Sonny Boy Williamson II, nicknamed "King of the Harmonica"
Sonny Boy Williamson II, nicknamed "King of the Harmonica"
Sonny Boy Williamson II was an enigma. One of the most influential blues artists of all time, <br>he was so disdainful of interviewers that next to nothing has been known about his early life until <br>my research in the past few years. <br>Even his real name and date of birth remained elusive, beyond the fact that he variously called himself Aleck "Rice" Miller, Willie Williams, Alex Willie Williamson, "Little Boy Blue," "Buzzard Beak" and "The Signifyin' Goat" and gave birth dates between 1893 and 1909. When Robert Lockwood Jr. met him in 1931, he was calling himself "W. M." One thing is certain, however -- between 1951 and 1965 he wrote, sang and played harp on some of the finest blues recordings of all time. In many ways he is "The Unforgettable Forgotten King of Rock and Roll." <br> <br>"Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was, in many ways, the ultimate blues legend." Cub Koda <br> <br>
Biography of Sonny Boy Williamson II <br> <br>By Dennis Ward (SHS) <br> <br> Sonny Boy Williamson was one of the most inspiring harmonica players. <br>He also helped make the way for modern blues today. Some people said that he was very unpredictable and a good liar. Sonny was also consider to be a show-off because once on stage, he would put the whole harmonica in his mouth and still play a song. Sonny was known in most black households for being a radio star. He often used the name Alex "Rice" Miller. Sonny Boy Williamson began playing guitar and harmonica at the age of five and was performing in juke joints and clubs throughout Mississippi and Arkansas under the name Little Boy Blue by the early '20s. During the '30s, he played at the Grand Ole Opry and worked with legendary bluesmen like Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Robert "Junior" Lockwood. He took the name Sonny Boy Williamson in 1941 and became a regular on the King Biscuit Hour. Sonny and Lockwood were called the King Biscuit Entertainers. Later on, Sonny and Lockwood joined with Peck Curtis, Dublow Taylor, and Pinetop Perkins to become a band. (L.R.CHIN). Williamson didn’t start recording until 1951 when he signed with Trumpet in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1955 he signed with the Checker Chess label until the early 60's. He moved to Chicago. Williamson then toured Europe as part of the American Negro Blues Festival with Willie Dixon, who was the talent coordinator, and Horst Lippman, the promoter, along with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Sleepy John Estes, Big Joe Williams, Otis Spann and others. Later Sonny Boy Williamson returned to England to tour the college circuit on his own with a young Eric Clapton <br>and the Yardbirds as his backup band. <br> In 1965 he returned to Helena, Arkansas, where he died. Lillian McMurry had a headstone placed on his grave in 1980 which read: "Aleck Miller, Better Known As "Willie" Sonny Boy Williamson, Born Mar. 12, 1905, Died June 23, 1965, Son of Jim Miller and Millie Miller, Internationally Famous Harmonica and Vocal Blues Artist Discovered and Recorded By Trumpet Records, Jackson Miss. From 1950 To 1955." However, according to William E. Donoghue, this biographical information is not true. Williamson added to the confusion when he recorded "The Story of Sonny Boy Williamson" for Storyville Records in Copenhagen in 1963 in which he proclaims "I was born, 1897, in a little town, Glendora, Mississippi" ... Because of the many lies Sonny Boy told, there is much disagreement about his early life. Donoghue believes that Williamson, also known Alex "Rice" Miller, was probably born in 1912 and that he was only 53 when he died. Donoghue has done much research to verify this information. <br> Another researcher, Gayle Dean Wardlow, states that "Sonny Boy Williamson II was always a mystery blues artist" and that he was born on December 5, 1899, in lower Tallahatchie County near Glendora, Mississippi. Sonny Boy claimed to fans and blues researchers that he was the original Sonny Boy (John Lee Williamson) who came from Jackson, Tennessee, and recorded for Bluebird and later RCA Victor until he was killed in Chicago in the late 1940's. Williamson had two sisters, Mary Ashford of Tutwiler and Julie Barner. His brothers are all dead. He was married for a short time to a woman named Margret, but they had no children. The sister named Mary Ashford verified that his real name was Alex "Rice" Miller before she died in a fire at the age of 89 in 1972. Five new CD reissues have been released in the past two years, proving that this mystery bluesman is