Malvina My Sweet Woman Explained

Malvina My Sweet Woman
Type:	album
Artist:	Big Joe Williams
Cover:	Malvina_My_Sweet_Woman_OL2804.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	1951, 1952, 1973
Genre:	Delta blues
Length:	52:24^[1]
Label:	Oldie Blues, OL 2804
Producer:	Martin van Olderen
Prev Title:	Blues From The Mississippi Delta
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	The Legacy Of The Blues, Vol. 6
Next Year:	1974

Malvina My Sweet Woman (Compact Disc)
Type:	album
Artist:	Big Joe Williams
Cover:	Malvina My Sweet Woman OLCD7004.jpg
Released:	1997
Label:	Oldie Blues, OLCD 7004

Malvina My Sweet Woman is an album by American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Big Joe Williams.

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 in the Netherlands.^[2] The album was released in 1974 on the Oldie Blues label as OL 2804 and re-issued on CD in 1997 as OLCD 7004.^[3] The album was produced by Martin van Olderen with liner notes by Leo W. Bruin.

Track listing

Side one (The home recordings 1951/52)

1. "Whistling Pine Blues"
2. "Mama Don't Allow No Doggin' All Night Long"
3. "Thousand Year Blues"
4. "She's Been Shaking A Little Boogie"
5. "Strange Girl Blues"
6. "Early Morning Blues"
7. "Shake A Little Boogie"
8. "Early In The Morning"
9. "New Car Blues"
10. "Taylor Made Stomp"

Side two (Live in the Zodiac Club in Amstelveen, March 24, 1973)

1. "You Done Me Wrong"
2. "Black Rat Blues"
3. "Poor Beggar"
4. "Everyday Brings Out A Change"
5. "Baby Don't You Wanna Go"
6. "Highway 61 Blues"
7. "Rooster Blues"
8. "Rollin' In Your Arms"
9. "You Are My Sunshine"

Personnel^[4]

• Big Joe Williams - 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)

External links

• Big Joe Williams discography at Wirz.de

Notes and References

1. http://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/L00000005967 Malvina My Sweet Woman at MuziekWeb
2. Bruin, Leo. W, Malvina My Sweet Woman, Linernotes OLCD 7004 (1997)
3. http://www.wirz.de/music/oldiefrm.htm Oldie Blues discography at Wirz.de
4. Bruin, Leo. W, Malvina My Sweet Woman, Linernotes OLCD 7004 (1997)