#Sonny Boy Williamson

[musickickztoo]

Sonny Boy Williamson II † May 24, 1965

#sonny boy williamson #alec miller #may 24

[ifelllikeastar]

Sonny Boy Williamson was a blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument. He played on hundreds of recordings by many pre–World War II blues artists. Later in his career, he was a mentor to many up and coming blues musicians who moved to Chicago, including Muddy Waters.

Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee Curtis) died on June 1, 1948 at the age of 34.

#sonny boy williamson #love #music legend #harmonica #blues harp #chicago #tennessee #illinois #muddy waters #black lives

[to-pass-the-time-away]

I listen to music that's so old it takes Spotify half way through the song to load the lyrics.

#music #blues #rock n roll #vinyl #records #spotify #howlin' wolf #muddy waters #robert johnson #lightnin hopkins #lead belly #sonny boy williamson #just about any blues artist it does it to

[thegroovywitch]

Jimmy Page’s long lost jam session with one of blues’ greats

While looking for rare Jimmy Page/Led Zeppelin records to add to my collection, I stumbled upon an album containing recordings from a lesser known jam session, having taken place during Jimmy’s session musician days in early 1965.

The album was first released in 1972 in France, then on the Springboard label in 1975 to capitalize on Led Zeppelin’s unprecedented popularity at the time. It features tracks from a session Jimmy Page did with Sonny Boy Williamson just before Sonny Boy left England for the very last time.

While some sources say the sessions took place in April 1964, they actually seem to have taken place on January 28, 1965 at IBC Studios. The musicians were:

• Jimmy Page: guitar

• Brian Auger: organ

• Ricky Brown: bass

• Mickey Waller: drums

• Joe Harriot & Alan Skidmore: saxes

There are some quotes from Mickey Waller (interviewed by Chris Welch) and some other info on the record in Bob Brunning’s Blues: The British Connection (earlier published as Blues in Britain).

There is also a more recently released 2CD edition of Sonny Boy Williamson in Britain containing all the sessions done by Williamson during his last stay in the country, including The Yardbirds, The Animals and the Jimmy Page/Brian Auger session.

Waller says: “We started at 10.00 am and it was all done by 1.00 pm. Also it was done completely live: there were no overdubs. We all sat in a circle and played.”

Sonny Boy got drunk, and his erratic sense of timing gave the musicians some trouble.

Pictured above:

pic 1: 1972 original pressing from France

pic 2: 1975 international pressing

pic 3: 1975 US pressing

pic 4: 1982 international pressing

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#.........should i buy it?? #jimmy page #sonny boy williamson #led zeppelin #robert plant #john bonham #the yardbirds #classic rock #rock #blues #blues rock #60s #1965 #1964 #1960s #sixties #60s rock #60s blues #60s nostalgia #rock music #rock n roll #facts & trivia #by dee dee 🌺🕯️

[lisamarie-vee]

#sonny boy williamson #sonny boy williamson ii #elmore james #blues music #hatshop #illustration #rock and roll hall of fame

[tejedac]

Favorite Blues Songs · Playlist

Robert Johnson · Elmore James · Howlin' Wolf · Muddy Waters · B. B. King · John Lee Hooker · Sonny Boy Williamson · Mississippi Fred McDowell · Lightnin' Hopkins · Willie Dixon · Memphis Slim · J. B. Lenoir · Blind Willie McTell · Skip James · Frank Stokes · Charley Patton, etc.

#Blues #muddy waters #howlin' wolf #robert johnson #elmore james #sonny boy williamson #bb king #mississippi fred mcdowell #lightnin' hopkins #little walter #john lee hooker #skip james #memphis slim #frank stokes #jb lenoir

[upperswampmonkey]

Elmore James - Dust My Broom (feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II)

#youtube #elmore james #sonny boy williamson

[dearyallfrommatt]

“Bring It On Home”

Sonny Boy Williamson II, aka Aleck “Rice” Miller

#youtube #harmonica #harmonica blues #chicago blues #Sonny Boy Williamson

[daveydoodle]

Watch "Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'" on YouTube

❤️ 🎶 NowPlaying on WKCR 🎶 ❤️

#music #sonny boy williamson #don't start me talkin' #wkcr #Youtube

[radiophd]

sonny boy williamson -- don’t start me to talkin’

#1950s #blues #sonny boy williamson

[musickickztoo]

Sonny Boy Williamson II *December 5, 1912(?)

