On a rainy Saturday afternoon, about 1966, in Starkville Ms. and friend of mine and I were waiting at the dilapidated bus station (an old gas station) to pick up a package. There was this older gentleman in a brownish trench coat sitting on an old bench out front with a beat up old guitar and an amplifier so old it looked like a 1940's wooden radio with a metal handle. As we sat in the car, my friend said "I think I know that guy." He kept looking at the fellow sitting by himself and telling me "That guy just looks familiar." Well, the guy didn't look familiar to me, so I just let it go. Suddenly, my friend gets out of the car and goes over and sits down on the bench with this fellow. They start chatting and I roll the window down and to hear what's going on. The fellow with the old guitar says he's heading up to New York City to play the Cafe A Go Go - a big club up there then. "Yeah sure" I said to myself, this guy with a broken down old Stella guitar, strings hanging off the head stock and extra tuning keys is going to play a big rock club. I got out and just ambled around, he said his name was Big Joe Williams - a COMPLETE blank to me - never heard of him. He said to my friend "I wrote a song Van Morrison and others did called Baby Please Don't Go." I was pretty sure right then he was just conning my friend cause that was a favorite song of mine and I knew I had it on an album by Paul Revere and the Raiders! And we're suppose to think that this guy is sitting - barely out of the rain, in Starkville - with a beat up old guitar and little amp and he wrote that hit song that dozens of famous groups had done?????? LOL!!! Soon then he started talking about his friend Bob Dylan, who had just had a very serious motorcycle accident. This fellow was very worried about him, he had details about how it happened and was going to see Dylan while he was up north. My friend was asking all the musical question - I was very shy at the time - and all these interesting stories about the famous musical people this guitar player knew came pouring out. I read every musical magazine there was and knew his stories to be accurate but could not believe this old fellow read those. He didn't even look like he could get a job in an old broken down beer joint...... Well the bus came, we got our package, he and my friend said so long and we got back in the car. My friend, a big blues fan - which I was not - was elated after hearing all those, admittedly, fascinating stories. But doubter me, I was going to prove he was just pulling my friend's leg. Back at the college, I jumped out of the car, ran upstairs and grabbed the Raiders LP and looked "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO writer BIG JOE WILLIAMS!!!! And WHY was he in little Starkville???? Well, I much later found out he lived in Crawford, Ms, an even smaller town, about 20 miles away....... Look him up on Wiki or over to the right in more videos of him.... And Big Joe, if you can hear me up there in the sky, I apologize for doubting what you were saying and I thank you for teaching that know it all kid a lesson he's never forgotten - You cannot judge someone by their looks!!!!!!
I’m 100% sure he forgives you and would have a beer and a laugh with you if he could. What an interesting and glorious day you had all those years ago.
He was the Frist to ever record this song ........ what's great about songs like this is there is no known original writer and its open and free for every blues musician to put their spin on it like back in the old days when songs were just passed down from one musician to the next , or some just played a cool progression with a good beat and everyone just jumped in and played along adding their own flavor , and making the lyrics up as they went along . Back before the Record player was invented no one cared about taking credit for a song they created , hell a lot of people didn't even write the music down just played it and showed others who liked it how it was done to be passed down to another musician to play . The music industry ruined what the spirit of the blues truly is about , now its just all about taking credit and making money . The True spirit of the blues is about playing a song that makes others feel as you do its about musicians learning a cool chordal progression or some sweet sounding notes , getting together and just play something and enjoying the moment , its about passing what you know on to the next musician so they can express themselves through the chords and notes they have learnt , Its about pouring your heart out and allowing your spirit to become one with your instrument and letting the music come alive .
Wow ,bra! I found the legend! These kids don't know nothing about this. Gotta know the blues before you can rock! Gonna take at least a few years. Ty Joe 🤙
My fiancé gifted me an 8x10 painting titled Big Joe Williams by the artist “Frenchy” Randy Leo Frechette. Being from Texas, my sister said that she thought that she recognized the name so I CZcamsd it and low and behold. I love, love, love art, but this painting does not capture the amazing tones in this man’s voice nor is it able to mesmerize you with the tantric finger picking ear voodoo coming from this man’s soul.
@@michaelmckenna6464 indeed Heyoka. I'm sure you never misspelled a word. That's a Lakota word, Heyoka. Likely, a payaso.... Spanish word...like you has no idea what is Lakota. Please get serious. 😂 😃 😄 😁 🤣
This really is a step in musical evolution , the leap betwen traditional folk and modern pop/rock . A point in the evolution where nboth are apparently at once
@@canesvenatici4259 I heard the song first by Otis Redding first. I did not mean to give you the impression that Otis wrote the song. But the Rolling Stones did not write that song. Now, if you would like to send me some proof I will accept it. But I love both versions. Have a wonderful day Canes. Bye bye
@@pbenson56fran Otis Redding's Satisfaction, recorded on Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul is accredited to Jagger and Richards. Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul was released in *September* of 1965, and the (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction single came out in *June* in America. They first recorded a demo version in Chess studios on the 10th of May.
