Last night, for whatever reason, I decided to revisit some lesser known Billy Lee Riley cuts, and the second or third one I hit on was his cover of Big Joe Williams's "Baby, Please Don't Go". Again, for whatever reason, it made me want to hear the Amboy Dukes' version. It had been a while, primarily because Ted Nugent is such an asshole these days, it's hard for me to hear it objectively. But his guitar on it is pretty damn cool, and who knows? Maybe he wasn't such an asshole back then. After that it was Them's version, followed by Big Joe Williams's original (that's him above), And so on. It's such a basic song, it's cool to hear what different people do with it.
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Listen (semi-chronologically):Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (streaming) at YouTube
Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go (streaming) at YouTube Live, a little later, electric.
John Lee Hooker - Baby, Please Don't Go mp3 at Atumblr (?)
Billy Lee Riley - Baby, Please Don't Go mp3 at Mp3 Rockabilly
Them - Baby, Please Don't Go mp3 at Similar Song
Amboy Dukes - Baby, Please Don't Go mp3 at Atumblr (?)
AC/DC - Baby, Please Don't Go mp3 at Range Low (?)
Video:
Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go at YouTube
Them - Baby, Please Don't Go at YouTube Very cool.
Muddy Waters wth Mick Jagger, Kieth Richards, Ron Wood and Ian Stewart - Baby, Please Don't Go at YouTube (Second half of video.) 1981
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