Rootin’ Ground Hog

~ Recording by Big Joe Williams

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Rootin’ Ground Hog?:??Big JoeRootin’ Ground Hog / I Won’t Be in Hard Luck No MoreBig JoeSingle
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)B-7065
1.5Rootin' Ground Hog?:??Big Joe WilliamsCrawling King SnakeBig Joe WilliamsAlbum
RCA International (Camden) (RCA sub imprint)INT1087
1.9Rootin' Ground Hog2:54Big Joe WilliamsThrow a Boogie WoogieSonny Boy Williamson and Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)9599-2-R
2.18Rootin’ Ground Hog3:01Big Joe WilliamsNothing but the Blues: Meet Me Around the CornerJohn Lee Hooker / Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
History (TIM AG imprint)20.1945-HI
1.9Rootin’ Ground Hog2:56Big Joe WilliamsThe Blues Collection: Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't GoBig Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (UK subsidiary publishing imprint of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 036
1.12Rooting Ground Hog3:13Big Joe WilliamsMississippi's Big Joe Williams and His Nine-String GuitarBig Joe WilliamsAlbum
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SF CD 40052
1.16Rootin' Ground Hog2:55Big Joe WilliamsPo' Joe (1999 release by ABM)Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
ABM (imprint? of Audio Book & Music Company Limited)ABMMCD 1076
1.10Rootin' Ground Hog3:03Big Joe WilliamsMeet Me Around the CornerBig Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect Silver Line (Infringing DE reissue label run by TIM The International Music Company AG)205752-203
1.12Rootin' Ground Hog2:57Big Joe WilliamsBig Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi BluesBig Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP7719
2.11Rootin' Groundhog3:02Big Joe WilliamsI Blueskvarter Chicago 1964, Vol.3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Jefferson Records (Swedish Blues Label)SBACD 12658/9
46.10Rootin' Ground Hog3:02Big Joe WilliamsThe Ultimate Jazz ArchiveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222800-387
2.10Rootin’ Ground Hog3:02Big Joe WilliamsThe Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 12: BluesLead Belly, Big Joe Williams, Robert Johnson, Kokomo ArnoldAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-08-29
Membran Music Ltd.222768-382
1.12Rootin’ Ground Hog2:58Big Joe WilliamsComplete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1935 - 1941Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)BDCD-6003
1.20Rootin’ Ground Hog3:03Big Joe WilliamsEssential Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD321
1.22Rooting Ground Hog3:12Big Joe WilliamsBottleneck Blues AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD418
2.24Rootin' Ground Hog?:??Big Joe WilliamsDefinitive Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-09-28
Not Now MusicNOT3CD087
1.20Rootin’ Ground Hog3:03Big Joe WilliamsEssential Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD321
3.7Rooting Ground Hog3:11Big Joe WilliamsThe Story of the Blues: 125 Blues ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT5CD916
3.17Rootin’ Ground Hog3:03Big Joe WilliamsThe Kings of the Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Big3 (UK, budget compilations)BT3194
2.26Rootin' Ground Hog3:09Big Joe WilliamsThe Original Ramblin' Bluesman 1945-1961Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-11-04
Jasmine Records (UK label)JASMCD 3134
2.24Rootin Ground Hog3:12Big Joe WilliamsFour Classic AlbumsBig Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
Avid EntertainmentAMSC1385
5.20Rooting Ground Hog3:11Big Joe WilliamsBaby Please Don't Go: The Collection 1935-62Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-11-08
Acrobat (flagship label of Trapeze Music & Entertainment Limited)
1.14Rootin' Ground Hog2:55Joe WilliamsBaby Please Don't Go: The Collection 1935-62Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-11-08
Acrobat (flagship label of Trapeze Music & Entertainment Limited)
Promotion
1.9Rootin’ Ground Hog2:56Big Joe WilliamsNine Strings Guitar Blues (Les Génies du Blues)Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1993-03-05
Guilde Internationale du DisqueBLU-CD 3059
(unknown)
1.11Rootin' Ground Hog2:57Big Joe WilliamsThe Original Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 1Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-10-09
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSP7797

Relationships

recorded in:Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica:Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
lead vocals:Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)