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Robert Pete Williams

Robert Pete Williams has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 12 episodes and was first played on 12 October 2015.

Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American blues musician, based in Louisiana. His music characteristically employs unconventional blues tunings and structures, and his songs are often about the time he served in prison. His song "I've Grown So Ugly" was covered by Captain Beefheart, on his album Safe as Milk (1967), whose version was later covered by The Black Keys, on Rubber Factory (2004).

Williams was born in Zachary, Louisiana to sharecropping parents, and lived around the…

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Dyin' Soul
Robert Pete Williams
Arhoolie Records0
Dyin' Soul
Robert Pete WilliamsArhoolie Records0
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High As I Want To Be
Robert Pete Williams
Takoma1968
High As I Want To Be
Robert Pete WilliamsTakoma1968
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Church On Fire #2
Robert Pete Williams
Arhoolie Records0
Church On Fire #2
Robert Pete WilliamsArhoolie Records0
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So Much Is Happenin' In This Wicked World
Robert Pete Williams
Arhoolie Records1994
So Much Is Happenin' In This Wicked World
Robert Pete WilliamsArhoolie Records1994
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Pardon Renied (Denied) Again
Robert Pete Williams
Folk-Lyric0
Pardon Renied (Denied) Again
Robert Pete WilliamsFolk-Lyric0
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I'll Be Glad When I'm From Behind Iron Walls
Robert Pete Williams
Folk-Lyric0
I'll Be Glad When I'm From Behind Iron Walls
Robert Pete WilliamsFolk-Lyric0
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Pardon Denied Again
Robert Pete Williams
Trikont2006
Pardon Denied Again
Robert Pete WilliamsTrikont2006
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Hobo Worried Blues
Robert Pete Williams
Fantasy1973
Hobo Worried Blues
Robert Pete WilliamsFantasy1973
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It's A Long Old Road
Robert Pete Williams
Takoma1968
It's A Long Old Road
Robert Pete WilliamsTakoma1968
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