@@canesvenatici4259 you know your stuff. You go on with your bad self. Meaning you are cool. And I will shut me face up up. Thank you. You must be a music history person. Thanks again for the information. Good night. Wow
Some of the great bluesmen were better in youth and when they played in the 50s/60s revival shows lot of them had lost their edge. Not Big Joe! His playing is great and he means every word of it!
“From the 1935 single on Bluebird Record. Interesting, isn’t it? I mean, ‘The Crawlin’ King Snake’ covered by so many bands, like The Doors, more recently by The Black Keys and ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’, I mean, how many versions do we hear. Such an evocative and ridiculous piece of music that’s come all the way down through time,” Robert Plant said. Big Joe Williams was an American Delta Blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. An influential musician is known for “Baby Please Don’t Go”, “Crawlin’ King Snake, and “Peach Orchard Mama”, he was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame back in 1992, ten years after his death in 1982 at the age of 79.
I think it was a cheap Sovereign guitar, to which he had added 3 strings (d,b,e) to increase its volume and a pickup that was fixed with Scotch tape. Nothing spectacular, but in result with a great sound. I actually saw him playing live two times. Absolutely impressing and two evenings I will never forget.
@@PeterSchuettso he modified his acoustic guitars, just like late JJ Cale (Tulsa musician) did. How cool is that! Perhaps JJ Cale was inspired by him doing so? I always thought of JJ as a inventor. . .
@@bsnf-5 I saw Big Joe Williams live 3 times. Here is the story of the 3 very special concerts: czcams.com/video/2EB1jLt2nF0/video.htmlsi=KtNqX4l1vv11MyeR
I have a message that I’m sharing where I can, some may not want to hear this, but I ask that we stay polite and seek truth together. 😊 ..... Love is an action. Feed the hungry, house the homeless, father the orphan, and protect the defenseless and vulnerable. Read the Word for yourself, not only relying on others for guidance. Pray for guidance.Yahushua/Yeshua - His Hebrew name who is usually called (Jesus) taught to keep the whole Word. Including the Law/Torah. Matthew 5:17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not [g]the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! 19 Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches [h]others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever [i]keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Read 1 John. John tells us that sin is lawlessness, and that we must keep the commandments. Trust in the atonement of Yahushua/Yeshua who is usually called Jesus, and keep God (YHWH)'s whole Word/commandments. Revelation 12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 14:12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. Go to parableofthevineyard youtube channel for information about the bible and good bible studies. I'm in no way paid or sent by him for advertising. I just have learned a lot from his content. He's just a man who is trying to learn as well. :) Yeshua died so we may be resurrected to eternal life....
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, about 1966, in Starkville Ms. and friend of mine and I were waiting at the dilapidated bus station (an old gas station) to pick up a package. There was this older gentleman in a brownish trench coat sitting on an old bench out front with a beat up old guitar and an amplifier so old it looked like a 1940's wooden radio with a metal handle. As we sat in the car, my friend said "I think I know that guy." He kept looking at the fellow sitting by himself and telling me "That guy just looks familiar." Well, the guy didn't look familiar to me, so I just let it go. Suddenly, my friend gets out of the car and goes over and sits down on the bench with this fellow. They start chatting and I roll the window down and to hear what's going on. The fellow with the old guitar says he's heading up to New York City to play the Cafe A Go Go - a big club up there then. "Yeah sure" I said to myself, this guy with a broken down old Stella guitar, strings hanging off the head stock and extra tuning keys is going to play a big rock club. I got out and just ambled around, he said his name was Big Joe Williams - a COMPLETE blank to me - never heard of him. He said to my friend "I wrote a song Van Morrison and others did called Baby Please Don't Go." I was pretty sure right then he was just conning my friend cause that was a favorite song of mine and I knew I had it on an album by Paul Revere and the Raiders! And we're suppose to think that this guy is sitting - barely out of the rain, in Starkville - with a beat up old guitar and little amp and he wrote that hit song that dozens of famous groups had done?????? LOL!!! Soon then he started talking about his friend Bob Dylan, who had just had a very serious motorcycle accident. This fellow was very worried about him, he had details about how it happened and was going to see Dylan while he was up north. My friend was asking all the musical question - I was very shy at the time - and all these interesting stories about the famous musical people this guitar player knew came pouring out. I read every musical magazine there was and knew his stories to be accurate but could not believe this old fellow read those. He didn't even look like he could get a job in an old broken down beer joint...... Well the bus came, we got our package, he and my friend said so long and we got back in the car. My friend, a big blues fan - which I was not - was elated after hearing all those, admittedly, fascinating stories. But doubter me, I was going to prove he was just pulling my friend's leg. Back at the college, I jumped out of the car, ran upstairs and grabbed the Raiders LP and looked "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO writer BIG JOE WILLIAMS!!!! And WHY was he in little Starkville???? Well, I much later found out he lived in Crawford, Ms, an even smaller town, about 20 miles away....... Look him up on Wiki or over to the right in more videos of him.... And Big Joe, if you can hear me up there in the sky, I apologize for doubting what you were saying and I thank you for teaching that know it all kid a lesson he's never forgotten - You cannot judge someone by their looks!!!!!!
