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11 de abr. de 2012 · Great video of Sonny Boy, solo – from the American Folk Blues Festival in Europe: No need to try to hunt down that “Chess Years” box set (I couldn’t find a copy on Amazon or eBay). “The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson” (below) delivers the goods with 45 prime cuts from the Chess catalog (you blues vinyl nerds out there will know these tunes were originally released on the label’s ...
Sonny Boy Williamson II. Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 [3] [a] – May 24, 1965), [4] known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. [2] He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sonny Boy Williamson was a blues legend who played with Robert Johnson at the start of his career and Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Robbie Robertson at the end of it. In between, he drank a lot of whiskey, had a successful radio show for 15 years, toured Europe to great acclaim and sang some of the greatest blues ever recorded.
The fourth DVD in the series: American Folk-Blues Festival: The British Tours 1963–1966 was also in black & white, recorded live in England. The DVD was again by Reelin’ In The Years Productions. The Tracklist and recording date for Volume 4 – The British Tours is: 1 – Sonny Boy Williamson (2) (1963) Keep It To Yourself.
29 de sept. de 2016 · May 25, 1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson ll was born Aleck (Alex) Ford aka Alex “Rice” Miller – (his stepfather’s name) on the Sara Jones Plantation near Glendora, in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.He claimed his birth date was December 5, 1899 although one researcher, David Evans, music professor at Memphis University, claims to have found census record evidence that he was born around ...
14 de mar. de 2010 · John Lee (now called Sonny Boy Williamson I, or #1 to distinguish him from his pretender) was one of the biggest blues stars of the era, whom often in tandem with Big Joe Williams and/or Yank Rachell had scored many "race" hits starting in 1937 with Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Bring Me Another Half Pint, Bluebird Blues, Sloppy Drunk, et. al.
15 de ene. de 2009 · Live in Europe by Sonny Boy Williamson II released in 2009. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