#sonny boy williamson #II #december 5

[joeohuchi]

死に方より生き方だってのは大賛成だ　I totally agree that it's a way to live rather than a way to die.

大人に巻き込まれて子供が死ぬってのはどう考えてもおかしいよ No matter how you look at it, it's strange for a child to die because of an adult's involvement.

お腹空いてる時の塩ってめっちゃうまいな　　　　　　　　　　　Salt is really good when I'm hungry.

#alive #girl #art #gaza strip #Elvis Presley #jerry lee lewis #Youtube #little richard #buddy holly #Eddie Cochran #muddy waters #Chuck Berry #Blues #Sonny Boy Williamson #connie francis #Andrews Sisters

[julio-viernes]

Los Moody Blues el 13 de julio de 1968 en directo en 'Ce Soir On Danse' de la tv francesa haciendo el clásico "Don´t Let Me Be Missunderstood" que popularizó Nina Simone y tuvo grandes versiones posteriores como la de The Animals o Elvis Costello. No tenía ni idea de que la hacían. Abajo el especial completo, que merece mucho la pena ver. 1. Tuesday Afternoon 2. Nights in White Satin 3. Legend of a Mind (Part 3) 4. Bye Bye Bird 5. Fly Me High 6. I've Got a Dream 7. A Beautiful Dream 8. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 9. Peak Hour 10. Nights in White Satin (Reprise). Llama la atención que tras su profunda metamorfosis musical aún conservasen en su repertorio el número R&B de Sonny Boy Williamson II y Willie Dixon, "Bye Bye Bird" de su primer LP "The Magnificent Moodies" (1965).

#the moody blues #nina simone #the animals #elvis costello #sonny boy williamson #willie dixon #youtube

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

December 5, 1912

Blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson, author of "Shotgun Blues" and "No Way Out," is born Alex Miller in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. This is the date he claims he was born, but his headstone (erected 12 years after his death) reads March 11, 1908.

#sonny boy #sonny boy williamson #almanaccomercury

[lisamarie-vee]

#sonny boy williamson #blues music #1950's

[pinball-wzrd]

you'll never guess what this post is about.

...yeah okay it's about tommy

i had this idea about why 'eyesight to the blind (the hawker)' is even included on tommy, because its parentheticals contextually would really only make sense if it was directly before 'the acid queen', which it is not. it finds its place in between 'sparks', an instrumental, and 'christmas', which i need to dig through my notes to find more about.

the point is, it doesn't make sense as a major point in the story (which the movie tried to make it do and it was weird and fucking sucked). because that's not what it is.

to me, 'eyesight to the blind' is a little reminder. it presents itself to me as maybe a song being played on the radio in the walker household. the lyrics say, "every time she starts to lovin'/she brings eyesight to the blind", "everytime we start shakin'/the dumb begin to talk", and "just a word from her lips/and the deaf begin to hear", and i think that serves as a forceful reminder to nancy and the survived man of choice of the consequences of their actions.

it is also kind of foreshadowing to 'the acid queen' if you really squint, i guess. yeah, i see how it can definitely be understood as fitting in to her being the personification of societal pressure to "live a little", and how that doesn't work out for tommy, but i personally enjoy the more subtle understanding of it :)

ps my spotify wrapped had zero tommy mentions but!!! big win for the queer in me david bowie was my #1 artist this year

#poxy pinball #tommy the who #the who #rock opera #concept album #pete townshend #1960s music #sonny boy williamson