Free Again (Robert Pete Williams album) explained

Free Again
Type:	Album
Artist:	Robert Pete Williams
Cover:	Free Again (Robert Pete Williams album).jpg
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	November 14, 1960
Studio:	Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Denham Springs, Louisiana
Genre:	Blues
Length:	45:11
Label:	Bluesville
Producer:	Kenneth S. Goldstein
Chronology:	Robert Pete Williams
Prev Title:	Those Prison Blues
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Louisiana Blues
Next Year:	1966

Free Again is an album by blues musician Robert Pete Williams recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label in July the following year.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

AllMusic stated: "Despite the constant, restless movement of Williams' guitar lines, these recordings have a stillness to them, as if the reverberation of his blunt, heavy attack might be the only sound for miles around. Intimately recorded by Oster himself, these ten solo guitar and vocal performances represent some of the finest of Williams' career and some of the best the blues has to offer".

Track listing

All compositions by Robert Pete Williams except where noted

1. "Free Again" – 5:03
2. "Almost Dead Blues" – 4:05
3. "Rolling Stone" (Traditional) – 4:49
4. "Two Wings" – 4:50
5. "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" – 5:17
6. "Thumbing a Ride" – 4:38
7. "I've Grown So Ugly" – 2:50
8. "Death Blues" – 5:16
9. "Hobo Worried Blues" – 4:10
10. "Hay Cutting Song" – 4:13

Personnel

Performance

• Robert Pete Williams – guitar, vocals

Production

• Kenneth S. Goldstein – producer
• Harry Oster – engineer

Notes and References

1. News: July Album Releases . June 18, 2019 . The Cash Box . The Cash Box, New York . July 22, 1961.
2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1026 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
3. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
4. https://www.wirz.de/music/willrobt.htm Robert Pete Williams Discography