Sonny Boy Williamson II
Compilation Highlights from various tours
1963 - American Folk Blues Festival tour,
likely from 13 Oct 63, Bremen
1. That's All I Want Baby
2. Don't Misuse Me
3. I Don't Know
4. I'm Getting Tired
5. Going Down Slow w/Otis Spann - some digital
skips at 1;00 mark
6. Sonny Boy's Harmonica Boogie
1964 - American Folk Blues Festival tour
7. I'm Trying To Make London My Home
8. Dissatisfied
9. I've Got To Cut Out
Unknown dates and tours
10. Nintey Nine
11, Bye Bye Bird
12. (Woman Is) The Glory For Man
13. Your Funeral an My Trial
14. Don't Start Me To Talking
15. Bye Bye Bird
16. Bye Bye Bird
17. In My Younger Days
18. Nine Below Zero
19. Work With Me
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Just so we're all on the same page here . . . The 'first' Sonny Boy Williamson,
aka John Lee Curtis Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, born
in Jackson, Tennessee, whose first record 'Good Morning, School Girl' was
a hit in 1937. Who hasn't boogied to that song even today (thanks to modern
day Johnny Winter, and Alvin Lee)? He was widely popular throughout the whole
southeast and practically synonymous with the blues harmonica for the next
decade, He was murdered in 1948. But this compilation disc is not that Sonny
Boy. Enter Sonny Boy Williamson II, aka Aleck "Rice" Miller, who was
actually the more famous of the two Sonny Boys. He was the long time host
of King Biscuit Time broadcast out of Helena, Arkansas on AM radio station
KFFA. He recorded for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s. Always one for
wandering, he found himself in England during the mid-1960s performing with
eager young British musicians in front of reverential audiences. The cd Sonny
Boy Williamson/The Blues Harp Heroes - The Encore Collection is an essential
for anyone wanting to catch this giant playing with other giants of the time
(yes, including Clapton). He was born on December 5, 1899, in Glendora, Mississippi,
and died on May 25, 1965 in Helena, Arkansas.