There are some tunes, Sonny boy Williamson made for checker label that Little Water can’t touch and there are some tunes little Walter on checker label that Sonnyboy can’t touch, I seen Little Water twice once in 59, and once in 62 what memories😎 I’m 80 & still hep
Sonny may be gone but he isn't forgotten. One of the best harp players the world ever knew. What a sound and what a great voice he had. Heaven is jamming with him and I bet Ray Charles is not too far away and they are playing and singing together!
😉💥If anyone else is watching and thought that you knew the Blues, then best be seated because the realist taste of blues have just captured you too! 😮 😢 🤣
Thanks for posting! My uncle told me Sonny Boy Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and many more would stop by his fathers/my grand dads Juke joint/Bar in Mississippi...where they made corn whisky. He said he actually met them (the above names) and plenty others. Talk about history. I guess this is why I LOVE Blues music...from long time.
Yes definitely the greatest harmonica player in the world not just blues but otherwise as well,he can chew, bite & make the harmonica talk, one of the finest blues singer as well, real treat to hear him perform
Not only hear him -- but SEE him. I had vinyl albums of his, and now have RUclips and can see him perform. Thank you for these wonderful videos, and for valuing and presenting the underappreciated blues music. 🎵
I was in Portugal the first time someone showed me this, years ago... Now in Australia and new friends still listen to Sonny Boy Williamson ! This is superb. Thanks for sharing :)
Sonny Bioy was the first genuine Bluesmen I saw live at the Marquee Blues Club in Soho, London, and I have been a Blues fan accross the board ever since.
5 hurtin souls gave this wondeeful piece of Art a thumbs down. Makes me afraid of what else they're capable of. Look out.. anything is possible apparently...
This Back Band didn't know the chord changes for " Don't start me talking " 2nd verse needs to stay 4 more Bars In C7 before go up to F7,,, Sonny Boy,, Please forgive them ,they just don't know the blues..
У "старых" блюзменов инструмент был частью мысли, сердца, души и тела... Сонни Бой яркий пример. Низкий поклон таланту! Снимаю шляпу как говорится. Сейчас одна коммерция. Блюз ушёл вместе с этими людьми.
Pas la peine de revenir sur ce que tous les groupes anglais des 60's doivent à tout ce blues qu'ils ont aussi propulsé et remis au goût du jour en mettant fin au "rockabilly" blanc..
Grew up in Greenville Mississippi there was a street called Nelson a block of shotgun houses converted into juke joints,they sold them big ol hamburgers,you know the kind they pat out and when you bite it juice run down your arm, you could get a trawf of Hog Maws and rice for $1 the fried buffalo fish Scent filled the air every man wanted to be Sonny Boy they all dressed sharp and played harmonicas
Musicianship and time; he put the standards and are very high for any follower! Probably the best, for me yes, blues harmonica player in time, but he is among the few, of any kind of music, that exceeds the limits of the kind of music he use to play. It was known that he didn't have any problem of jumping on the stage to play, with, for example Dexter Gordon! The most musical of all!
What?! My favorite blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson on harmonica played with my favorite jazz musician on saxophone!? I saw the Sophisticated Giant play many times, but never Sonny Boy. Do you know when and where, and if it was taped or filmed? There's an album of Sonny Boy Williamson playing with The Yardbirds.
@@marymichael1211 It happened in Milan with Gordon, I don't know when, for sure in '60s. There is also an album with the Animals, same period in UK, another one with Brian Auger, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot, Alan Skidmore and others, a jam session in studio, just before leaving UK for USA for the last time, after some months he passed away. Especially in the album you can see his skills in playing with jazz musicians, it's one of my favorite albums. Before passing away he was meeting with "The Band", social meetings in the US South. He has been a great influence, same as Muddy Waters, for the young British musicians. These two paved the way for the rock stars of '60s in England. The album with Yardbirds, is a real masterpiece.