Wow man what an amazing story. God bless us all and may we all learn
I’m 100% sure he forgives you and would have a beer and a laugh with you if he could. What an interesting and glorious day you had all those years ago.
❤❤❤
The farther back you go into the history of the Delta Blues the more powerful the artists become!!! 👊🏿💕🔥
Shit be like Pokemon.
He was the Frist to ever record this song ........
what's great about songs like this is there is no known original writer and its open and free for every blues musician to put their spin on it like back in the old days when songs were just passed down from one musician to the next , or some just played a cool progression with a good beat and everyone just jumped in and played along adding their own flavor , and making the lyrics up as they went along .
Back before the Record player was invented no one cared about taking credit for a song they created , hell a lot of people didn't even write the music down just played it and showed others who liked it how it was done to be passed down to another musician to play .
The music industry ruined what the spirit of the blues truly is about , now its just all about taking credit and making money .
The True spirit of the blues is about playing a song that makes others feel as you do its about musicians learning a cool chordal progression or some sweet sounding notes , getting together and just play something and enjoying the moment , its about passing what you know on to the next musician so they can express themselves through the chords and notes they have learnt , Its about pouring your heart out and allowing your spirit to become one with your instrument and letting the music come alive .
These old blues guys played and sang from the very depths of their heart and soul
Wow ,bra! I found the legend! These kids don't know nothing about this. Gotta know the blues before you can rock! Gonna take at least a few years. Ty Joe 🤙
The soul when he sings will never be found this day and age
Blues the most important type of music
Outstanding!! Simply outstanding!!
Sometimes I don't think I'll make it....then I go back to this and think "fuck yeah" I'll make it. Thanks Big Joe!
I know whatcha mean! Hope you're still makinnit!
Dam Right!
There's a gold source of old musicians in CZcams. I agree with Bear Williams' comment hundred per cent.
Muddy channeled Big Joe with this song!
Thats how everything were started!!!! Thank you black people from the bottom of my heart!
My fiancé gifted me an 8x10 painting titled Big Joe Williams by the artist “Frenchy” Randy Leo Frechette. Being from Texas, my sister said that she thought that she recognized the name so I CZcamsd it and low and behold. I love, love, love art, but this painting does not capture the amazing tones in this man’s voice nor is it able to mesmerize you with the tantric finger picking ear voodoo coming from this man’s soul.
Thank you for posting this I found my new favorite painter !
Absolutely love that 9 string!
Classic sound of the blues as it should be played and sung straight from the heat.
there is no "should" but i feel you
Never heard of music coming from the heat.
@@DJK-cq2uy With Spellcheck and Autocorrect, music from the heart could come out reading “from the heat”!
😂
@@michaelmckenna6464 indeed Heyoka. I'm sure you never misspelled a word. That's a Lakota word, Heyoka. Likely, a payaso.... Spanish word...like you has no idea what is Lakota. Please get serious. 😂 😃 😄 😁 🤣
@@DJK-cq2uy¡ QUE POCO VUELO¡
Legendary 👏🏻👏🏻
BEAUTIFUL!
on paper ...blues is a very simple...in performance literally takes a lifetime.
Big big big Joe......!!!!!
The greatest blues ever 🍻🍻🍻
This really is a step in musical evolution , the leap betwen traditional folk and modern pop/rock . A point in the evolution where nboth are apparently at once
Legendary Muddy Waters father and Rolling Stones grandfather
Too funny too funny but I think I can see why you say that. Mick in his younger days would blow a song up. He redid Otis Redding's song Satisfaction.
@@pbenson56fran Satisfaction was written by the Stones, then Otis Redding covered Satisfaction.
@@canesvenatici4259 I heard the song first by Otis Redding first. I did not mean to give you the impression that Otis wrote the song. But the Rolling Stones did not write that song. Now, if you would like to send me some proof I will accept it. But I love both versions. Have a wonderful day Canes. Bye bye
@@pbenson56fran Otis Redding's Satisfaction, recorded on Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul is accredited to Jagger and Richards. Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul was released in *September* of 1965, and the (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction single came out in *June* in America. They first recorded a demo version in Chess studios on the 10th of May.
