison WI - at Chicago Blues Festival - at Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor MI - recorded for Adelphi Chicago IL - recorded for Arhoolie, Berkeley CA - Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (Liberty 83207) released - Thinking Of What They Did To Me (Arhoolie 1053) released
1970 - Worked at The Matrix, San Francisco CA - at Roosevelt University, Chicago IL - at University of Illinois, Urbana IL - at Wisconsin Delta Blues Festival, Beloit College, Beloit WI - Kings And the Queen Vol. 2 (Spivey 1014) released
1970-72 - worked at Alice's Revisited, Chicago IL
c1971 - recorded for Delmark and Blues on Blues, Chicago IL -
1971 - toured with Chicago Blues Festival, working concert dates, TV appearances through Europe - worked at Ash Grove, Los Angeles CA
1972 - worked at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, New Orleans LA - recorded for Storyville, Copenhagen, Denmark - recorded for Sonet, Stockholm Sweden - Big Joe Williams (Storyville 224) released
1973 - toured through Europe - March 24, worked at Zodiac Club, Amstelveen, Holland
1974 - mostly inactive in music due to illness - appeared on local blues show, WMAB-TV and worked at State Historical Museum Concert, Jackson MS - toured with Blues Festival through Japan - recorded for Blues On Blues, Muscle Shoals AL - Malvina My Sweet Woman (Oldie Blues 2814) released - Don’t Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (ABC/Bluesway 6080) released
1976 - worked at Festival of American Folklife, Washington DC (shown on "Glorious Fourth", NBC-TV) - at John Henry Folk Festival, Camp Virgil Tate, Princeton WV - appeared on "The Devil's Music - A History Of The Blues", BBC-1-TV, England (episode "Work and Mother Wit" and "The Movements of Providence") - toured through Germany - worked at Jazz Live Festival, Dortmund, Ger.
1977 - worked at Quartier Latin, Berlin, Ger.
1978 - appeared on "Good Mornin' Blues", PBS-TV - recorded for Ornament, Crawford, Mashulaville MS
1979 - Sept., recorded at Muscle Shoals Studio, Sheffield AL - Sept. 8, recorded for Delta Blues, Freedom Village MS
1980 - 1973-80 Field Recordings (L+R 42.047) released
† Dezember 17, 1982 in Macon, Mississippi

Instruments: (6-string) guitar, 9-string guitar, 12-string guitar, e-guitar, kazoo, dobro, slide, harmonica, accordion

Influences: Blind Lemon Jefferson

Influenced: Honeyboy Edwards, John Paul Hammond

Sources:
Wikipedia
Blues Who's Who
www.wirz.de (illustrated discography)
Dixon, Robert M.W.: Blues & Gospel Records 1890-1943
Fancourt, Les. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1943-70
Ford, Robert. McGrath, Bob: The Blues Discography 1971-2000
Leadbitter, Mike. Slaven, Neil: Blues Records 1943 to 1970. A Selective Discography

Songs (with date of recording):

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13 Highway
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
38 Pistol Blues
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
44 Blues
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
45 Blues
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues on Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
49 Highway Blues
1935.02.25 -- Chicago IL - 85490-1 Bluebird B5996 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- ? - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (bb)
'56 Plymouth
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
71 Cadillac Blues
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
'72 Cadillac Blues
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
88 And 8 Stomp
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)

Ain't Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Ain't Gonna Rain No More
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific 1296, on: Down South Summit Meeting (released 1960) - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
Ain't Seen No Whiskey (Williams)
1938.06.17 -- ? - (first released on: Alexis Korner presents King of the Blues Vol.3 1962) - Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Yank Rachel (md) [Tune as John Estes Milcow Blues]
Alabama Blues - This Ain't My Home
1960.10.05 -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Alabama Bound
1965.05.14 -- NYC - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
All I Want Is My Train Fare Home
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 3, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
All Night Long
1961.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820
Angel Child
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Anna (Annie) Mae
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl)
1965.00.00 -- Starkville MS - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Russ Logan (v,wb), Big Joe Williams (g)
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
Arkansas Woman
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Army Man Blues
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Army Man In Vietnam
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Charlie Musselwhite (h)
As Long As the World Stands (Johnny Shines)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - Johnny Shines (v,g(Slide J200)), Sunnyland Slim (e-p), Backwards Sam Firk (backup J45 with flatpick), Big Joe Williams (k)
Atlanta Town
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96249-1 Bluebird B6187 - Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (v), "Dad" Tracy (vn), Joe Williams (g)

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Baby Don't You Wanna Go
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Baby, I Ain't Gonna Let You Go
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Baby Keeps On Breaking 'Em Down
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Baby Left Town
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee Jay 227, Vee Jay 1000, on: Bluesville Chicago: Blues And Gospel Train No. 10 (released 1957) - Joseph Lee Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96244-1 Bluebird B6200 - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers (Joe Williams (v,g), "Dad" Tracy (1 string fiddle), Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (wb) -