Thank you so much for all of this information. I saw Dexter Gordon play a few times at Keystone Korner in San Francisco after he returned to America. At the end of the set the 6'5" Sophisticated Giant would take a deep bow and extend his saxophone lying lengthwise out in front of him. I never had the opportunity to see Sonny Boy in person nor at all playing until gratefully the technology to see videos. I know that the blues, especially Muddy Waters, was an influence on British rock but I didn't know that Sonny Boy travelled around and played with so many, and jazz and Dexter Gordon! Each had such a different and distinctive mesmerizing musicality, sophisticated style, and classy character that it would be a unique experience to hear and see them together playing live. I'll just have to imagine it, and enjoy what is available. Thanks again. 🎶✨
I think that it is so wierd that there are very cool tunes playing, by super cool dude and everyone sitting around looks bored. "Whats up with that"! 😎
@@jimmydjimmyd1349 This was a UK TV folk music show. People sat and listened (Sonny Boy had NEVER appeared in the UK before, he was SOMETHING!) and showed their appreciation at the end of a number.
This isn't Sonny Boy Williamson THE 1ST (Born 1914!!) who wrote songs and played the 1st Blues Harmonica.... Sonny Boy the 1st wrote many early Blues like "Hello Schoolgirl" a delightful old blues standard. This SBW (1) had an early, accidental, demise in 1947. I believe this SBW2 may possibly have capitalized upon the reputation of the first SBW(1). I cannot find the references to confidently support this but I also think SBW1 wrote "Ain't But One Way Out". The history on the Internet regarding these TWO Blues men is not clear on this (What is clear on the internet?!) but the song was made famous by the Allman Brothers Band (60's -70's) who made a fantastic copy of that old standard. The lyrics go something like this: "Ain't but one way out baby - Lord I just can't go out that door... Cause there's a man down there, might be your man, I don't know... I THINK Sonny Boy Williamson 1 wrote this, but I am not 100% sure. I would just like to see these Blues Classics attributed to THE CORRECT AUTHOR, they deserve at least that much, as so many, like Sonny Boy Williamson the 1st died in obscurity when their music has repeatedly been copied and brought delight to Blues appreciators like myself.
This is 1963.As far as I know, racial segregation in these years was quite pronounced in the United States. Black people were not allowed into certain institutions, and so on. But in this video, we see how the white presenter respectfully represents the black artist, and the white man accompanies him on the guitar. I previously assumed that this was hardly possible in those years. Can anyone comment? Thanks.
There are some tunes, Sonny boy Williamson made for checker label that Little Water can’t touch and there are some tunes little Walter on checker label that Sonnyboy can’t touch, I seen Little Water twice once in 59, and once in 62 what memories😎 I’m 80 & still hep
Important point.
What was the vibe in the room seeing Little Walter play live? That must've felt amazing!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing your story old timer
how are you man? nice comment IAM FROM BRASIL AND I LOVE AMERICAN BLUES
Thanks thanks 🎉😢🎉k🎉@@renatohenriquestutorials😢
❤don’t stop telling your friends and family about these heroes of the blues keep it alive xxx
Maybe remove the ads, that should work. I don’t fkn get it. There all gone who is benefiting from this
King on hamonica and singing. Saw him in person 1965. And Muddy Waters. GOLD.
I remember my grandfather listening to him but if you see him in person how old are you because I am 60
Lucky you!❤️
Well ,Magareth Im 75 this year still look like a boy on drums. Best wishes from john.
Lucky you. That was a treat.
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Sonny may be gone but he isn't forgotten. One of the best harp players the world ever knew. What a sound and what a great voice he had. Heaven is jamming with him and I bet Ray Charles is not too far away and they are playing and singing together!
😉💥If anyone else is watching and thought that you knew the Blues, then best be seated because the realist taste of blues have just captured you too! 😮 😢 🤣
You said it .
Is no one talking about the voice, the range, depth, whatever music people call it, phenomenal !
Don't start me to talkin, I'll tell everything I know...
It's all we talk about, he had it in spades
Smoke in the City.
Its called blues music
The real blues. I loved listening to this man, along with Howlin'Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and so many others back in the 60s.
