Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band -- Help Me (A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson)

[condor1087]

This is Jr. at his best. Thanks for uploading it. He could mesmerize you singing this live. You'd be singing it for a week or more afterwards

[sugarmamaaa]

@2amoriana I love this version too. I think he says "... a tribute to him. It's a number that he made that I think will linger in your hearts forever." Peace!

[bobilhas]

Thanks!

[nitanewsreader]

Shivers down my spine

[richardd2063]

Love this, it was always a fav of mine as a kid, still makes hairs stand up on the back of my neck, thanks for posting

[EwolDJ]

@richardd2063 me too. First heard it in '69, coolest damn thing I ever heard, just about still is

[richardd2063]

@EwolDJ I was lucky when i look around at the other kids of my area back in the 70s, my grandad fed me a regular diet of Brownie Mcghee and Sonny Terry, Hopkins, Wolf, Waters and just about everything from dixie and Basie up. I feel more connected now to the history of music than most i know, but the blues is something that is deeper again and when i listen to Junior and Sonny, well i can`t tell you how it makes me feel but i``m indebted to my grandad more than i could have known at the time.

[richardd2063]

All the best to you and yours @EwolDJ. 

[EwolDJ]

@richardd2063 me too. First heard it in '69, coolest damn thing I ever heard, just about still is. Buddy Guy's beautifully understated backing riff augments Jr's powerful performance. The whole album is a must-have for all blueslovers: J B Hutto, Otis Spann, great notes by Paul Oliver, and the mixes are so much cleaner than what was going down at Chess at the time.

[winkiened2]

Thnks is a real fine album

[BluzJack]

Wow,this is awesome, it's a real cool version of help me .

[sugarmamaaa]

@BluzJack yeah... Junior Wells was awesome at harp and vocals.