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Joseph Lee Williams October 16, — December 17, [ 2 ] was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, [ 1 ] notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar.

Big joe williams grave: Joseph Lee “Big Joe” Williams,

Born a few miles west of Crawford in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Williams as a youth began wandering across the United States busking and playing in stores, bars, alleys, and work camps. In , he was in St. Louis , Missouri, where he met the record producer Lester Melrose , who signed him to Bluebird Records in During the early s, Williams was accompanied on his travels through the Mississippi Delta by a young Muddy Waters.

He went all 'round the Delta playin' harmonica behind me. But I had to put him down after a while. All these women were comin' up to me and sayin', 'Oh. Williams remained a noted blues artist in the s and s, when his guitar style and vocals became popular with folk blues fans. He recorded for Trumpet , Delmark , Prestige , Vocalion and other labels.

He became a regular on the concert and coffeehouse circuits, touring Europe and Japan in the late s and early s and performing at major U.