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2 days ago · There’s Mississippi John Hurt from 1928 with Nobody’s Dirty Business, Howlin Wolf’ s Forty Four from 1954, Sonny Boy Williamson II ’s Bring It On Home from 1966, and anyone who loves modern Texas blues will enjoy Larry Davis ’ original version of Texas Flood from 1958 featuring Fenton Robinson on guitar.
4 days ago · Along the way, Phil and Leonard Chess, as the brothers were known after jettisoning their given names Fiszel and Lejzoe Czyż, brought Dixon and other blues artists, among them Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Sonny Boy Williamson II, to national attention.
5 days ago · On this day in 1963, Sonny Boy Williamson entered the Chess studios with Jarrett Gibson, Donald Hankins, Lafayette Leake, Buddy Guy, Jack Meyers, and Clifton James, to record “Decoration Day” and “Trying To Get Back On My Feet” for the Checker label. Today’s show features music performed by The Temptations and Sonny Boy Williamson II.
All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted. "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop – The Stooges) – 4:08 "Bring It On Home" (Willie Dixon – Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 3:43 "Inn" (Brian Geltner, Chris Whitley) – 4:06 "Mountain Side" (Wayne Coyne, Jonathan Donahue, Michael Ivins, Nathan Roberts – The Flaming Lips) – 5:15
6 days ago · It starts off innocently enough, with Plant doing his best Sonny Boy Williamson II impression over a bluesy harmonica riff. But just when you think you’ve got it figured out, the band explodes into a hard-driving rocker that’ll knock you flat on your ass.
5 days ago · I was watching some Old footage of Sonny Boy Williamson II and he seemed to be using umpteen hand techniques some of these I believe were to bamboozle other harp players because I’ve tried some of them and they don’t make much discernable difference. But there was this one technique were he cupped not fully but he sort of rolled his fingers ...
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5 days ago · Steve "The Harp" ranks among the best harp players, singers and songwriters in the blues world today. His work on the harmonica is deep in the tradition of harmonica masters Sonny Boy Williamson II, Charlie Musselwhite and Little Walter, while at the same time pushing that tradition forward.
3 days ago · World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers — Germany, Italy, and Japan —and the Allies— France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
6 days ago · It was Sonny’s mission to promote both democracy and regionalism. In his role as a legal draftsman, he worked on the constitutions of the West Indies Federation and Guyanese Independence. As an architect of multi-racial democracy in the post-colonial period, he played a crucial part.