1947.07.22 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4833 Columbia 37945, Blues Classics 21, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, on: Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1952.03.00 -- Shreveport LA - Specialty 5014, on: Country Blues (released 1973) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1958.02/18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) (tk 2 without p) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.08.15 -- Chicago IL - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Walter Horton (h), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (g)
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Evidence 26100, on: American Folk Blues Festival 1962-65 - (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.10.09 -- Hamburg GER - L + R 42.024, on: American Folk Blues Festival 1964 - Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go No. 2
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Back Door
1958.02/18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Back Home Again
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Back Home Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Back In the Bottom Blues
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Evidence 26100, on: American Folk Blues Festival 1962-65 - (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Back On My Feet
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Backroad Blues
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Back South Blues
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 2 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Backwater Blues
1979.00.00? -- ? - L'Escargot 398, on: The black way - la memoire du peuple noir (released 1979) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bad And Weak Hearted Blues
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4943-1 Epic 37318, on: OKeh Chicago Blues (released 1982) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
Bad Heart Blues
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-99 Trumpet 171, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
Bad Living
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bama Leaves Fallin'
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bad Luck
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), John "Shortstuff" Macon (v,g)
Banta Rooster Blues
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4946-1 Columbia 38190 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
Banty Rooster (Blues) (Patton)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Beauty Parlor
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020118-1 Bluebird B7603 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Been In Crawford To Long
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Glover Lee Connor (v)
Bessermer Baby
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
Big Fat Mama
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Big Joe, Dylan and Victoria
1962.03.02 -- NYC - Spivey 1014, on: Kings And the Queen Vol. 2 (released 1970) - Victoria Spivey (v), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bob Dylan (v)
Big Joe's Hometown Blues
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Big Joe Talking
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams talking with Bob Kestner, Paul Bridenbach, John Harford
Big-Legged Woman, Keep Your Dresses Down
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
Big Road Blues
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Big Roll Blues
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Evidence 26100, on: American Folk Blues Festival 1962-65 (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bird Nest
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bird's Nest Bound (Patton)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Black Door Blues
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Black Gal
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Black Gal You Sure Looking Warm
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Black Mary
1965.00.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Ruby McCoy (v), Big Joe Williams (g)
Black Rat Blues
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues OL 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Bluebird Blues
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07650-1 Bluebird B7098 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Blues Around the World
1968,10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Blues Everywhere I Go
1964.02/03? -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Blues For Gamblers
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
1961.08.00 -- ? - Davon 2015=Horizon WP-1617=Horizon SWP-1617 - Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams
Blues For Yancey
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Blues From the Bottom
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific unissued - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
Blues Leave Me Alone
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Blues Left Texas
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Blues On Decoration Day
? -- ? - Red Lightnin' CD 0092, on: Big Boss Men: Blues Legends Vol. 1 (released 1992) - Big Joe Williams
Blues 'Round the World
1968.00.00 -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
Boogie Chillen
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Boogie Woogie All Day Long
1973.03.31 -- Berlin GER - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bottle Up And Go
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Brand New Car (New Car Blues) (Blues For Gamblers [?]) (Hopkins)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3, on: The Blues Box (first released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (voc, g), Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry (h,v)
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
Breakdown
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (g), Jimmy Brown (vl)
Break 'Em On Down
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070487-1 Bluebird B8969 - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Brickyard
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016529-1 Bluebird B7416 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), unknown (p)
Brother James
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07663-1 Bluebird B7022 - Big Joe (v,g), Robert Lee McCoy (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Buffalo
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bugle Blues
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bull Cow (Blues)
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1969.10.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
1978.07.28 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bumble Bee
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
Burned Child Is Scared Of Fire
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Bye Bye Baby (Blues) (Trad.)
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark DS/DL 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - Johnny Shines (v, J200), Sunnyland Slim (v,e-p), Big Joe Williams (v), Backwards Sam Firk (J45)

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Came Out the Wilderness
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Canary Bird
1965.00.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Andrew Cauther (v,h), Big Joe Williams (g)
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Verve B0006288-02, on: The Sonet Blues Story (released 2005) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Can't Listen No More
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Amelia Johnson (v)
Careless Love
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g,k), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Chain Gang Blues (Hopkins)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Sonny Terry (h,v), Jimmy Bond (b)
A Change Gotta Be Made
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
A Change Got To Be Made
? -- ? - Storyville 623702, on: Blues Roots Vol.3 (released 1979) - Big Joe Williams
Checkin' Out
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Amelia Johnson (v)
Cherry Tree
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Christmas Blues (What You Gonna Do For Me)
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Church Bell Ring
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Church Bells Ringin'
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
CNA
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016533-1 Bluebird B7440 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Henry Townsend? (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
Coal and Iceman Blues
1961.08.15 -- Chicago IL - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Walter Horton (h), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (g)
Coffeehouse Blues
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Coal And Iceman Blues
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Come Here Baby (Rusty Can Blues)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Coming Round the Mountain
1961.08.15 -- Chicago IL - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Walter Horton (h), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (g)
Corrina
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), John "Shortstuff" Macon (v,g)
Cottage Grove (Blues)
1952.03.00 -- Shreveport LA - Specialty 5014, on: Country Blues (released 1973) - Big Joe Williams (voc, g)
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
Cotton Pickin
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 217 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
Cow Cow Blues
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 4, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Crazin' the Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Creole Queen
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Crossroad Blues (Robert Johnson)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Crawlin' King Snake
1941.03.27 -- Chicago IL - 053989-1 Bluebird B8738 - Joe Williams (v,g), William Mitchell (imb)
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 4, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)

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Danger Blues
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016526-1 Bluebird unissued - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), unknown (p)
Dark Road Blues
1978.07.28 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Deal 'Em On Down
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
The Death Of Dr. Martin Luther King
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Charlie Musselwhite (h)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
Deceiving Blues
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 8 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Decoration Blues
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020111-1 Bluebird B7665 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Decoration Day Blues
1950s? -- Chicago IL - Blue Lake unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 1 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Dedication To Otis Spann (Blues On Decoration Day)
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Delmar Hop
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Delta Blues
1951.09.25 -- Jackson MS - DRC-59 Trumpet 151, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - tk 2 Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
1980.08.25 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Desert Blues
1958.02.18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Jimmy Brown (v,fiddle), Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Didn't Know Right From Wrong
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 222 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Dirt Road Blues
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Doctor Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Don't Have A Friend At All
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Fontana 5204, on: American Folk Blues Festival '63 (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Know Right Form Wrong
1965.00.00 (for Folkways) - ? - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Don't Leave Me Here
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 3, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams
Don't Mistreat Your Woman (Robert Lee McCollum)
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07658-1 Bluebird B7045 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g)
Don't Stay Long
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Amelia Johnson (v)
Don't the Apples Look Mellow Hangin'
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Want
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 219 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
Don't Want no Arkansas Woman
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Want No Big Fat Woman
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Watch Your Enemies Like You Watch Your Bosom Friend
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 7 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Don't You Know
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't You Leave Me Here
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4949 Columbia 46125, on: Legends Of the Blues Vol. 1. CCO 4949-1 Columbia 30129 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.05.23 -- NYC - Folkways 31004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
Don't Your House Look Lonesome
1973.03.31 -- Berlin GER - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Your Peaches Look Mellow
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Don't You Want To Be A Member
1965.00.00 -- Starkville MS - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Bert Logan (v), Big Joe Williams (g), Russ Logan (wb)
Doorbell Blues
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
Do the Mess Around
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Verve B0006288-02, on: The Sonet Blues Story (released 2005) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Down Behind the Sun
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Down In the Bottom
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1973.03.31 -- Berlin GER - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Down On Mr. Mace George's Farm
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Down South
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020117-1 Bluebird B7665 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Down the Line
1964.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Jimmy Brown (v,fiddle), Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Drifting Blues
1962.03.02 -- NYC - Spivey, on: Kings And the Queen Vol. 2 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Drinking In the Blues (McGee)
1960.07.06/7 -- Los Angeles, CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3, Society SOC 1015, on: The Blues Box (released 1967) - Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams (g,v)
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue LD 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
Drop Down Blues
1945.07.12 -- Chicago IL - D5-AB-354 RCA 7323 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Jump Jackson (d)
Drop Down If You Care To Go
1965.05.14 -- NYC - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Drop Down Mama
1958.02.08 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)

