Sonny Boy Williamson II
サニー・ボーイ・ウィリアムスンII
- BORN: December 5, 1899, Glendora, Mississippi
1899年12月5日、ミシシッピ州グレンドラ生まれ - DIED: May 25, 1965, Helena, Arkansas
1965年5月25日、アーカンソー州ヘレナにて死去 - vocals harmonica
ライス・ミラーという名前でも知られる。ロバート・ジョンソンと南部を放浪し、ハウリン・ウルフにハーモニカを教え、ブルースの伝説的ラジオ番組『キング・ビスケット・タイム』のスターとなった、ブルース界でも最も華麗な人物の一人。ギターのロバート・ロックウッド、ウィリー・ウィルキンズ、ヒューストン・スタックハウスらと南部ブルースを電気化した。40年代の有名レコーディング・アーティストからサニー・ボーイという芸名を無断借用。そのサニー・ボーイI世に負けないくらい才能に恵まれ、神経質なハーモニカ、ビブラートのかかった独特の歌声、痛烈な歌詞を提供した。
1951年から54年にかけてミシシッピー州のトランペット・レーベルに重要な作品をレコーディングしたが、全盛時といえばやはりシカゴのチェッカー(チェスの子会社レーベル)に録音した55年から60年であり、シュールな詞の「Don't Start Me To Talkin'」や「Help Me」などの傑作を残した。ヨーロッパに行ったときには、アニマルズやヤードバーズとも共演。その後南部に戻りそこで亡くなった。
Recordings
- March 12, 1951, Jackson, Mississippi
- August 5, 1951, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Stop Crying
- Do It If You Wanna
- Cool, Cool Blues
- Come On Back Home
- I Cross My Heart
- West Memphis Blues
- Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
- Pontiac Blues
- Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long) (by Elmore James)
- December 4, 1951, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Mighty Long Time
- Nine Below Zero
- She Brought Life Back To The Dead (78)
- She Brought Life Back To The Dead (45)
- Too Close Together
- Stop Now Baby
- Mr. Down Child
- March 23, 1953, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Cat Hop
- April 14, 1953, Houston, Texas
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- She's Crazy (take 1)
- She's Crazy (take 2)
- "309"
- Sonny's Rhythm (take 1)
- Sonny's Rhythm (take 2)
- City Of New Orleans
- October 24, 1953, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Gettin' Out Of Town
- Keep It Yourself
- Keep It Yourself
- Red Hot Kisses
- Going In Your Direction
- Going In Your Direction
- November 2, 1954, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Empty Bedroom
- No Nights By Myself
- Clowning With The World
- Clowning With The World (Boppin' With Sonny)
- I'm Not Beggin' Nobody
- I'm Not Beggin' Nobody (alternate take)
- Shuckin' Mama
- November 12, 1954, Jackson, Mississippi
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- From The Bottom
- From The Bottom
- From The Bottom
- August 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois
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- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me Talkin' - @YouTube
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- January 24, 1956, Chicago, Illinois
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- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
- Don't Lose Your Eye
- August 7, 1956, Chicago, Illinois
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- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key (To Your Door)
- The Key (To Your Door) (alternate take)
- Have You Ever Been In Love
- February 8, 1957, Chicago, Illinois
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- Hurts Me So Much
- Hurts Me So Much
- Hurts Me So Much
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - @YouTube
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alternate take)
- I Don't Know
- I Don't Know (alternate take)
- Like Wolf
- This Is My Apartment
- September 1, 1957, Chicago, Illinois
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- Cross My Heart
- Cross My Heart
- Cross My Heart
- Born Blind
- 99
- 99
- Ninety Nine
- Dissatisfied
- Dissatisfied
- Little Village (takes 1 to 11)
- Little Village
- Unseen Eye
- March 27, 1958, Chicago, Illinois
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- Your Funeral And My Trial
- Your Funeral And My Trial
- Your Funeral And My Trial
- She Got Next To Me
- She Got Next To Me (alternate take)
- Wake Up Baby
- Wake Up Baby
- Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
- 1958, Chicago, Illinois
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- Steady Rollin' Man
- Take Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
- 1959, Chicago, Illinois
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- Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
- Unseeing Eye
- January 30, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
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- The Goat
- The Goat (band track)
- The Goat
- Cool Disposition
- Cool Disposition
- Cool Disposition
- I Never Do Wrong
- It's Sad To Be Alone
- April 14, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
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- Open Road
- Santa Claus
- I Can't Do Without You
- Checkin' Up On My Baby
- Checkin' Up On My Baby (alternate take)
- June 1960, Chicago, Illinois
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- Temperature 110
- Peach Tree
- Lonesome Cabin
- Somebody Help Me
- September 15, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
