Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Sonny Boy Williamson & Animals

[crazypainter56]

Great Stuff--Sonny Boy and The Animals

[jimkarakitsos]

thank god there is this kind of music and mr williamson represents it

[artradiozfera94]

one estupid !!!

like Sonny Boy!! two Thumbs!!! YEha!!

[richardd2063]

Who in gods name gave a thumbs down, Justin Bieber?

[nusa4852]

very , very good!!!!!!!!!!

[Polly6761]

I have LOVED this song for years........i was told by a great Mississippi Bluesman Sonny was talking about record companys and execs...they took these genuine

talents, and gave them "mucha nothin"

[seadogbob]

Blues is from the heart not the genes.  Peter Green pushed the blues envelope as much as anyone in the modern era has.

[pilinasesino4]

mis respetos para la genialidad de este hombre , soy un hombre que ama su arte grandes hombres que trascienden en la historia. con respeto de constantino islas garcia

[pilinasesino4]

mis respetos para la genialidad de este hombre , soy un hombre que ama su arte grandes hombres que trascienden en la historia.

[Littlesomekinda]

This song says it all! Fattening frogs for Snakes! Couldn't say it any better! Enough said,.

[MrEAPerez1]

Love Sonny Boy. I wish that I could play the harp to try to immitate that sound. I could listen to him all day. Love you Sonny.

[Wrightwasright]

It's a hard world to get a break in, all the good things have been taken.

[zelenious]

@jammmessenger you don't know what your're talking about !!!

[rasturnicaciprian]

Hat off everybody! Have you seen the interview with Manfred Man? You schould!

[Phobia017]

Newcastle! They don't play music like this in the main venues in Newcastle no more!

[paseaf]

Amazing!!

[fessormojo]

By the time of this recording, the Animals had done a very successful tour with John Lee Hooker the year before. They were surprised when the came down to London to find that there were other British Goups playing the blues. I suspect this is just Sonny Boy playing with them on the tempos. They were certainly more blues savvvy than the Yardbirds at the time.

[boilermakerstud]

diggin it. heard another version of this before but not with the animals, kudos on a great post man!

[alekandritolimalimon]

muy bueno, muy .

[SelvaBrasilhar]

does anybody know where to find sbw harp tabs...specially for this song and lyrics as well...thx

[SloppyPinkSock]

fuck the dude below me

[jammmessenger]

I don't care how rich or famous ...

British Blues bands SUCK ASS !

[sansomdela]

Exactly. They are shit and embarrassing watered down 60s pop versions of blues. I don't care what any old fart says who is over the age of 60. They are SHIT.

[vectortemple]

@sansomdela - I'm an old fart over 60 and I agree with you - they're SHIT.

[davetaylorbluespiano]

@jammmessenger i agree- the animals don't sound good here! But you can't say ALL British blues bands are bad- early Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green) is some of the best white blues ever, and were respected by original blues players.

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@davetaylorbluespiano Damn straight!!! Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was the best blues band ever!!!

[vectortemple]

@AllBobsAllTheTime - maybe on Mars...

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

@vectortemple Fleetwood Mac got the Martian sound after they brought the girls into the band. Terrible music but it was the smart money move.

[vectortemple]

@davetaylorbluespiano - they were respected by the old generation because someone was finally paying attention to what they were doing and giving them a chance to make a decent living - 'don't bite the hand that feeds you'. The british blues bands all suck IMO - brits don't know how to do it, it's not in the genes, not in the blood - too much 'God Save the Queen' over there... gotta be American. This includes Clapton. Only brit who got it right was Keith Richards.

[Jinnhotaru]

@vectortemple I'm sure you've never been to england, there's really barely any "god save the queen" and anyway, blues is in the feeling, not the genes. It's a bit like saying you have to be Chinese to be happy, (it's not true ;) ).

Listen to some Led Zeppelin songs like Bring It On Home (they covered Sonny Boy Williamson). It's blues-rock yes, but if it wasn't for band such as Zeppelin then I bet far fewer people would know of the older blues players.