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Early In the Morning
1951/1952 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) - Big Joe Williams
Early Morning Blues (Traditional)
1961.08.00 -- ? - Davon 2015=Horizon WP-1617=Horizon SWP-1617 - Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams
1951/1952 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) - Big Joe Williams
Elevate Me Baby
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
El Paso Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Eula Mae
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee Jay 1000, on: Bluesville Chicago: Blues And Gospel Train No. 10 (released 1957) - Joseph Lee Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
European Trip Blues (Around the World Blues)
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Evening Sun (Annie Mae) (Johnny Shines)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - Johnny Shines (v), slide J200), Sunnyland Slim (e-p), Big Joe Williams (k), Backwards Sam Firk (backup J45 with flatpick)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Everybody's Blues (Three Aces On the Bottom Of the Deal) (Blowin' the Fuses[?])
1960.07.06/7 -- Los Angeles, CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3 - Society SOC 1009; Horizon SWP 1617, on: The Blues Box (first released 1967) - Sonny Terry (h,v), Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams (g,v), Jimmy Bond (b)
Everybody's Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Everyday Brings Out A Change
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Everyone Got A Woman
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)

Feel Like Rocking
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g)
Feel So Good
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
First Meeting
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific 296 - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams
Flour Dough Blues
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
Forty-Four Blues
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Four Corners Of the World
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
Four Friends Blues
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific unissued - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
Four O'Clock In the Morning
1965.00.00 -- Starkville MS - Storyville 180, on: Mississippi Blues: Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 (released 1975) - Bert Logan (v,g), Russ Logan (v,wb), Big Joe Williams (g)
Franklin Avenue Blues
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Franklin Street Blues
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Friends And Pals
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-96 Trumpet 170, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific unissued - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)

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Gambling Man
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
Get Your Morning Exercise
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
Girl At the Bottom (John Lee Granderson)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - John Lee Granderson (v,e-g), Big Joe Williams (g (National)), Backwards Sam Firk (e-g (Gibson) or Mike Stewart?)
G-Man
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07657-1 Bluebird B7090 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g)
G.M. & O. Blues
1958.02.18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
God Moves In the Wind
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 4 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Goin' Back (Home)
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee-Jay 227 (56-558) - Po Joe Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis - Storyville 188, on: The Best Of the Blues, Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (first released 1994) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Going Back Home
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee Jay 227, Vee Jay 1000, on: Bluesville Chicago: Blues And Gospel Train No. 10 (released 1957) - Joseph Lee Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
Going Back To Crawford, Miss.
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
Going Back To Louisiana
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Going Down State Street
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Going Down Home
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Going 'Round the World (John Lee Granderson)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - John Lee Granderson (v, e-g), Big Joe Williams (g(National)), Backwards Sam Firk (g(Gibson) or Mike Stewart?)
Going To St. Louis
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Gonna Check Up On My Baby
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
Goodbye Baby
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602 unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Good Morning, School Girl
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07649-1 Bluebird B7059 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g)
Good Times Here, Better Down the Road
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams, John "Shortstuff" Macon (v,(rattling)g)
Got On His Mind
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Got the Bottle Up And Gone
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07652-1 Bluebird B7012 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g), Robert Lee McCoy (g,v)
Got To Put You Down
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Great Big Legs
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 218 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
Great Gospel Blues (I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore) (Right On That Shore [?])
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3; Society SOC 1020; Horizon SWP 1617, on: The Blues Box (first released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry (h,v)
Greyhound Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams (released 1972) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Greystone Blues (Anna Mae Blues)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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Hairdressin' Blues
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g)
Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Hang It Up On the Wall
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Haunted House Blues
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Heart Trouble Blues
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 13 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
He Got Wild
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Hell-bound Blues
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Short Stuff Macon (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g,v)
Hellhound On My Trail (Robert Johnson)
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Storyville 181, on: Blues All Around My Bed-Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Foster (g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Hey Lawdy Mama
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Highway 45 (Blues)
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Highway 49
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070485-1 Bluebird B9025 - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonnyboy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, on: Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
? -- ? - P-Vine 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1958.01.10/11 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1976.01.21 -- Crawford MS - Red Lightnin' 0033, on: The Devil's Music-From the BBC T.V. Series (released 1976) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Highway 61 (Blues)
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Highway 99
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
His Spirit Lives On
1945.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Chicago 103, Blues Classics 21, on: Blues Classics Vol. 4 (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Clifford Danwiddie (wb)
Hitch Up My Pony, Saddle Up My Mare
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Hold Up the Light, Let It Shine
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Honey Bee Blues
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020842-1 Bluebird B7707 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Walter Davis (p), Yank Rachel (g), Joe Williams (g)
House Lady Blues
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4948-1 Columbia 38190 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
How Do you Want Your Rollin' Done
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g,k)
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 5021, on: Bottleneck Blues (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
How Long Have It Been Since You Been Home
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific WPL 296=WP 1296=ST-1296 - Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Joe Williams

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I Ain't Got Nobody
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Takoma 7081, on: Rare Blues (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Believe I'll Make A Change
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
I Can't Sign My Name
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Done Stop Hollering
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
I Don't Know Why
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams, Glover Lee Connor (v)
I Feel So Worried
1965.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Takoma 7071, on: Chicago Breakdown (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams (v, 6-string-g)
If You Can't (Fly A Plane)
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 226 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g)
If You Can't Shimmy-She-Wobble (Big Joe Williams)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), John Lee Granderson, Mike Stewart (g)
If You Steal My Chickens You Can't Make 'Em Lay
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific 1296, on: Down South Summit Meeting (released 1960) - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
I Got A Bad Mind
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Got My Ticket
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
I Got the Best King Biscuit
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
I Got Wild
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1958.02.18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Have No Friends
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Fontana 681510 TL=Fontana 885403 ZY..., on: American Folk Blues Festival '63 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Have Spent My Bonus
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016532-1 Bluebird B7303 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Henry Townsend? (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
I Know You Gonna Miss Me
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07661-1 Bluebird B7022 - Big Joe (v,g), Robert Lee McCoy (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
I'm A Fool About My Baby
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
I'm A Highway Man
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4945-1 Columbia 30129 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
I'm A Stranger Here (Trad.)
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
I May Be Wrong
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 4, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g)
I'm Getting Wild About Her
1941.03.27 -- Chicago IL - 053990-1 Bluebird B8774 - Joe Williams (v,g), William Mitchell (imb)
I'm Gonna Do It This Time
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g,k)
I'm Gonna Do It This Time, Ain't Gonna Do It No Mo'
1978.07.28 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I'm Gonna Mourn On That Shore (Mourn Right On That Shore)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Olympic 7115, on: Blues Bash (released 1973) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Sonny Terry (h,v), Jimmy Bond (b)
I'm Gonna Overhaul Your Machine
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I'm Leavin' This Town
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I'm Talking About You
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 3, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020116-1 Bluebird B7536 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (g, sp?), Joe Williams (sp?)
I'm Tired Woman
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I'm Wild About My Jelly Roll
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Austin Pete (v,g)
Indiana Woman Blues
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Need to Be Loved
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
In the Evening (When the Sun Comes Down)
1978.08.22 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Thought It Was Somethin' Big (To Make A Record In Them Days)
1978.07.24 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
It's Dangerous
1962.03.02 -- NYC - 59 Spivey 1014, on: Kings And the Queen Vol. 2 (released 1970) - Victoria Spivey (v,p), Big Joe Williams (g), Bob Dylan (h)
It's Gotta Be Jelly 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Thataway
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
I've Been Buked (I've Been Scorned) (Trad.)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020; Verve-Folkways 3011, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
I've Been Scorned (I've Been Buked) (trad.)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3; Society 1020, on: The Blues Box (first released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry (h,v)
I've Been Wrong, But I'll Be Right
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Walked All Night Long
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Austin Pete (v,g)
I Wanna Die Easy When I Die
1978.07.28 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Want A Little Bit
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 214 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
I Want My Crown
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (g), Mary Williams (v)
I Want To Die Easy
1969.10.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
I Want To Know What May Baby's Puttin Down
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
I Want To Love
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 215 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07664-1 Bluebird B7065 - Big Joe (v,g), Robert Lee McCoy (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
I Won't Do That No More
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams

