This forty-track double disc is one of the best of the many Big Bill Broonzy-compilations on the market, especially considering the price, and it does a great job summarizing Big Bill's thirty-year career. William Lee Conley Broonzy was a huge source of inspiration to many younger bluesmen, Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim among them, and once you've heard him do "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Worrying ...
Happy Birthday to "*Big Bill Broonzy*":http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifixq95ldje, born on this day in 1893 in Scott, Mississippi. Like so many of the great classic bluesmen, Broonzy came from threadbare beginnings and ultimately rose to the top reaches of blues talent. He is held in particularly high regard today as one of the best and most prolific songwriters in blues, and ...
Recorded 260 songs wrote upwards of 300. Multi-talented artist who's impact on the Chicago blues scene is unmeasurable. Big Bill was as well liked as he was talented and many a young musician was helped by this giant whose music is "absolutely basic to the blues experience". This selection was recorded in March of 1932. Just Bill and his guitar.Late 1950's