[deewilki]

@vectortemple man you dont half talk shite are you wipping your mouth peter green is still better at any form of music than any modern american better than clapton and john mayal, hell the 2 aclaimed american guitarists vai and cooder arwe protages of guys influenced by blues and britain hell 3 of the top ten guitarists of all time are yardbirds!

[hinamauka]

This is so cool. Thanks.

[sydferret]

Great tune.

[The99lior]

GREAT, 5/5

[pyannaguy]

Alan Price played a gorgeous, soulful, slow, piano blues intro on an Animals album on a song called "For Miss Caulker" - I spent quite awhile learning it, note for note. Very cool stuff for a young Brit like Price to have studied and mastered way back in the 60's.

I'm going to see if I can find it in itunes.

[psychkoala]

Yeah, Alan and Eric were definitely soulful.

(not slighting the others)

I couldn't understand Chas Chandler's comment that Slade were much more talented than the Animals.

I'm a big Slade fan, myself; but I always felt the Animals were a great band.

[pyannaguy]

I think Chas may have been a tad more of a market-driven business-type than lots of us, you and me included.

You're right, The Animals were so gritty and real for the time, all things considered. I loved them, in my early teens AND so did my mom. Now that' s saying something for a band that wasn't  poppy and sugary.

[psychkoala]

I think you nailed it. ; )

[yokfinney]

Them Newcastle boys could swing !

[cw1310]

@yokfinney they make good beer, as well.

[vectortemple]

sounds like they're dragging to me... they suck

[NorthTulsaBoy]

@vectortemple

Yes, they're "dragging the beat" deliberately - it adds drama and weight to the arrangement.

[vectortemple]

@NorthTulsaBoy - gimme a break - it's a funny, upbeat song - there is no 'drama and weight' - listen to the original some time... no brit ever knew how to play the blues except for Keith Richards.

[NorthTulsaBoy]

@vectortemple

Sir, you are very dogmatic

I've listened to Sonny Boy for a long time, and I've heard the original. I prefer this version.

Obviously the English played Blues differently than (most) Americans (of any race) would, etc.

It more or less became Blues-Rock in their hands. So, no, it is not "traditional", and yes, I can understand why some folks don't like British Blues. If YOU don't like it, no problem; but some of us appreciate it. .

[vectortemple]

@NorthTulsaBoy - "British Blues" - IMO that term is an oxymoron...

[NorthTulsaBoy]

@vectortemple

Hee, hee.

Allright, but I can't believe you don't like The Animals' version of 'See See Rider'. It's incredibly good !

[xerllys]

качество!

[psychkoala]

Always loved this version.

[rikettoblues]

La grandezza di Sonny Boy Williamson non ha bisogno di commenti. Un brano eseguito alla fine della sua carriera, quando si prestò a discutibili connubi musicali. Gli Animals sono una band storica, ma non reggono il confronto: un pò fiacchi e ripetitivi nei riff

[andreabluesharp]

@rikettoblues

sono d'accordo...volevano fondere il nero col bianco...

[Horus2468]

Fantastic!

[jauriscardenas]

how!

[namnoiz]

Interesting but not the best of the animals or sonny boy.

[wwwcrossfilmnet]

Sonny Boy Williamson II i an incarnation of Sony Boy Williamson. That's for sure. I love them both.

[stoelefj]

how can he be? I think the original Sonny Boy was born after Rice Miller ;) Love them both thats fo sure.

[Clarky3009]

nah he was born before lol, hence Rice Miller being the II...

[stoelefj]

Not if you check the bio tho=) Rice Miller was born two years before John Lee Williamson, in 1912. Sonny Boy II probably adopted the name in a kind of tribute, and to gain extra followers after John Lee's death?

[Clarky3009]

damn ur right, :o, learn something new every day.

[almanacofsleep]

Rice Millar's manager took the name after the original (John Lee) Sonny Boy died so that Rice Miller would get more work, Rice Miller allways said he came first, often by pointing out he was older, but thats untrue as John Lee achieved fame first, and was one of the most successful harp players of his day, proberly why Rice Miller choose to "borrow" his name.

[Drobko]

Yeah, and it's possible he made up his date of birth, to prove that he was the first sonny boy.