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Jack O'Diamonds
1965.05.14 -- NYC - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Jackson Blues
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07651-1 Bluebird B7098 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g)
Jaydee Talks
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark DL-609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
Jefferson And Franklin Blues
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)
Jinx Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Jiving the Blues
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
Jivin' Woman
1949.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Bullet 337 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Joe Williams' Blues
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 3, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Jockey Ride Blues
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
John Henry
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Jook House Blues (Victoria Spivey)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sunnyland Slim (p), Johnny Shines (g)
Juanita (Blues)
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-97 Trumpet 170, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1951.00.00 -- Jackson MS - Acoustic Archives AA-702, on: Delta Blues 1951 - Big Joe Williams
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 166, on: Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Jump, Baby - Jump!
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1978.08.23 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Pony-Tail Slim (Axel Küstner) (h)
Jump, Jump, Julie
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Jumping
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Jumpin' In the Moonlight
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
Jump Jump Julie
1960's? -- ? - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Just Wanna (Want To) Be Your Man
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

Kansas City Blues
1978.08.25 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Keep A-Knockin'
1957.09.01/3 -- Chicago IL - Collector 4, on: Poor Joe Williams-A Man Sings the Blues (released 1960) - Poor Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Keep A-Walkin Little Girl
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022 on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)
Killing Floor Blues
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
King Biscuit Stomp
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4944-1 Columbia 30129 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - tk 2 Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
King Jesus
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Charlie Musselwhite (h)
King's Highway (Kingshighway) (Blues)
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee Jay 1000, on: Bluesville Chicago: Blues And Gospel Train No. 10 (released 1957) - Joseph Lee Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
1961.05.18 -- Chicago IL - Jefferson 12658/9, on: I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three (released 2004) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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Late Hours On A Ball
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Late Night Boogie
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Lee And Washington Swing
1965.05.14 -- NYC - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Levee Break Blues
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Levee Camp Blues
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Fontana unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Levee Camp Holler
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Limousine Blues
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Little Annie Mae
1972.0304 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Little Leg Woman (Big Joe Williams)
1935.02.25 -– Chicago IL – 85487-1 Bluebird B5900 – Big Joe Williams (v,g)
This Little Light 'O Mine
1973/1978? - Berlin GER or Crawford MS or Mashulaville MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (with Ponytail Slim (Axel Küstner) (h), B.L. Logan (v)???)
Little Machine
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie 1012, on: Blues 'n Trouble Vol. 2 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - tk. 2 Arhoolie 1012, on: Blues 'n Trouble Vol. 2 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Liza Jane Blues
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (sp)
Lonesome Cell Blues/Greystone Blues
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Lonesome World
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07656-1 Bluebird B7045 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g)
Lone Wolf
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Long Road Blues
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Storyville 180, on: Mississippi Blues-Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 (released 1975) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Coot Venson (h)
Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
Lonesome Train Blues
1980.09.05 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Lonesome World (Robert Lee McCollum)
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - Victor 07656-1 - Robert Lee McCoy (g,v), Big Joe Williams (g)
Lookie Here, Baby
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")
Loping Blues
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Lord Have Mercy
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Lord, Oh Lord Blues
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020845-1 Bluebird B7847 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Lordy Lordy Worried Blues
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 11 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Louise
1972.03.16 -- Lünen GER - L+R 42.018=Atlantic 60036, on: American Folk Blues Festival '72 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Louisiana Bound
1969.10.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Love More Baby?
1961.08.15 -- Chicago IL - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Walter Horton (h), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (v,g)
Low Down Dirty Shame
1961.10.17 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Low Mellow
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 16 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)