Amazing harp and voice Sonny was amazing!!
This guy is simply the best harmonica player ever.
I was born in 1986, but when I listen to this legend I feel like I was born in 1886. A man born well after my time..
i’m born1984 from france i m enjoying his musics
Am I the only one to spot Davey Graham here? In 1963. An overused term - awesome.
Just can't spend a day at work without listening to this.
When I was a boy, only a thing I would be liked to do, to play the harmonica like Sonny Boy Williamson. The greatest Master!
Сони молодец. Царствие небесное земля пухом тебе великий блюзмэн
1st time hearing this..
thanks for the upload of this awesome piece of musical history.
He's got the soul of the blues and his performance it's the personification of the excellence in the music. He was really a phenomenal master.
Любимый мой музыкант стиля блюэ"гармоника" и "чикаго блюз".Обожаю этот стиль блюз.
Sonny Boy - I LOVE THIS GIANT, THIS MASTER. He's my first Blues Idol !!
Brilliant.....been a fan for years....No one better!!!!!
Like Count Basie, every tune Sonny Boy ever played became magically mellow and funky and irresistibly foot-tapping.
Sonny Boy Williamson, simply brilliant
A true legend
86 baby and I swear I love this I can listen to this all day way better then rap
Thanks for posting! My uncle told me Sonny Boy Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and many more would stop by his fathers/my grand dads Juke joint/Bar in Mississippi...where they made corn whisky. He said he actually met them (the above names) and plenty others. Talk about history. I guess this is why I LOVE Blues music...from long time.
WOW! 😲
Yes definitely the greatest harmonica player in the world not just blues but otherwise as well,he can chew, bite & make the harmonica talk, one of the finest blues singer as well, real treat to hear him perform
Not only hear him -- but SEE him. I had vinyl albums of his, and now have RUclips and can see him perform. Thank you for these wonderful videos, and for valuing and presenting the underappreciated blues music. 🎵
Absolutely amazing artistry and gentle play of harmonica plus those vocals alongside with ol' time blues. Golden gate to blissful day
I was in Portugal the first time someone showed me this, years ago...
Now in Australia and new friends still listen to Sonny Boy Williamson !
This is superb. Thanks for sharing :)
Sonny Bioy was the first genuine Bluesmen I saw live at the Marquee Blues Club in Soho, London, and I have been a Blues fan accross the board ever since.
5 hurtin souls gave this wondeeful piece of Art a thumbs down. Makes me afraid of what else they're capable of. Look out.. anything is possible apparently...
They aren't fit to be human beings. If this isn't the best of Blues artistry ever nothing is!
Such talent, I love this it puts me in the mood
this is a top performance from a blues icon the BOSS
Sonny Boy Williamson one of the great blues men without a doubt, that looks like Davy Graham in the background playing guitar
It does! Another legend accompanying a Blues legend.
Mr Sonny Boy Wiliamson inspired me long ago and thats how i learnd to play the harmonica
My new uplifting Hero 😊 !!
I visited his grave in 1996. Was finally well kept, but took some looking to find it. RIP Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Man I've never seen this performance before. Absolutely love it! 🎶
This Back Band didn't know the chord changes for " Don't start me talking " 2nd verse needs to stay 4 more Bars In C7 before go up to F7,,, Sonny Boy,, Please forgive them ,they just don't know the blues..
Brancos negros todos juntos pela musica, essa era uma época difícil ... Black whites all together for music
this guy lives his music
what a song !
thanks to post it
True class
I love this guy
In the blues shuffle Sonny Boy was the Master!
Viejitossss chingon como nos llenan de alegria la vida cuando los ve uno neta mis repetos para estos grandes musicoooo 😄👍 saludos donde quiere q esten
WORLDS GREATEST. LOVED HIS BLUES
Imagine performing to an audience of people who aren't even tapping a foot....
he is brilliant
У "старых" блюзменов инструмент был частью мысли, сердца, души и тела... Сонни Бой яркий пример. Низкий поклон таланту! Снимаю шляпу как говорится. Сейчас одна коммерция. Блюз ушёл вместе с этими людьми.