still very popular thirty-three years after his death! <br> <br> <br> <br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br> <br>Timeline <br> <br>1899,1910 or 1912: Williamson thought to have been born on the lower Tallahatchie County near Glendora, Mississippi, on the <br>Sara Jones plantation.. <br> <br>1920’s: Williamson thought himself to play the harmonica. <br> <br>1929: He claimed that he recorded for Ralph Lembo in Itta Bena, Mississippi. <br> <br>1930: Williamson started going around the south playing in parks and other places. <br> <br>1937: Williamson claimed that “Sonny Boy I” had stolen his name from him when he recorded “Good Morning, Little Girl.” <br> <br>1941: Robert Lockwood and Williamson began playing each day at noon on KFFA radio station <br> <br>1944: Williamson stopped performing for KFFA radio station. <br> <br>1951: Williamson began recording for Trumpet record label. <br> <br>1954: He moved to Detroit, Milwaukee, and to Cleveland. <br> <br>1955: Williamson signed with Checker/Chess Record label. <br> <br>1960’s: He stopped recording with Checker/Chess. <br> <br>1963--1964: Williamson toured Europe as part of the American Negro Blues Festival. <br> <br>1965: Returned to Helena, Arkansas, where he died on May 25. <br> <br>
Все это сможет прочитать поклонник творчества Сони Боя с начальным уровнем Аглицкого со словаром !!! <br>Хе-Хе !! <br> <br>а что, в россеи и на украинщыни есть харперы которые не знают сей язык до сих пор ? тогда надо начинать с него а потом приступать к харпу. <br> <br>хи хи !! <br> <br>harply yours <br> <br>SBW фанат <br> <br>
Спасибо Ratmeer ! <br> <br>Сони бой был мощным человеком, что я могу еще сказать... <br> <br>я давно в инете нашел како-то сайт на котором было упомянуто более 150 песен которые он написал <br>и записал в свое время на пластинки с разными испольнителями с которыми он пересекался <br>в разных странах. <br> <br>
By early 1955, after leasing a single to Johnny Vincent's <br>Ace label, McMurray had sold Williamson's contract to <br>Buster Williams in Memphis, who in turn sold it to Leonard Chess in Chicago. <br>All the pieces were finally tumbling into place, and Sonny Boy finally had a reason to take up permanent residence north of the Mason-Dixon line; <br>he now was officially a Chess recording artist. <br>His first session for Chess took place on August 12, 1955, and the single pulled from it, "Don't Start Me to Talkin'," started doing brisk business on the R&B charts. By his second session for the label, <br>he was reunited with longtime musical partner Robert Jr. Lockwood. <br>Lockwood-who had been one of the original King Biscuit Boys-had become de facto house guitarist for Chess, as well as moonlighting for other Chicago labels.
в инете нету - все качать только ReaAudi - <br>надо поискать подольше 
<br>Давай я привезу что нибудь что я найду в Харькове и напишу на болванку. <br> <br>Вспомнил - видел на книжном рынке - MP3 несколько концертов <br>пару лет назад надо искать на форумах других сайтов можеь кто и поделиться информацией <br>
<br>Давай я привезу что нибудь что я найду в Харькове и напишу на болванку. <br> <br>Вспомнил - видел на книжном рынке - MP3 несколько концертов <br>пару лет назад надо искать на форумах других сайтов можеь кто и поделиться информацией <br>else .... <br> <br>In 1965, he headed home, back to Mississippi one last time, <br>and took over the King Biscuit show again. <br>Still wearing his custom-made suit he regaled the locals with stories of his <br>travels across Europe. <br>Some were impressed, others who had known him for years felt he could <br>have just as well substituted the name "Mars" for Europe in explaining his <br>exploits, so used were they to Sonny Boys tall tales. <br>But after hoboing his way around the United States for thirty-odd years, <br>and playing to appreciative audiences throughout Europe, <br>Sonny Boy had a perfectly good reason for returning to the Delta; <br> <br>
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Несколько треков Сонни есть вот здесь: <br>http://www.filesearch.ru/cgi-bin/s?q=So ... &x=40&y=12 <br>Вообще http://www.filesearch.ru - клёвая вещь...
Hi, все! <br>Ratmeer, "The Sky is Crying " the BEST !!! <br> Malina, твое предложение по SBW II слабать сейшн в Киеве остается в силе ? <br>Надо срочно искать ноты, табы и слова ! Лозунг текущего момента, как говорил совсем другой человек, совсем по другому поводу. Да, неужели ж , мы это не сделаем ?
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Re: Sonny Boy Williamson II, nicknamed
А вот ребята из Польши с этой темой ещё работают.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf86mgo1laE
По своему =)
По своему =)
