@One eyed Curious Hi, I Always thought Sonny Boy did it first, but Green Onions came out in October 1962 and Help Me was recorded in January 1963. Perhaps we can put the copycat down to Matt Murphy who played the guitar riff for Sonny Boy?
I first heard this song When I was 13yrs old in 1964 . I begged my mum the to buy me a HOFNER ECHO SUPER VAMPER HARMONICA..7 shillings and sixpence.. I've been playing blues harmonica ever since.. Thankyou Sonny for shaping my music career..😊❤❤❤
I first heard this song when I was about 8 or 9 in the early 2000s thanks to Driver 2. Heard it on the radio in the car tonight, and now I've finally found it. Great harmonica.
@@wesoldoursoulsforrocknroll5652 I believe the song is in Fm and the harp is a Bb putting in second position. Stay away from the 3 draw unbent. It'll sound like a cat in heat on a hot tin roof in a minor song!
Hearing this always takes me back to the sixties when I walked down the steps for the first time into the cellar that was The Twisted Wheel club in Manchester. It gave me goose bumps then and it still does.
@@deanwright7611 Yes. Then I bought the 45. A couple of years later I saw him, along with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and others, in The American Folk Blues Festival when it visited the Free Trade Hall.
My first hearing was in the early 80s, I was at Uni on the windswept north coast of Ireland, my friend had a top floor garret room and somehow had a cassette of SBW II. We must have listened to that tape hundreds of times. As a musician I marvel at the expressivity of his harp playing to this day. We loved the lyrics. Your funeral and my trial! Obviously so much stuff other bigger stars did was a paler or just plain louder immitation.
Just plain perfect blues (from an imperfect man, as all men are). Voice, harp, drumslap, organ, bass, voice voice voice harp harp harp. Just simple rhythm guitar. It's the Rice Miller show. This song may live forever, or as long as there are human beings.
Love this tune, a masterpiece!!! I love Sonny's voice, and the aesthetic quality of his harmonica. One of the best, ever. Also, let us give some to Willie Dixon - one of the credited writers.
my favorite blues song. No shame in asking for help or expecting help from the one person you love. No matter how strong you think you are- sometimes you gotta have some help sometime. ........or find yourself somebody else. Life is a hard road. Believe it.
Sir, I believe you misinterpret the lyrics.The gentleman wishes to fornicate (understandable) and threatens to leave the lady unless she cooperates (unreasonable).
I got turned onto this song from the Buddy Guy/Junior Wells version of it "Live at Montreux" with Juniors great tribute to Sonny Boy....But this version is the ultimate badass harmonica version. Great organ and just everything is perfect. The comments here are great and I can see I am not the only one that thinks this is one of the greatest minor blues songs of all time. The harmonica is just gut wrenchingly beautiful. Vocals perfect. There is only one way to play this tune.......LOUD!!!!!
Yes one of the great players of his era. I never get tired of this recording. He was an ability to invoke a haunting quality which i would say is his signature style because obviously every time he played this it would be different.A wonderful player.
@@emilieguerette9166 Emilie I agree May be you have to be a bit rough around the edges to play this stuff, but sweet I can't see ha ha not my department. best regards
Thank You SONNY BOY For The Best Harmonica Ever Hands Down The Best Harp Player In The World I've Listened To This Since I Was Five Years Old And I'll Never Stop 🎼🎤🌎✌🏼️😝🎙 #RealBlues #Rock&Roll #HarpPlayerForever
I saw this guy during the mid '60's at Croydon in London, along with Sugar Pie Desanto & Hubert Sumlin - unfortunately, ! could not afford the programme, as I was an apprentice book binder.
My god...this is so good. Talk about a channel into some ones soul. Not another person on this earth can do what Sonny does here. Its a perfectly executed piece of music. Credit to the whole band as well.
When I had my weekly Blues radio show I always told the listeners you can't fully appreciate the music until you come to appreciate the culture & people behind it. And, yes, I also told them Muddy Waters was one of the basic food groups people should have everyday.
I listen to the Ten Years After version a lot. This is my first listen of one the co-writer's version. I think Willie Dixon and Ralph Bass also were writers.
@@CareCrow78 "Last guy who whacked one of Vasquez's boys had his mouth filled with a mauser clip and his gums glued up before they set light to his head."