The blues left with these people, agree. Now is like progressive blues if I might say.
Wow friggin STELLAR.....I was born in 65.bless it...
He got his bowler and brolly just for this occasion. A great bluesman.
Priceless footage of the absolute greatest mouth harp player who has ever lived!
Alguem aqui no brasil!!! Que tambem curte blues??? E especial esse fenômeno eterno sanny!
Sempre meu caro
Sempre !!!
Take care yourself men long live the blues music
Sonny Boy the best ever !!!!!!
ߛߏ߬ߣߌ߫ ߓߐߦߌ߬ ߥߟߌߦߊ߲ߡߑߛߐ߲ߣ ߹ ߌߟߋ ߞߟߏߞߏ߬ߕߏ ߖߍ߬ߘߍߖߍ߬ߘߍ ߟߋ߬ ߘߌ߫ ، ߌ ߞߎ߬ߛߊ߲߬ ߝߐߟߌ ߟߊ߫ ߛߊ߫ ߹
He makes it look so easy
I go crazy thinking which of the giants of blues is my favorite. Guess ill have to listen to all of them till i take that great gettin up morning
This song is a real Hit.
yea tuff!! Davy Graham there on acoustic, this is a gem of a recording
2024 and still listening and enjoying it
Bro 2024 LSD makes this gasoline ASF I hope the people wat hing really understand the talent they were witnessing
Super!!
Smooth and a great performance
Wow! Came here to see Sonny and....thats Davey Graham playing acoustic guitar on Dont start me to talkin. A legend in his own right....
Pas la peine de revenir sur ce que tous les groupes anglais des 60's doivent à tout ce blues qu'ils ont aussi propulsé et remis au goût du jour en mettant fin au "rockabilly" blanc..
Viejo... Quiero estar ahí!!! porfa-vor 👀😍💖🥂🎉🎊🎇😲👍👌👋
Brilliant happy I have it on Cd this is great music.
Grew up in Greenville Mississippi there was a street called Nelson a block of shotgun houses converted into juke joints,they sold them big ol hamburgers,you know the kind they pat out and when you bite it juice run down your arm, you could get a trawf of Hog Maws and rice for $1 the fried buffalo fish Scent filled the air every man wanted to be Sonny Boy they all dressed sharp and played harmonicas
The Blues doesn't get any better or more real than this...
I could listen to him all days of my life🔥😵
Words that come from
The sound of living. Good stuff
Wow.... never heard a harp played so sweet as that....
That’s Davy Graham on acoustic guitar ,it look likes him
It is him.
He was amazing
Une voix d'or.
O sonny boy Como sempre fantástico! Mas com essa banda fica fácil também hahahaha... O pianista segura tudo! muito bom cara!
Thank God for the European filming of American blues greats .
Es el único y más chingon nunca habrá otro como el si señor
a legend..
I like his music ❤
top of the top of the blues
phenomenal
The band didn't know the progression to Don't Start Me Talkin', and Sonny Boy just rolled with it.
Exactly
Yup. They didn't know the stops. The best version is the Chess version with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann and Fred Below.
Please, DVD/Blue Ray release of this!!
He's lenged of the blues
Pianist is great as well
They have a statue of Mr Williamson in Jackson Tennessee drive around you will come up on it ,God Bless
Brilliant!!!!!
That's how you play a mouth Organ, This a great performance
Musicianship and time; he put the standards and are very high for any follower! Probably the best, for me yes, blues harmonica player in time, but he is among the few, of any kind of music, that exceeds the limits of the kind of music he use to play. It was known that he didn't have any problem of jumping on the stage to play, with, for example Dexter Gordon! The most musical of all!
What?! My favorite blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson on harmonica played with my favorite jazz musician on saxophone!? I saw the Sophisticated Giant play many times, but never Sonny Boy. Do you know when and where, and if it was taped or filmed? There's an album of Sonny Boy Williamson playing with The Yardbirds.
