Sonny Boy Williamson Pt. 2_StCelibart.com

[busessuck1]

Been listening to Sonny a whole lot recently - its great to find stuff like this

though I don't think you made very good use of archive material though - for one thing there's photos and footage of most of SBs contemporaries , and perhaps first hand accounts from his brother if you had the opportunity

[JTerrible63]

THANKS, this was a teaching...

[jdominod1]

Wow,Thanks for posting.I'm just getting hip to the Blues.Love it.Damn,so there is more greats than the Legandary Little Walter.Sorry,He's All i knew.Wich was First.Country & western or the blues.?Both tell beautiful stories.

[bluesgurugod]

Great to see that there's some John Lee - Sonny Boy Williamson on youtube. There's a lot of Rice Miller SBW which is great too - but we must not forget the original Sonny Boy. Tough life these bluesmen lived. Their resiliency never ceases to amaze me. Thank you!

[buskerbuoy]

Haha you made me laugh and you made me cry and then thak god you made me laugh again. Loved the harmonica tributes on the headstone, maybe there is some hope for mankind.

[grayal2]

thanks for sharing. great !

[MickeyAllums]

A really great tribute, to a legend of the Harmonica,... and Blues.

[Eddiespageddie]

thanks for this. now im late for my gig ...

cant leave till i see it all. time to play some jug now....

[ELAW67]

...very well done documentary and super informative...i can tell it was done with great respect and admiration for Sonny Boy...good job dude...peace.

[tankbond]

Sonny Boy, heh! Blues personified.

[oceansidermike]

Great Documentary of a Legend in the Blues!

[1bluezlovinkat]

Greatvideo. Nice to see he finally got a tombstone. Thanks and RIP Sonny Boy!

[whest]

Surprisngly the film does not mention Sonny Boy's profound influence on Little Walter,nor the influence Hammie Nixon had on his own playing.

Sonny Boy did lay the groundwork for the Chicago harp,but was not as the film claims the first to make the blues harp a lead instrument.Noah Lewis would have a much greater claim to that distinction.

Great film nonetheless.Any harp player who hasn't absorbed Sonny Boy#1 don't have good roots!

[StCelibart]

There are mentions of Lewis and Nixon, though admittedly brief, in Part 1.

[JosephNScott]

"Sonny Boy did lay the groundwork for the Chicago harp,but was not as the film claims the first to make the blues harp a lead instrument.Noah Lewis would have a much greater claim to that distinction." Good point. Of course, Sonny Boy's records sold far better overall than records with Noah on them did (or DeFord Bailey records did, etc.) -- the real Sonny Boy was a star with "blacks" on the Blind Lemon Jefferson level, which Noah wasn't.

[bluesdoor]

WOW What a great long over due tribute to the man who put it on the map. This is the deal.

[JosephNScott]

"What a great long over due tribute to the man who put it on the map." Blues harmonica was popular before John Lee Williamson started making records, among a lot of players such as Freeman Stowers, who was 30 years older than him, and the "white" bluesman Henry Whitter, who was 12 years older than him. But for the Little Walter era, the real Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee) was a massive, underrated influence, absolutely.

[JosephNScott]

"Henry Whitter, who was 12 years older than him" Whoops, 22 years older. And started recording 14 years before John Lee. Not all that great a harmonica (or guitar) player, but an interesting and influential bluesman historically.

[bluesdoor]

JNS: true but I ment on the electric blues harp map. It's Walter and Muddy before them. thanks for your "Henry Whitter Not all that great a harmonica (or guitar) player, but an interesting and influential bluesman historically. What I ment was the Little Walter era, the real Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee) was the cat who changed the way future heros of harmonica would play

So I see JLW as the Man who put it on the map." for his time and still today he is superior singing and Harpin'.

[teetosh]

Are there 2 Sonny Boys?

[StCelibart]

Yes, Aleck "Rice" Miller, who was also known as Willie Williamson or Willie Miller and was a great harp player himself, is generally known as Sonny Boy Williamson II. He is the one well-known through the King Biscuit Flour Hour.

[BlindDogFulton]

RIP, Bluesman.

[famlawman]

Thanks for your great effort in making a terrific tribute to a legend.

[sofapimp]

first class documentary for an important bluesman. thank you for keeping the memory of the first sonny boy alive.

[joebluesharp]

Awesome! Thank You! We must never forget the Great Bluesmen!

[MajTom23]

Loved it. Thank you very much for making this.

[StCelibart]

Be sure to check out Part 1, also on YouTube, or visit StCelibart dot com for the full video.