@@PhilMante Damn, I’d forgotten about that one 😅 Tanner & Jones meeting Caine in Vegas. “Understand this: you cross me, I’ll find you, and kill you. One of you tracks Lenny, the other drives for me.” Can’t remember the rest, really needed subtitles back then
![Sonny Boy Williamson II - live [Colourised] 1964](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0GwiJTa-620/mqdefault.jpg)
🔥Fire song , and this recording.... so deep...What a Legend ! timeless song, still give me goosebump in 2024
Possibly the best harmonica blues song ever recorded. A masterpiece
@One eyed Curious Hi, I Always thought Sonny Boy did it first, but Green Onions came out in October 1962 and Help Me was recorded in January 1963. Perhaps we can put the copycat down to Matt Murphy who played the guitar riff for Sonny Boy?
Hard to argue with that assertion.
That's one brutal song. So unpolished and real... It gets to me every time.
Sometimes I feel the need to listen to that particular song...
Hell Yessss.....🤗
I first heard this song When I was 13yrs old in 1964 . I begged my mum the to buy me a HOFNER ECHO SUPER VAMPER HARMONICA..7 shillings and sixpence.. I've been playing blues harmonica ever since.. Thankyou Sonny for shaping my music career..😊❤❤❤
Listening to this now is insane. Imagine how it felt in 1963!!
I can't imagine pretty boy
Possibly the best? Are you kidding? This is freaking genius.
Little known Blues song , I brought this song in a two dollar shop. I won the lottery that day. 🎶🎵🌟🌟🌟
"Luck" whether one believes in it or not, has a funny way of happening sometimes aye 😮😅
the marster of harmonica the incontesté inégalable. Le grand maître sony boy williamson chapeau bas.
I first heard this song when I was about 8 or 9 in the early 2000s thanks to Driver 2. Heard it on the radio in the car tonight, and now I've finally found it. Great harmonica.
Over 60 years and not a single wrinkle!!! Amazing number...
That organ player ! So subtle yet fits the movements of the song perfectly
Listen to this song for a month straight while I was sleep or awake, and nothing else, took me over a 2 years before I got his solos down.
I started to blow my harp with this. Never found better. Now, 35 years later, still the greatest harp song.
Anyone knows which key harmonica is he using here?
Jari Liitola is good but you should check canned heats version, if you haven't already.
Bb harp
@@wesoldoursoulsforrocknroll5652 I believe the song is in Fm and the harp is a Bb putting in second position. Stay away from the 3 draw unbent. It'll sound like a cat in heat on a hot tin roof in a minor song!
Just the best blues harmonica ever. Perfect minimal arrangement, absoultely in the groove. Great vocal too.
This is the first piece of recorded music i ever heard. Dad played it constantly on an old reel-to-reel tape deck.
The Master !!
Can't get enough Sonny Boy !
Sonny Boy’s best recording, in my opinion.
The mother of all Harmonica ever played....a legend ❤❤❤ I just can't get enough of it ever since from the last 50 years on.
Hearing this always takes me back to the sixties when I walked down the steps for the first time into the cellar that was The Twisted Wheel club in Manchester. It gave me goose bumps then and it still does.
You heard this recording there?
@@deanwright7611 Yes. Then I bought the 45. A couple of years later I saw him, along with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and others, in The American Folk Blues Festival when it visited the Free Trade Hall.
My first hearing was in the early 80s, I was at Uni on the windswept north coast of Ireland, my friend had a top floor garret room and somehow had a cassette of SBW II. We must have listened to that tape hundreds of times. As a musician I marvel at the expressivity of his harp playing to this day. We loved the lyrics. Your funeral and my trial! Obviously so much stuff other bigger stars did was a paler or just plain louder immitation.
Good memories
Harmonica gives me chills. Absolutely beautiful 💙
The last breath of a dying man. That's what I hear
God bless the blues.
Just plain perfect blues (from an imperfect man, as all men are). Voice, harp, drumslap, organ, bass, voice voice voice harp harp harp. Just simple rhythm guitar. It's the Rice Miller show.
This song may live forever, or as long as there are human beings.
