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label	Robert Pete Williams
sameAs	Robert Pete Williams Robert Pete Williams
name	Robert Pete Williams
gender	Male
dbo:genre	dbr:Louisiana_blues
Subject	American blues guitarists American blues singer-songwriters 1980 deaths Prison music 20th-century American singers 1914 births American blues musicians Blues revival musicians Country blues musicians Louisiana blues musicians People from Zachary, Louisiana
abstract	Born March 14, 1914, Zachary, Louisiana. Williams was an inmate at Angola Prison when he was discovered by folklorists Harry Oster and Richard Allen. Their recordings of his freewheeling, improvisational blues pieces spawned a fruitful and expansive recording career, which Williams enjoyed until his death on December 31, 1980.
dbo:abstract	Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional structures and guitar tunings, and his songs are often about the time he served in prison. His song %22I've Grown So Ugly%22 has been covered by Captain Beefheart, on his album Safe as Milk (1967), and by The Black Keys, on Rubber Factory (2004).
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schema:birthDate	1914-03-14
schema:deathDate	1980-12-31
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wsb:name_without_accent	Robert Pete Williams
wsb:record_label	Sonet Takoma Arhoolie Records
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wsb:wikia_page	Robert_Pete_Williams
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schema:genre	Louisiana Blues
is mo:performer of	Angola Special Free Again Those Prison Blues I Got The Blues So Bad Pardon Denied Again Almost Dead Blues Rolling Stone Two Wings A Thousand Miles From Nowhere Thumbing A Ride I've Grown So Ugly Death Blues Hobo Worried Blues Hay Cutting Song Louise Blue In Me

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