In Memory of Robert Johnson [Import]

Paul Williams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Connoisseur Coll.
• ASIN: B00000DB4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #981,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Terraplane Blues [Version One]

2. Crossroads Blues

3. Kind Hearted Woman Blues

4. If I Had a Possession Over Judgement Day

5. Rambling Blues

6. When You Got a Good Friend

7. Come on in My Kitchen

8. Terraplane Blues [Version Two]

Editorial Reviews

1998 Connoisseur re-release for the 25th anniversary of thiscult album dedicated to the late Delta Blues singer.Contains eight tracks by Paul Williams & his musical friendsSpencer Davis (acoustic guitar), Glenn Campbell (steelguitar), Mick Moody (guitar), Eddie Woods (lead guitar),Alun Davies (guitar), Jon Mark (acoustic guitar), Bob Half(piano), Keith Ellis (bass guitar) and Pat Donaldson (bassguitar).

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Who is this guy? He knows his stuff., January 19, 2005

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Prometheus "diosprometheus" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Memory of Robert Johnson (Audio CD)

Who is this Paul Williams?

This is not the Paul Williams the link shows as doing this album nor is it the Paul Williams of Bluegrass fame.

This Paul Williams knows Robert Johnson inside out. He brings more blues and passion to the treatment of this material than any of the White bread treatments by Eric Clapton or Peter Green. One can almost hear that old time Delta sound in this album by someone who knows the blues and has lived it. If one can't get passed the scratchy sounds of the original Robert Johnson, this album is a good place to start. If you can get passed that, get the original, and then listen to the guys who taught Johnson his licks, such as Lonnie Johnson, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Blake, and Charlie Patton.

5.0 out of 5 stars Damn good blues...!!!, August 28, 2008

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Stevem5000 "Stevem5000" (St Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Memory of Robert Johnson (Audio CD)

I found this CD about 5 years ago in a dust bin of a big store retailer...evidently nobody know what they had...

Even though I am heavy into the blues...I bought it for $6.00 not knowing who Paul Williams was...

Wow...blew my mind...

I have the complete Robert Johnson collection, and many of the other artists that have recorded his stuff...I don't think any other artist comes anywhere this close to a "modernized" version of Johnson's music...

The nuaunce, instrumentation, fill work, style...perfect...

I have about 3-400 blues CD's in my collection and we always have a few that we play regularly...this CD gets played a few times every month...

Never get tired of it...

If you like blues in it's original form...as opposed to a "rock-n-roll" version...you're gonna love this...