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Mad Blues
1960.10.05 -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Marcellus Thomas (v), Big Joe Williams (g)
Mad Mad Blues
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
(Make Me A) Pallet On the Floor
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Mama Don't Allow Me (To Fool Around) (Big Joe Williams)
1951.09.25 -- Jackson MS - DRC-58 Trumpet 151, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sunnyland Slim (p), Johnny Shines (g)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Mama Don't Allow No (Beggin') Doggin' All Night Long
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, on: Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), J.D. Short (g)
Mama Don't Like Me Runnin' Round
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mamie Lee
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016530-1 Bluebird B7386 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), unknown (p)
(A) Man Amongst Men
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Testament 01, on: Can't Keep from Crying: Topical Blues on the Beath of President Kennedy (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues - Big Joe Williams
Married Woman Blues
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1006, on: Blues 'n Trouble (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mary Francis
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams
Mary Lou
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Verve B0006288-02, on: The Sonet Blues Story (released 2005) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mean Backstabber
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mean Black Cat
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016528-1 Bluebird B7303 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), unknown (p)
Mean Mistreater
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
Mean Southern Blues
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mean Step Father (Stepfather) (Blues)
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4944-1 Epic 37318, on: OKeh Chicago Blues (released 1982) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Meet Him Over In Paradise
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Meet Me Around the Corner
1941.03.27 -- Chicago IL - 053992-1 Bluebird B8738 - Joe Williams (v,g), William Mitchell (imb)
Meet Me At (In) the Bottom
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
1976.01.21 -- Crawford MS - Red Lightnin' 0033, on: The Devil's Music-From the BBC T.V. Series (released 1976) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Mellow Apples
1947.07.22 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4835-1 Columbia 38055, Blues Classics 21, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
Mellow Peaches
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Messing With That Thing
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Short Stuff Macon (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g,v)
Midnight Creep
1958.02.18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Mink Coat Blues
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g,k)
Miss Emma Lou Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Miss Ida B
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (v,h)
Miss Louisa Blues
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020114-1 Bluebird B7576 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Mixed Up Thing (King Biscuit)
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Moanin
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 216 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
Moanin' 'to Day
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)s, John "Shortctuff" Macon (v, (rattling)g)
Momma's Milk Cow
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Montreal Blues
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
The Moon Is Rising
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Moonshine
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020113-1 Bluebird B76003 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Motherless Children
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Move Your Hand
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (voc,mand), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
1964.05.23 -- NYC - Spivey 1009, on: Encore For the Chicago Blues (released 1968) - Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Muscle Shoals Blues
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Must I Holler - Believe I Shake 'Em On Down
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Baby Don't Stand No Foolin'
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams, John "Shortstuff" Macon (v,(rattling)g)
My Baby Is Gone
1972.03.16 -- Lünen GER - L+R 42.018=Atlantic 60036, on: American Folk Blues Festival '72 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Baby I've Been Your Slave
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020843- Bluebird B7805 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Walter Davis (p), Yank Rachel (g), Joe Williams (g)
My Baby Keeps Hanging Around
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Baby Left
1956.10.16 -- Chicago IL - Vee-Jay 227 (56-559) - Po Joe Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h), Al Duncan (d)
My Baby Left Town
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
My Baby Left Me A Mule To Ride
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
My Baby Stopped Drinking Water
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams, John "Shortstuff" Macon (v, (rattling)g)
My Baby Won't Be Back No More
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224/ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
My Black Woman
? -- ? - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Brown (fiddle, g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
My Boots & Shoes
1972.03.16 -- Lünen GER - L+R 42.018=Atlantic 60036, on: American Folk Blues Festival '72 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Friend Has Forsaken Me
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016527-1 Bluebird B7416 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), unknown (p)
My Grey Pony
1935.02.25 -- Chicago IL - 85491-1 Bluebird B5948 - Joe Williams (v,g)
My Heart Is Getting Weak
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My House Burned Down
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 5 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
My Jack Don't Drink Water No More
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Short Stuff Macon (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g,v)
My Last Girl - Don't Treat Her Wrong!
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Little Cornelius
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020110-1 Bluebird B7500 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
My Lonesome Bed
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Testament CD 6009, on: Down Home Slide (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
My Troubles
? -- ? - Red Lightnin' 0092, on: Big Boss Men: Blues Legends Vol. 1 (released 1992) - Big Joe Williams
My Woman
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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New Car Blues
1952.04.05 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Tree Top Slim (Willie Ealey) (p)
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Night Cap Blues
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
Nobody Knows Chicago (Like I Do)
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
No More Whisk(e)y
1958.02.08 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
1980.10.15 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
No Partnership Woman (Big Joe Williams)
1962.03.02 -- NYC - 53 Spivey 1004, on: Three Kings And the Queen - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
North Wind Blues
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070483-1 Bluebird unissued (first released BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 1989) - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonnyboy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
No Special Rider Blues
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
No Special Woman
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 220 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)

Oakland Blues
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (g), Mary Williams (v)
Oh Baby
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Old Folks Tavern
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Old Grey Mule
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 213 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mr. Shortstuff (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g)
Old Saw Mill Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Omaha Blues
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
On My Way Back
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Verve B0006288-02, on: The Sonet Blues Story (released 2005) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Out Out Blues
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
Overhauling Blues
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-94 Trumpet 169, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
Overhaul Your Machine
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Overseas Blues
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Fontana unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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Pallet On the Floor --> see: (Make Me A) Pallet On the Floor
Peach Orchard Mama
1941.03.27 -- Chicago IL - 053991-1 Bluebird B8774 - Joe Williams (v,g), William Mitchell (imb)
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Peach Tree Blues
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Pearl(y) Mae (Blues)
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 224, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Pea Vine Special (Hooker)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Pea Vine Whistle
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Penitentary Blues
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific 1296, on: Down South Summit Meeting (released 1960) - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
Pick A Pickle
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Please Come On Home To Me
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
Please Don't Go
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070484-1 Bluebird B8969 - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonnyboy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
Po Boy (Terry)
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
Pokino Blues
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 9 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Pony Blues
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Poor Beggar
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues OL 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Poor Boy
1960.07.06/7 -- Los Angeles, CA - Verve Folkways 3011-3, on: The Blues Box (released 1967) - Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Big Joe Williams (g,v)
Poor Man's Tonic (Johnny Shines)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - Johnny Shines (v, slide J200), Sunnyland Slim (e-p), Backwards Sam Firk (backup J45 with flatpick), Big Joe Williams (k)
President Roosevelt
1960.10.05 -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Pretty Willie Done Me Wrong
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Prison Bound (Blues) (Greystone County Blues)
? -- ? - P-Vine PLP 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1958.02,18/19? -- Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1980.09.05 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Providence Help the Poor People
1935.02.25 -- Chicago IL - 85489-1 Bluebird B5930 - Joe Williams (v,g)
1976.01.21 -- Crawford MS - Red Lightnin' 0033, on: The Devil's Music-From the BBC T.V. Series (released 1976) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Prowling Ground Hog
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
Prowling Night-Hawk (Robert Lee McCollum)
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07659-1 Bluebird B6995 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
Put On A Show
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Put On Your Black Dress Baby
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Put On Your Nightcap
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
P Vine Blues
1947.12.18 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4942-1 Columbia 30191 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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Queen Of Spades
1972.02.28 -- New Orleans LA - Southland 19, on: Highway Man (released 2001) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Quilt Draggin' Bringin' My Baby Back Home
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 224, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams

Rambled And Wandered
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Ramblin' On My Mind
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3002, on: Classic Train and Travel Blues (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Rap Session
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams"), Al Smith (sp)
Rather Be Sloopy Drunk
1952.03.00 -- Shreveport LA - Specialty 2149, on: Dark Muddy Bottom Blues (released 1971) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Razor Sharp Blues (Williams)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020; Verve-Folkways FT 3011, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
Remember Way Back
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
The Reverend Martin Luther King (Mississippi Big Joe Williams)
1968.04.04 -- Chicago IL - Cry 468 - Mississippi Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Ride In My New Car Blues
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Ride My New Car With Me
1952.03.00 -- Shreveport LA - Specialty 2149, on: Dark Muddy Bottom Blues (released 1971) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
The Right Man's Goin' To Pay Off After While
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 3 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Right On That Shore
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
1961.08.00 -- ? - Davon 2015 - Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Williams
Rising Sun Blues
1965.00.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Storyville 180, Mississippi Blues: Blues Scene USA Vol. 4 (released 1975) - Ruby McCoy (v), Big Joe Williams (g)
Rising Sun, Shine On
1965.00.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Ruby McCoy (v), Big Joe Williams (g)
Rock Me Mama
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Rock Road Bad Treatin'
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Short Stuff Macon (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g,v)
Rocks & Gravel
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark, on: Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short (first released 1991) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
Rollin' And Tumblin' (Roll And Tumble)
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark, on: Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short (first released 1991) - Big Joe Williams (g), J.D. Short (g,h)
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 10 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Rollin' In Your Arms
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Roll Me Over Slow
1964.09.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Storyville 181, on: Blues Scene USA Vol. 3: Blues All Around My Bed (released 196?) - Arthur Weston (v,g), George Roberson (h), Big Joe Williams (g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Testament CD 6009, on: Down Home Slide (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Rooster Blues
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
Rootin' Ground Hog
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07662-1 Bluebird B7065 - Big Joe (v,g), Robert Lee McCoy (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
1961.05.18 -- Chicago IL - Jefferson 12658/9, on: I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three (released 2004) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Run Here Jailer With the Key
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Austen Pete (v,g)
Rusty Can Blues
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams

