Sonny Boy Williamson - Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim (1964) [CD Rip]

Recorded in France in 1963.

Perhaps capitalizing on the earlier fame of John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, there emerged Alec “Rice” Miller who also used the moniker Sonny Boy Williamson. To differentiate people will often refer to Miller as Sonny Boy Williamson II. Sonny Boy II was no cheap imitator, he was also a brilliant and trendsetting harmonica player with a style and phrasing all his own. He also possessed a poetic quality of songwriting filled with rich imagery and catchy, folksy sayings and an emotion-laden voice with which to deliver those songs. Early in his career he made daily broadcasts with KFFA for King Biscuit Flour which pioneered blues music onto the radio. His early recordings with Mississippi’s Trumpet Records were followed by a prolific hit making run with Chicago’s famed Chess Records. In the later years Sonny Boy Williamson II found a great audience in Europe and recorded as a free-agent for numerous Euro labels and often comingled with British rock bands including the Yardbirds featuring a young Eric Clapton.