''Malvina My Sweet Woman'' is an album by American
Delta blues
Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, and is regarded as a regional variant of country blues. Guitar and harmonica are its dominant instruments; slide guitar is a hallmark of the s ...
guitarist, singer and songwriter
Big Joe Williams
Joseph Lee "Big Joe" Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the s ...
.
Content
The album consists of ten home recorded songs from 1951/52 preserved on acetates and nine songs recorded live in March 1973 in the Zodiac Club in
Amstelveen
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in the Netherlands. The album was released in 1974 on the
Oldie Blues
Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen.
History
The label was founded in 1974 and focused primarily on piano blues, boogie-woogie and Delta blues, issuing 46 LPs and 13 CDs.Wynn, Neil, ''Cross the Water Blu ...
label as OL 2804 and re-issued on CD in 1997 as OLCD 7004. The album was produced by Martin van Olderen with liner notes by Leo W. Bruin.
Track listing
Side one (The home recordings 1951/52)
# "Whistling Pine Blues"
# "Mama Don't Allow No Doggin' All Night Long"
# "Thousand Year Blues"
# "She's Been Shaking A Little Boogie"
# "Strange Girl Blues"
# "Early Morning Blues"
# "Shake A Little Boogie"
# "Early In The Morning"
# "New Car Blues"
# "Taylor Made Stomp"
Side two (Live in the Zodiac Club in Amstelveen, March 24, 1973)
# "You Done Me Wrong"
# "Black Rat Blues"
# "Poor Beggar"
# "Everyday Brings Out A Change"
# "Baby Don't You Wanna Go"
# "Highway 61 Blues"
# "Rooster Blues"
# "Rollin' In Your Arms"
# "
You Are My Sunshine
"You Are My Sunshine" is a song published by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell on January 30, 1940. According to Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the song has been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.
In 1977, the Louisi ...
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Personnel[Bruin, Leo. W, ''Malvina My Sweet Woman'', Linernotes OLCD 7004 (1997)]
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Big Joe Williams
Joseph Lee "Big Joe" Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the s ...
- guitar (all tracks), vocals (side one: 1,2,7,8,9,10, side two: all tracks)
* Tree Top Slim - vocals (side one: 3,4)
* Sam Fowler - harmonica (side one: 1-8)
* J. D. Short - wash tub bass or guitar (side one: 1-4)
* Lee Willmans - vocals (side one: 5,6)
* Harp Blowing Sam - vocals (side one: 7,8)
* Willie Ealey - piano (side one: 9,10)
References
External links
Big Joe Williams discography at Wirz.de
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Big Joe Williams albums
Oldie Blues albums
1974 albums