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Same Old Rainey Day
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 224, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Saturday Night Ball
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 5013, on: Back To the Country (released 1994) - Big Joe Williams, Bill Foster (g)
Saturday Night Jump
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Saturday Night Women
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Scardie Mama
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Schoolgirl
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Screamin' And Cryin'
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Roots 1005, on: Rare Gems (released 1978) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
See See Rider
1964.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Jimmy Brown (v,fiddle), Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Shady Grove
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Shaggy Hound Blues
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Shake A Little Boogie
1951/1952 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) - Big Joe Williams
Shake 'em (On) Down
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)
Shake It Enough For Me
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams
Shake Your Boogie
1957/1958 -- Chicago IL - Cobra unissued, Flyrhight 577, on: Unissued Chicago Blues of the 50's from Cobra & JOB (released 1981) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer? (p)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl), Willie Lee Harris (h)
? -- ? - P-Vine 9014, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson "No. 2" (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Shannon Street Blues
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020847-1 Bluebird B7847 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
She Are My Sunshine
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
She Have Broken My Heart
1971.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams, John "Shortstuff" Macon (v, (rattling)g)
She Left Me A Mule (To Ride)
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-98 Trumpet 171, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
She's A Married Woman
1949.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Bullet 337 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
She's Been Shaking A Little Boogie
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) (released 1974) - Tree Top Slim (v,p), Sam Fowler (h), Big Joe Williams (g)
She's Doggin' Me
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
She Thinks She's Sick
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 12 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Shetland Pony Blues
1958.02.08 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
She Walked Around With Her Mouth Poked
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
She Won't Do Right
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Short Stuff's Corinna
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Short Stuff Macon (v,g), Big Joe Williams (g,v)
Sinking Blues
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Roots 1005, on: Rare Gems (released 1978) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Paul Butterfield (h)?
Sink Or Swim
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sinner Man
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sitting And Thinkin'
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sitting On Top Of the World
1962.03.02 -- NYC - 56 Spivey 1004, on: Three Kings And the Queen - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bob Dylan (v,h)
Skin And Bone Blues
1978.08.23 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Pony-Tail Slim (Axel Küstner) (h)
Skinny Mama
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Skinny Woman
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07654-1 Bluebird B7012 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g)
Sloppy Drunk (Blues)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1976.01.21 -- Crawford MS - Red Lightnin' 0033, on: The Devil's Music-From the BBC T.V. Series (released 1976) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Snitchin' Blues
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
So Glad
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Somebody Evil
1966.08.09 -- NYC (Cafe-Au-Go-Go) - Verve Folkways 3010, on: Living Legends: Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams (released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
1935.02.25 -- Chicago IL - 85488-1 Bluebird B5900 - Joe Williams (v,g), Henry Townsend (g)
Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff O' Mine
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)
Somebody's Been Fooling
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - tk 1, 3 Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
Somebody's Been Worry'in
1945.07.12 -- Chicago IL - Victor D5-AB-355 Bluebird 34-0739 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Jump Jackson (d)
Some Changes Gotta Be Made
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Someday Baby (Estes)
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070486-1 Bluebird B9025 - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
1958.02.18/19? -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.09.00 -- East St. Louis IL - Storyville 180, on: Blues Scene USA Vol. 4: Mississippi Blues (released 1975) - Arthur Weston (v,g), George Roberson (h), Big Joe Williams (g)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
Some Old Rainy Day
? -- ? - Storyville 623702, on: Blues Roots Vol. 3 (released 1979) - Big Joe Williams
Some Other Man Blues
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Wolf CD 120.916 - Big Joe Williams
Something Worryin' My Mind
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Something Wrong With My '52 Ford
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)s
Something Wrong With My Little Machine --> see: Little Machine
So Much Wine
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
So Soon
1966.08.09 -- NYC (Cafe-Au-Go-Go) - Verve Folkways 3010, on: Living Legends: Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams (released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
So Soon I'll Be Going My Way Back Home
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 163, on: Portraits in Blues Vol. 7: Ramblin' And Wanderin' Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Southern Blues
1961.05.18 -- Chicago IL - Jefferson 12658/9, on: I Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Volume Three (released 2004) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Southern Whistle Blow
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Special Rider
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Stack O'Dollars
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96245-1 Bluebird B6231 - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers (Joe Williams (v,g), "Dad" Tracy (1 string fiddle), Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (wb)) -
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
1965.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Takoma 7071, on: Chicago Breakdown (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams (v, 6-string-g), Paul Butterfield (h)
Stack Of Dollars
1947.07.22 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4834-1 Columbia 38055, Blues Classics 21, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 627, on: Nine String Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
Stackolee
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 14 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Stavin' Chain Blues
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) (alt. take on: Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short (released 1991)) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (v,g,h)
Stella Blues
1978.08.02 -- Mashulaville MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Stepfather Blues
1935.02.25 -- Chicago IL - 85492-1 Bluebird B5996 - Joe Williams (v,g)
St. Louis Trouble Blues
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
Stomping the Blues
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Stop Breaking Down (Robert Johnson)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - John Lee Granderson (v, e-g), Big Joe Williams (g(National)), Backwards Sam Firk (g(Gibson) or Mike Stewart?)
Stop Knockin On My Door
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
Strange Girl Blues (Big Joe Williams)
1951/1952 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) - Big Joe Williams
1962.03.02 -- NYC - 54 Spivey 1004, on: Three Kings And the Queen - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Studio Blues
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 767, on: I Got Wild (released 2003) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
Sugar Babe
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
Sugar Diabetes Blues
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sugar Hill
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
1974/1975 -- Crawford MS - MEB EB-1001 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sugar Hill Story
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sugar Mama (Blues)
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07653-1 Bluebird B7059 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Joe Williams (g)
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Flyright 549, on: Chicago Blues: Live at the Fickle Pickle (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Crawford MS - Storyville 180, on: Blues Scene USA, Vol.4-Mississippi Blues (released 1974) - Coot Venson (v,h), Big Joe Williams (g)
Sugar On the Bottom
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g), John "Shotstuff" Macon (v,g)
Sun Never Go Down
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Sunny Land
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020115-1 Bluebird B7500 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Sunny Road Blues
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Sweet Old Kokomo
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (h,g)
Sweet Pepper Mama
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07660-1 Bluebird B7090 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)

