Baby Please Don't Go

Big Joe Williams recorded Baby Please Dont Go in Chicago on October 31 1935 for Bluebird with Dad Tracy on one-string fiddle and Chasey Collins on washboard. The session was supervised by Lester Melrose and presented Williams vocal and nine-string guitar in a stark small-group setting. Released by Bluebird in 1935, Baby Please Dont Go became one of Big Joe Williams defining records. Its direct lyric and driving country-blues rhythm helped establish the song as a durable blues standard. Baby Please Dont Go became one of the most widely covered blues songs, later recorded by artists including Muddy Waters, Them, the Amboy Dukes, AC/DC, and Aerosmith. Williams original remains the root version for the songs long movement through blues, rock, and hard rock repertoires.