Still Livin' the Blues's video: Big Joe Williams and His Unique 9-String Guitar

Guitar players love learning about their favorite guitar players, and the unique way they personalize their guitars. One guy who often gets forgotten in discussion is Big Joe Williams and his cool 9 string guitar. He began to add strings to his regular guitars at some point in the 1920's-1930'2. The pictures appear to show him playing a custom made 8 string...but at some point, he added another and made it 9. There are several videos on YouTube of an older Joe Williams playing his 9-string. Here are some links to those videos. She Left Me A Mule To Ride from 1966 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM-ebiCuVpo Baby, Please Don't Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88f3D1xZOIM Big Joe Williams at the Bagneux Festival 1971 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtsEYZKKL6c Low Down Dirty Shame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0bx8SUX-4I Mississippi Delta Blues Festival, 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9iIokI9PY Here are some other links to some of his classic songs. Crawlin' King Snake - BIG JOE WILLIAMS (1941) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDoeZa50Z8g Hellhound On My Trail (Robert Johnson Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfyLx3R0slE&list=PL8a8cutYP7foGnxVvvH9RK_dqRwpq2j__ Crossroad Blues (Robert Johnson Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbTKowhBylE&list=PL8a8cutYP7foGnxVvvH9RK_dqRwpq2j__&index=4 Bottle Up and Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EObpRWfx5G0 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCrHQUksJfQ Thanks for watching! John@Still Livin' the Blues