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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
December 4, 1951, Jackson, Mississippi
March 23, 1953, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Cat Hop
April 14, 1953, Houston, Texas
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • From The Bottom
  • From The Bottom
  • From The Bottom
August 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Steady Rollin' Man
  • Take Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
1959, Chicago, Illinois
  • Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
  • Unseeing Eye
January 30, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
April 14, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
June 1960, Chicago, Illinois
September 15, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
December 14, 1960, Chicago, Illinois
September 8, 1961, Chicago, Illinois
January 11, 1963, Chicago, Illinois
September 3, 1963, Chicago, Illinois
September 20, 1963, American Folk Blues Festival
  • Nine Below Zero
  • Keep It To Yourself
  • Your Funeral And My Trial
September 27, 1963, Baden-Baden, Germany
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
November 5, 1963, Stockholm, Sweden
November 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark
December 1/2, 1963, Blue Bar, Paris, France
  • 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
  • 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
  • Slow Walk (Yardbirds Beat)
  • Highway 69
  • My Little Cabin (Lonesome Cabin)
  • Bye Bye Bird
April 30, 1964, Chicago, Illinois
May 31, 1964, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
  • 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
  • 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
  • My Younger Days
October 9, 1964, American Folk Blues Festival, Hamburg, Germany
  • Dissatisfied
  • I'm Trying To Make London My Home
  • I Got To Cut Out
April 28, 1965, London, England
  • 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