@@canesvenatici4259 you know your stuff. You go on with your bad self. Meaning you are cool. And I will shut me face up up. Thank you. You must be a music history person. Thanks again for the information. Good night. Wow
Some of the great bluesmen were better in youth and when they played in the 50s/60s revival shows lot of them had lost their edge. Not Big Joe! His playing is great and he means every word of it!
Yes
history being made
Influenciou até o AC ⚡ DC ... 👏 👏 👏
He's good, but having listened to this many many times i still think New Orleans ain't that bad a place, so i'm going there anyways.
Friend did you miss the point, he didn't want his woman going there because he loved her so, baby please dont go.
🎶 Now if a 6, turnt out be 9, I don't mind...I don't mind.
Absolutely incredible
He made the first recorded version of this song. 1935 BlueBird Records.
Amazing how his foot is the bass Budgie did a cover of this song I hope he hears it up there!
I came to this via Budgie (not Van Morrison and Them).
A fine musician
This is the first time I learned that this song wasn't written by Van Morrison.
I thought it was originally muddy waters .. so wrong as well lol
. . sounds Like His Strings are Old and Rusty . . .
. Adds To The COOL Factor . .
Love Big Joe Williams. I made a small video talking 'bout him and his 9 string guitar. @
wow
Awesome
Real music. Not computerized radio crap.
The smirk at 2:39
Muy buena version!!!!!! Soy muy fanatico del blues!!!! Saludos desde argentina
I might possibly like his version more than lightnin
Genial
“From the 1935 single on Bluebird Record. Interesting, isn’t it? I mean, ‘The Crawlin’ King Snake’ covered by so many bands, like The Doors, more recently by The Black Keys and ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’, I mean, how many versions do we hear. Such an evocative and ridiculous piece of music that’s come all the way down through time,” Robert Plant said.
Big Joe Williams was an American Delta Blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. An influential musician is known for “Baby Please Don’t Go”, “Crawlin’ King Snake, and “Peach Orchard Mama”, he was inducted into the Blues Hall Of Fame back in 1992, ten years after his death in 1982 at the age of 79.
Included IN Plant's top 32 songs. Published today in an interview while on tour.
HOW ABOUT THAT!! ??
If your here, your lady already done gone or shes askin u to turn this down , and your this many drinks in >
love it
I like the cover of this song done by Webb Wilder.
Jesus god almighty
Here from the doors
but she did, all the way to belfast to give van morrison and them one of their early hits.
Interesting that Van Morrison changed it in : "before I be your dog" .....
What's Joe constantly doing with that contraption under the strings ?
Does anyone know what kind of arch top he’s playing?
Your mum
I think it was a cheap Sovereign guitar, to which he had added 3 strings (d,b,e) to increase its volume and a pickup that was fixed with Scotch tape. Nothing spectacular, but in result with a great sound.
I actually saw him playing live two times. Absolutely impressing and two evenings I will never forget.
@@PeterSchuettso he modified his acoustic guitars, just like late JJ Cale (Tulsa musician) did. How cool is that! Perhaps JJ Cale was inspired by him doing so? I always thought of JJ as a inventor. . .
@@bsnf-5 Big Joe might not have been the inventor, but he did it many years before J.J. Cale even started playing guitar.
@@bsnf-5 I saw Big Joe Williams live 3 times. Here is the story of the 3 very special concerts: czcams.com/video/2EB1jLt2nF0/video.htmlsi=KtNqX4l1vv11MyeR
La contraire
I have a message that I’m sharing where I can, some may not want to hear this, but I ask that we stay polite and seek truth together. 😊
.....
Love is an action. Feed the hungry, house the homeless, father the orphan, and protect the defenseless and vulnerable.
Read the Word for yourself, not only relying on others for guidance. Pray for guidance.Yahushua/Yeshua - His Hebrew name who is usually called (Jesus) taught to keep the whole Word. Including the Law/Torah. Matthew 5:17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not [g]the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! 19 Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches [h]others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever [i]keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Read 1 John. John tells us that sin is lawlessness, and that we must keep the commandments. Trust in the atonement of Yahushua/Yeshua who is usually called Jesus, and keep God (YHWH)'s whole Word/commandments. Revelation 12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 14:12 Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. Go to parableofthevineyard youtube channel for information about the bible and good bible studies. I'm in no way paid or sent by him for advertising. I just have learned a lot from his content. He's just a man who is trying to learn as well. :) Yeshua died so we may be resurrected to eternal life....
No one wants to hear you buybull thumping , take it somewhere else
LEGEND NEVER DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG JOE IS A REALLY BIG!!!!!!!!
Awesome