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Tailor Made Babe (Baby)
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark 602, on: Piney Wood Blues (released 1958) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Take It All
1968.10.25? -- London UK - Liberty 83207, on: Hand Me Down My Old Walking Stick (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Take It Along With You Everywhere You Go
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 8001, on: Blues Master Vol. 1 (released 1991) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Take It Easy, Baby
1937.11.11 -- Aurora IL - 016531-1 Bluebird B7386 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
Take Me Out Of the Bottom
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1971.05.21 -- Crawford MS - Arhoolie CD 9015, on: Big Joe Williams and Friends: Going Back To Crawford - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Talkin' Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams (released 1972) - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
Talking About Bottleneck
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 5021, on: Bottleneck Blues (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Taylor Made Baby
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf CD 120.916, on: Shake Your Boogie (released 2007) - Big Joe Williams
Taylor Made Stomp
1952.04.05 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Tree Top Slim (Willie Ealey) (p)
Taylor Made Woman
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
T.B. Blues
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Tell Me Mama
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1086, on: Studio Blues (released 1965) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Willie Dixon (b)
1979.09.08 -- Freedom Village MS - Delta Blues 79, on: Delta Blues Festival '79 - Big Joe Williams
Tell Me Who's Been Tellin' You
1972.03.20 -- Storyville SLP 224=Storyville ST-21022, Copenhagen, Denmark - on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams
Tell My Mother
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Terraplane Blues (Robert Johnson)
1963.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Stackohits 9035, on: Blues From the South Side - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Texas Blues
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1005, on: I Have To Paint My Face (2nd release 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 225, on: Robert Pete Williams with Big Joe Williams - Robert Pete Williams (v,g), Big Joe Williams (k)
1977.03.30 -- Berlin GER - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Cooper Terry (h)
That Thing In Town
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Ransom Knowling (b)
These Are My Blues (Gonna Sing 'Em For Myself)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
They Stopped Me At the Border
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Verve B0006288-02, on: The Sonet Blues Story (released 2005) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Things Gonna Come My Way
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Thinking Of What They Did To Me
1969.12.00? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
This Heavy Stuff Of Mine
1972.03/04? -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
This Little Light O'Mine
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
This Old London Town
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Though Time (Robert Lee McCollum)
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - Victor 07655-1 - Robert Lee McCoy (g,v), John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson (h), Big Joe Williams (g)
Thousand Year Blues
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (demo recordings Baul Recording Co.) (released 1974) - Tree Top Slim (v,p), Sam Fowler (h), Big Joe Williams (g)
Throw A (The) Boogie Woogie
1941.12.12 -- Chicago IL - 070482-1 Bluebird unissued (first released BMG/Bluebird NL 90320 1989) - Joe Williams (v,g), Sonnyboy Williamson (h), Alfred Elkins (bass cano)
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Tijuana (Blues)
1961.07.20 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Tired
1958.01.10/11 -- Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Toledo To Buffalo
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 228 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Tough Luck
1937.05.05 -- Aurora IL - 07655-1 Bluebird B7115 - Robert Lee McCoy (v,g), Joe Williams (g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h)
Traveling Blues
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 5021, on: Bottleneck Blues (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Trouble For Everybody
1969.12.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie 1053, on: Thinking Of What They Did To Me (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Charlie Musselwhite (h)
Trouble Gonna Take Me To My Grave
1962.02.26 -- NYC - Bluesville 1067, on: Big Joe Williams at Folk City (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Trouble in Mind (Trad.)
1960.00.00 -- Los Angeles CA - Vogue 681-30, on: Blues Festival - Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 15 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Turnroad Blues
1972.03.20 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville SLP 224=Storyville ST-21022, on: Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams

Up And Down the Line
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 606, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
Until My Love Come Down
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020119-1 Bluebird B7576 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)

V-8 (Vee-Eight) Ford Blues
1945.07.12 -- Chicago IL - Victor D5-AB-357 Bluebird 34-0739 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williams (h), Jump Jackson (d)
1959.00.00 -- Oakland CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1960.10.10 -- Chicago IL - 6 Testament unissued - Blind Darby (v,g?), Big Joe Williams (g)
Vitamin A (Blues)
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 415, Storyville 188, on: The Best Of the Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1965.00.00 -- Rockford IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues - Big Joe Williams
Vitamin A Blues
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Vitamin B Blues
1971.00.00? -- Chicago IL - Blues On Blues BOB 10003, on: Blues From the Mississippi Delta (released 1972) - Big Joe Williams ("Big Country Joe Williams")