Sonny Boy One (acoustic) and Sonny Boy Two (electric) are the Gold Standard of Blues Mouth Harp Magic. Real Blues Power done right!💙
Love this tune, a masterpiece!!! I love Sonny's voice, and the aesthetic quality of his harmonica. One of the best, ever. Also, let us give some to Willie Dixon - one of the credited writers.
Never prescribe to one of the best, Sonny. He has the soul and voice that brings sunshine to us all! Old Hippy from Cape Town.
A Masterpiece. Opus Maximus.
my favorite blues song. No shame in asking for help or expecting help from the one person you love. No matter how strong you think you are- sometimes you gotta have some help sometime. ........or find yourself somebody else. Life is a hard road. Believe it.
Yeah but sometimes, nobody will help you. Life sucks.
The best
Best comment mate 👍
I like your style dude
Sir, I believe you misinterpret the lyrics.The gentleman wishes to fornicate (understandable) and threatens to leave the lady unless she cooperates (unreasonable).
Love this song and this is my favorite recording of it. Sonny Boy was the genuine article.
If howlin' wolf's was the voice that scared you straight, sonny's was the one that made you go back to doing wrong
Hey...you've got that so right. Nicely put, I dig what ya gotta say about those two cats very much.
Damn straight partner.
Love how his vibrato on voice and harp match... effortless
Love that song. Thanks !!!!!!!
Driver 2 Red River Bar!! The best Driver Ever!! GREAT!!
Not just the harmonica, he sings as well, and does it very well....
smooth real smooth
Dios le regaló ese don
Yes
Help me baby, ya know I can't help myself. Immortal blues legend, S B Williamson. One of a kind.
I got turned onto this song from the Buddy Guy/Junior Wells version of it "Live at Montreux" with Juniors great tribute to Sonny Boy....But this version is the ultimate badass harmonica version. Great organ and just everything is perfect. The comments here are great and I can see I am not the only one that thinks this is one of the greatest minor blues songs of all time. The harmonica is just gut wrenchingly beautiful. Vocals perfect. There is only one way to play this tune.......LOUD!!!!!
The most awesome harmonica playing EVER!!! Thank you for posting!
I would give this a gezillion likes if I could. Favourite blues song.
Legend❤
this song was the song that made me love the blues .years ago. still love it now
That sharp edge cuts deep.
They should teach that song first grade .
Sonny Boy, you have not given your best - you are the absolute best. Go strong. LUV your musical talents!
Agreed.
I love it so much
Damn, this just melts me. Thank you Sonny.
AGREED WITH ALL...... Heaviest harp blues song ever
it was hearing sunny made me wana learn the harp so glad it did,, if it dont blow it sucks baby xx
Fantastic track, never get tired of this, how can anyone dislike this??
Brings tears of joy when i hear this
I bought a cheap blues compilation record about 40 years ago and... I had an epiphany. What an absolutely amazing song this is!
My favourite Blues Song. Bring it on Home Sonny. 🌟🌟🎶🌟🎶
Yes one of the great players of his era. I never get tired of this recording. He was an ability to invoke a haunting quality which
i would say is his signature style because obviously every time he played this it would be different.A wonderful player.
He's so sweet but still rough around the edges. Hummmmm
@@emilieguerette9166 Emilie I agree May be you have to be a bit rough around the edges to play this stuff, but sweet I can't see ha ha not my department. best regards
Not merely "one if the great players of his era", Sonny Boy Williamson is and will forever be one of the greatest harmonica players of ALL TIME!
One of the greatest minor blues songs!
This song made me love blues and want to learn the harp. I love it
did you learn harp?
@@porgeous88 yes
Good luck with the harp
@@blahblah-kh7cpit’s actually one of the easier blues standards for tongue blockers. It’s the nuances that are tough to nail.
I’ve been playing harmonica for 11 years and I’m revisiting this now it’s an absolute gem
What a song, what a groove, what a man! Sonny Boy!!!!!
First heard this in the 60's, it gets better and better.
I remember this song in driver 2 (ps1). I'm sure
Ten years after brought me here
Johnny Winter
He is a genius
Best blues song ever, hands down!
😮I did not know harmonica was that badass … fair play
A musical masterpiece by a master of his craft
Ta usna harmonika, glasi ove pjesme sjete, melanholije su vjecne!!