@@marymichael1211 It happened in Milan with Gordon, I don't know when, for sure in '60s. There is also an album with the Animals, same period in UK, another one with Brian Auger, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot, Alan Skidmore and others, a jam session in studio, just before leaving UK for USA for the last time, after some months he passed away. Especially in the album you can see his skills in playing with jazz musicians, it's one of my favorite albums. Before passing away he was meeting with "The Band", social meetings in the US South. He has been a great influence, same as Muddy Waters, for the young British musicians. These two paved the way for the rock stars of '60s in England. The album with Yardbirds, is a real masterpiece.
Thank you so much for all of this information. I saw Dexter Gordon play a few times at Keystone Korner in San Francisco after he returned to America. At the end of the set the 6'5" Sophisticated Giant would take a deep bow and extend his saxophone lying lengthwise out in front of him. I never had the opportunity to see Sonny Boy in person nor at all playing until gratefully the technology to see videos. I know that the blues, especially Muddy Waters, was an influence on British rock but I didn't know that Sonny Boy travelled around and played with so many, and jazz and Dexter Gordon! Each had such a different and distinctive mesmerizing musicality, sophisticated style, and classy character that it would be a unique experience to hear and see them together playing live. I'll just have to imagine it, and enjoy what is available. Thanks again. 🎶✨
This is timeless American music
Can ya feel the rock n roll ?.
I love him.
I think that it is so wierd that there are very cool tunes playing, by super cool dude and everyone sitting around looks bored. "Whats up with that"! 😎
@8 Bit Hero if you think that it looks like they were grooving, and being "respectful"rock on buddy
@@jimmydjimmyd1349 This was a UK TV folk music show. People sat and listened (Sonny Boy had NEVER appeared in the UK before, he was SOMETHING!) and showed their appreciation at the end of a number.
This isn't Sonny Boy Williamson THE 1ST (Born 1914!!) who wrote songs and played the 1st Blues Harmonica.... Sonny Boy the 1st wrote many early Blues like "Hello Schoolgirl" a delightful old blues standard. This SBW (1) had an early, accidental, demise in 1947. I believe this SBW2 may possibly have capitalized upon the reputation of the first SBW(1).
I cannot find the references to confidently support this but I also think SBW1 wrote "Ain't But One Way Out". The history on the Internet regarding these TWO Blues men is not clear on this (What is clear on the internet?!) but the song was made famous by the Allman Brothers Band (60's -70's) who made a fantastic copy of that old standard.
The lyrics go something like this:
"Ain't but one way out baby - Lord I just can't go out that door...
Cause there's a man down there, might be your man, I don't know...
I THINK Sonny Boy Williamson 1 wrote this, but I am not 100% sure. I would just like to see these Blues Classics attributed to THE CORRECT AUTHOR, they deserve at least that much, as so many, like Sonny Boy Williamson the 1st died in obscurity when their music has repeatedly been copied and brought delight to Blues appreciators like myself.
Thank You for this.
That is Mr. Rice Miller, right after some Years untill taken his career name Sonny Bioy Willianson II, in a great footstage performance.
OH SACRE SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON/PLEASE DON T START ME TO DREEM WITH YOUR MAJIC HARMONICA BLUES.
He Sonny boy Williamson he power
Que lastima que no hay otro genio como este hoy en dÍa.
Only social media crap
This guy is the fkn man. You can't mess with Sonny
Is that Davy Graham on guitar? And Sonny Boy was certainly the coolest harp player..
This is 1963.As far as I know, racial segregation in these years was quite pronounced in the United States. Black people were not allowed into certain institutions, and so on. But in this video, we see how the white presenter respectfully represents the black artist, and the white man accompanies him on the guitar. I previously assumed that this was hardly possible in those years. Can anyone comment? Thanks.
@Ramona Rael
Recorded in U.K. Hullabaloo TV Show 21 Dec. 1963
Yea blues in America was tragic , they were highly respected in the UK.
Wow! What a guy he was.
Hey! That's Davey Graham playing guitar!