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Walking Blues (Robert Johnson)
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96248-1 Bluebird B6261 - Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (v), "Dad" Tracy (vn), Joe Williams (g)
1961.10.07 -- NYC - Bluesville 1056, on: Blues For Nine Strings (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Larry Johnson (h), Willie Dixon (b)
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 5012, on CD: Testament 5012, on: The Sound Of The Delta-A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1994) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Milestone 3001, on: Classic Delta Blues (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Walkin' Ground Hog
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl)
Walk On, Little Girl
1961.07.13 -- Chicago IL - Delmark 604, on: Blues On Highway 49 (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Testament CD 6009, on: Down Home Slide (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Wanita
1945.07.12 -- Chicago IL - D5-AB-356 RCA 7323 - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Jump Jackson (d)
Watergate Blues
1974/1975? -- Crawford MS - MEB EB-1001 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1976.01.21 -- Crawford MS - Red Lightnin' 0033, on: The Devil's Music-From the BBC T.V. Series (released 1976) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1978.08.02 -- Mashulaville MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
What Makes A Broke Man Sleep So Sound
1964.05.23 -- NYC - 231 Spivey 1005, on: Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff with Big Joe Williams (released 1964) - Mississippi Mr. Shortstuff (g), Big Joe Williams (v,g)
What She Need With A Rooster
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
What You Gon' Do, Sinner?
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g), B.L. Logan (v)
What You Gonna Do For Me
? -- ? - Red Lightnin' CD 0092, on: Big Boss Men: Blues Legends Vol. 1 (released 1992) - Big Joe Williams
When I First Left Home
1972.03/04 -- Stockholm S - Sonet 635, on: Legacy Of the Blues Vol.6 (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
When I Lay My Burden Down
1978.08.26 -- Crawford MS - L+R 42.047, on: 1973-1980 Field Recordings - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lydia Carter (v)
When My Baby Comes Back Home
1963.03.06/31 -- Chicago IL - Delmark CD DD-608, on: Yank Rachell And His Tennessee Jug Busters: Mandolin Blues (first issued 1995) - Yank Rachell (v,md), Hammie Nixon (jug,h), Sleepy John Estes (g), Big Joe Williams (g), Mike Bloomfield (g)
When the Saints Go Marchin' In
1978.08.20 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CH-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Where Did You Stay Last Night (Taylor Made Baby)
1974.11.22 -- Jackson MS - Wolf 120.918, on: Live 1974 - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Which Way My Baby Go
1964.07.29/09.26 -- Chicago IL - Testament CD 6009, on: Down Home Slide (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Whiskey Headed Blues
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020844-1 Bluebird B7707 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Whiskey Headed Woman
1966.08.09 -- NYC (Cafe-Au-Go-Go) - Verve Folkways 3010, on: Living Legends: Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Big Joe Williams (released 1967) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Whistling Pine Blues
1951.09.10 -- St. Louis MO - Baul, on: Oldie Blues 2804, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sam Fowler (h)
1951.12.03 -- Jackson MS - DRC-95 Trumpet 169, Acoustic Archives 702, on: Delta Blues 1951 (released 1990) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), T.J. Green (b)
1961.07.13/20 -- Chicago IL - Folkways 3820, on: Mississippi’s Big Joe Williams And His Nine-String Guitar (released 1962) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Takoma 7081, on: Rare Blues (released 1980) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Paul Butterfield (h)
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
Who's Been Foolin' You
1963.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Fat Possum 1043, on: The George Mitchell Collection (released 1963) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Wichita (Big Joe Williams)
1962.03.02 -- NYC - Spivey 1004, on: Three Kings And the Queen - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bob Dylan (h)
Wild Cow Blues
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96246-1 Bluebird B6200 - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers (Joe Williams (v,g), "Dad" Tracy (1 string fiddle), Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (wb))
Wild Cow Moan
1947.07.22 -- Chicago IL - CCO 4836 Columbia 37945, Blues Classics 21, on: Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Sonny Boy Williamson (h), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d)
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1963.09.25 -- Chicago IL - Roots 1005, on: Rare Gems (released 1978) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Paul Butterfield (h)
Wild Ox Moan
1963.10.13 -- Bremen GER - Fontana unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
1963.10.16 -- Copenhagen, Denmark - Storyville 166, on: Guitar Blues - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Wimmin From Coast to Coast
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - World Pacific 1296, on: Down South Summit Meeting (released 1960) - Sonny Terry (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Bond (b)
Woman I'm Loving - Sleeping In A Grave
1960.10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Wondering Blues
1958.02.18/19? -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Won't Be Back Till Fall
? -- ? - Pilz CD 449320-2, on: Blues From the South Side (released 1993) - Big Joe Williams
Woody Woodpecker
? -- ? - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Brown (fiddle, g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
Words My Mother Said
1969.10.14? -- Berkeley CA - Arhoolie unissued - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
Working On the Levy (Night & Day)
1974.00.00 -- Muscle Shoals AL - Bluesway 6080, on: Don't Your Plums Look Mellow Hanging On Your Tree (released 1974) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jerry Bridges (b), Roger Allen Clark (d)
Worried And Lonesome
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (v,h)
Worried Life Blues
1965.05.14 -- NYC - Transatlantic XTRA 1033, on: Big Joe Williams (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Einhorn (h), Tom Pyle (b)
Worried Man Blues
1935.10.31 -- Chicago IL - 96247-1 Bluebird B6231 - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers (Joe Williams (v,g), "Dad" Tracy (1 string fiddle), Chasey "Kokomo" Collins (wb))
Worry You Off My Mind
1964.02/03 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Jimmy Brown (vl)

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Yellow Box Blues (John Lee Granderson)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues - John Lee Granderson (e-g), Big Joe Williams (g(National)), Backwards Sam Firk (g(Gibson) or Mike Stewart?)
You Are My Sunshine
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
1965.00.00 -- Rockford College IL - Testament 6010, on: These Are My Blues (released 1998) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
You Can Lead Me
1938.03.13 -- Aurora IL - 020112-1 Bluebird B7536 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h) Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
You Can Stay Out
1964.00.00 -- St. Louis MO - Testament 2205, on: Back To the Country (released 1964) - Jimmy Brown (v,fiddle), Big Joe Williams (g), Willie Lee Harris (h)
You Can't Do Me This Way
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
You Done Me Wrong
1973.03.24 -- Amstelveen, Netherlands - Oldie Blues 2814, on: Malvina My Sweet Woman - Big Joe Williams
You Give An Account
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020846- Bluebird B7756 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
You Goin' (Gonna) Meet King Jesus (On Your Bond)
1957.06.06 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark unissued - Po' Joe Williams (v,g), Erwin Helfer (p)
1978.08.03 -- Crawford MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (v,g)
You Gonna Need Somebody To Go Your Bond (I've been Buked) (I've Been Scorned)
1960.07.06 -- Los Angeles CA - Society 1020, on: Big Joe, Sonny, Brownie, Lightnin' (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Lightnin' Hopkins (v,g), Brownie McGhee (v,g), Sonny Terry (h,v), Jimmy Bond (b)
You Got To Help Me Some
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) - Big Joe Williams (g), J.D. Short (v,g,h)
Your Close Friend
1964.00.00 -- Chicago IL - Testament 2209, on: The Sound Of The Delta: A Mississippi Blues Anthology (released 1966) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Bill Foster (g)
You're An Old Lady (Big Joe Williams)
1969.09.00 -- Chicago IL - Adelphi 1005, on: Really Chicago's Blues (released 1969) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), John Lee Granderson, Mike Stewart (g)
You're Dogging Me
1979.09.00 -- Sheffield, AL - Gitanes Jazz/Verve 519-943-2, on: The Final Years (released 1995) - Big Joe Williams
You're Gonna Need King Jesus
1958.02.08 -- St. Louis MO - Delmark 609, on: Stavin' Chain: Mississippi Blues (released 1961) (alt. take on: Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short (first released 1991)) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), J.D. Short (g,h)
You Gonna Need King Jesus On Your Bond
1973/1978? -- Berlin GER or Crawford MS or Mashulaville MS - Ornament CD-7.713, on: Back to the Roots - Big Joe Williams (with Ponytail Slim (Axel Küstner) (h), B.L. Logan (v)???)
You Rascal You
1964.05.18 -- NYC - Folkways (3)1004, on: Big Joe Williams & Short Stuff Macon: Hell Bound & Heaven Sent (released 1968) - Big Joe Williams (v,g), Short Stuff Macon (g)
You've Been Foolin' Round Town
1938.06.17 -- Aurora IL - 020848-1 Bluebird B7756 - Sonny Boy Williamson (v,h), Yank Rachel (md), Joe Williams (g)
Yo Yo Blues
1960,10.05? -- Los Gatos CA - Arhoolie 1002, on: Tough Times (released 1960) - Big Joe Williams (v,g)

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