Thank You SONNY BOY For The Best Harmonica Ever Hands Down The Best Harp Player In The World I've Listened To This Since I Was Five Years Old And I'll Never Stop 🎼🎤🌎✌🏼️😝🎙 #RealBlues #Rock&Roll #HarpPlayerForever
Fucking Monster, heard him the First time and ever since i cant quit It. His Voice also. He was born for the blues
He had it ALL
My mother (RIP) was one of his "wimmin" back in the day.
Wow...love this song
Can't believe this was recorded in 1936 !! Never been bettered
I saw this guy during the mid '60's at Croydon in London, along with Sugar Pie Desanto & Hubert Sumlin - unfortunately, ! could not afford the programme, as I was an apprentice book binder.
Timeless. It’s as simple as that!
My god...this is so good. Talk about a channel into some ones soul. Not another person on this earth can do what Sonny does here. Its a perfectly executed piece of music. Credit to the whole band as well.
Yeeeeesss
When I had my weekly Blues radio show I always told the listeners you can't fully appreciate the music until you come to appreciate the culture & people behind it. And, yes, I also told them Muddy Waters was one of the basic food groups people should have everyday.
Quero ouvir sepre muito bom mesmo
❤❤😮
Amazing blues singer
Yes indeed the best harmonica player that ever existed my favorite song he did "like wolf " really shows his harmonica greatness
TEN YEARS AFTER brought me here.
Strange that it's not the same song, at all.
I first heard this in 1964 when I was 10 years old. It was a life changing experience. Suddenly music was more than Adam Faith and Shane Fenton.
great song!
Fantastic blues groove. Great harmonica and vocal by Sonny Boy
Sonny , dragi, koja ljepota zvuka i glasa ...hvala !😍
Genialne wykonanie, wrażliwość bluesowa - Dzięki Wielki-Boy!
Now this is a awesome classic song by 'Sonny Boy' blues.💎💎💎💎👑
Sonny boy fera braba do blues legítimo um.dos melhores gaititas do mundo 👍🤘👏👏
Brabíssimo
Супер!!! Люблю его музыку со школы еще!
You're right about that,I use to play this for my Daddy
The smoothest cat ever who played the blues
❣️💥🎼 En memoire de...
Mon...frere Bruno 🎼💥❣️
Une pensée pour ton frère Bruno 💖
Greatest Blues Song EVER!
Ovo je uljuljkavanje! Viski i cigara!
Hvala ti što me uljuljkuješ. U ovo nikakvo veče baš prija.🥂🎶
@@sladjanapopovic4020 Stari Sonny Boy je majstor Mississippi zvuka... Odavno je već pokojni,od '50-ih godina prošlog stoljeća....
@@markovisic7244 ,ali dobra pesma ostaje. I eto, kroz ovakve priče, kao da oživi i pevač.🎶✨🎶
Ever lasting. Off with the morrning gown!
Sonny il più stiloso di tutti
I listen to the Ten Years After version a lot. This is my first listen of one the co-writer's version. I think Willie Dixon and Ralph Bass also were writers.
"Oh yeah... somebody called."
By far, the coolest game of my childhood.
“You’ll wish you never met me”
“Maybe he doesn’t even exist”
Oh the memories. Still one of my favorite game stories
@@CareCrow78 "Last guy who whacked one of Vasquez's boys had his mouth filled with a mauser clip and his gums glued up before they set light to his head."
@@PhilMante Damn, I’d forgotten about that one 😅 Tanner & Jones meeting Caine in Vegas. “Understand this: you cross me, I’ll find you, and kill you. One of you tracks Lenny, the other drives for me.” Can’t remember the rest, really needed subtitles back then
O melhor tocador de gaita da história
I 💕😍❤️ Sonny boy, all his music..and his legacy...
I felt complete when I finally could play this harp solo.
What a singer!!!!!
This song is genius!
Priceless thank you
my favorite blues standard. Ever. Says so much. Maybe too much. Painfully real.
Driver 2 i Never forget this song
SIR SONNY BOY ❤💫👍
just love sonny boy
what a harp what a voice !
check out his tune 'Help me' too...super cool.
Sorry-brain fart...I meant 'trust my baby'!
Driver 2 Mission 6 😘
i'm in luv †
Gosto de blues som maravilhoso Sony boy williamson o melhor👍👏👏👏👏
Cada vez que la escucho suena mejor esta cancion,Maestro!