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- Down Child
- Trust My Baby
- This Old Life
- Too Close Together
- December 14, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
- September 8, 1961, Chicago, Illinois
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- Too Old To Think
- That's All I Want
- One Way Out
- One Way Out
- Nine Below Zero
- Nine Below Zero
- Nine Below Zero
- January 11, 1963, Chicago, Illinois
- September 3, 1963, Chicago, Illinois
- September 20, 1963, American Folk Blues Festival
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- Nine Below Zero
- Keep It To Yourself
- Your Funeral And My Trial
- September 27, 1963, Baden-Baden, Germany
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- I'm Lyin' Down And Thinking
- I Have A Right To Trust My Baby
- Bye Bye Blues
- Blues Of The Blues
- Work With Me
- I'm The Loneliest Man
- October 11, 1963, American Folk Blues Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
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- 99
- Bye Bye Bird
- All My Love In Vain
- Your Funeral And My Trial
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- October 13, 1963, American Folk Blues Festival, Bremen, Germany
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- Sonny Boy's Harmonica Boogie
- I Don't Know (Why She Disappoints Me So)
- Bye Bye Bird
- In My Own Little Cabin
- Your Love For Me Is True (That's All I Want, Baby)
- Don't Misuse Me
- I'm Gettin' Tired
- 1963, Europe
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- Bye Bye Bird
- So Sad To Be Lonesome
- Nine Below Zero
- Don't Tell Nobody Else
- Just A Dirty Story
- November 1, 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Don't Let Your Right Hand Know
- I Can't Understand
- Movin' Down The River
- When The Lights Went Out
- The Sky Is Crying
- Coming Home To You Baby
- Gettin' Together
- Slowly Walk Close to Me
- Why Are You Crying
- Once Upon A Time
- Down And Out - take 1
- Down And Out - take 2
- I Wonder Do I Have A Friend
- Girl Friends
- Rebecca Blues (vocal by Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Same Girl (vocal by Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson)
- Little Girl
- I'm So Glad
- Chicago Bounce
- Movin' Out
- Tippin' Through Customs
- The Story Of Sonny Boy Williamson
- On My Way Back Home
- November 5, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Baby, Please Come Back Home
- November Boogie
- All Night Boogie
- Leavin' Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman
- Milky White Way
- November 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark
- December 1/2, 1963, Blue Bar, Paris, France
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- Your Funeral And My Trial
- Explain Yourself To Me
- Getting Out Of Town
- My One Room Cabin
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
- Nine Below Zero
- The Skies Are Crying
- December 8, 1963, England
- December 30, 1963, England
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- Sonny's Slow Walk
- Pontiac Blues
- My Babe
- I Don't Care No More
- Baby, Don't You Worry
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- I'm Gonna Put You Down
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
- Nobody But You
- Bye Bye, Sonny, Bye, Bye
- February 28, 1964, Town Hall, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Slow Walk (Yardbirds Beat)
- Highway 69
- My Little Cabin (Lonesome Cabin)
- Bye Bye Bird
- April 30, 1964, Chicago, Illinois
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- Stop Cryin'
- Close To Me
- One Way Out
- May 31, 1964, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
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- Help Me
- C Jam Blues
- So Sad To Be Lonesome
- Walk With Me Baby (Take A Walk With Me)
- Bye Bye Bird
- Your Funeral, My Trial
- Pontiac Blues And Encore
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- This Little Light Of Mine
- When The Saints Go Marching In (reprise)
- August 1964, Chicago, Illinois
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- I Can't Be Alone
- Don't Make A Mistake (Mattie Is My Wife)
- Don't Make A Mistake (Mattie Is My Wife)
- Understand My Life
- Fine Another Woman
- My Name Is Sonny Boy Williamson
- September 28, 1964, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, Germany
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- My Younger Days
- October 9, 1964, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, Germany
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- Dissatisfied
- I'm Trying To Make London My Home
- I Got To Cut Out
- April 28, 1965, London, England
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- Don't Send Me No Flowers
- I See A Man Downstairs
- She Was Dumb
- The Goat
- Walking
- Little Girl How Old Are You
- It's A Bloody Life
- Getting Out Of Town
- May 1965, Helena, Arkansas