Sonny Boy Williamson - Keep it to Yourself

[papatulle]

Such a soft spoken fellow. Damn! He could play and sing though.

[iamalec101]

I'm proud to say I was named after this man. (My name's Alec, not Sonny.)

[leCasquouille]

woooooo précieux document!

[TheJohnnyh13]

simply great. R.I.P. sonny -

[jfman]

proof ive said it before he IS THE harmonica pimp!

[shishyupal]

17 guys got their mistresses who didn't keep it to themselves.

[willyham72]

this guy rules

[paulogarrincha]

Very gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooood!!!!!!

[zaperfan]

shit



[hpsnoob]

@zaperfan So, do you mean that in the way of 'Oh shiiiiit dude thats nice' or in the way of saying this sucks.

[zaperfan]

@hpsnoob Sorry i was blown away when i listened to him .It should have read shit that's fantastic .Keep the faith man!!

[STANLIZ4]

did these guys realise they were geniuses in their lifetimes, I wonder, this music is just unbelievable

[Milozo13]

one best songs ever

[teebeeferris]

this kat never put out a bad song !!

[jellyhelm]

16 dislikes? Huh?

[HOTM20]

primera vez lo veo me parece exelente ,, como dic alguien que daria todos sus dients por verlo revivir tambien daria los mios , que exelente interpretacion.

[stimerstimer]

ох дядя мочит нипадецки.

[violinmaniac]

this a G harp? right?

[jorisengels]

I would give all of my teeth to see this guy live again...You want to know about authenticity, Sonny Boy is as far as you can get.

[Ijanee4806]

This is what Blues is all about...sterotypes have to know what music is about to listen and not look...Man what a blessings that we have video of this great ICON...

[DomenicSinatra]

this is epic and so freaking incredible, just so natural and out there

[greenowl2]

HE JUST CALLED MY NAME AT 3:24 WOW YUNUS!!

[rasmussrask]

holy fck he's badass. dont care if "he aint dirty cus of the suit" and shit. He got swagger, class like no other.

[dFernandesoficial]

vai uma dose de sentimento blues ai?

[XxRxDxPxX]

@dFernandesoficial Isso com Whisky fica perfeito!

[shaunthewood]

The MASTER

[soultrader7380]

that's blues, nothing but.

[guitarandharp]

Hi arzadi11

Your response is a very refreshing change from the kind I am growing tired of finding on YouTube - crude insults, slanging matches... I don't want to read that stuff anymore and it got to the point where I didn't use YouTube for a while.

Now that I'm checking things out again, there's a flood of stuff (classic blues and rock & roll and jazz - it's all the same to me) I've not seen before. This is one of them - and it's great.

Many thanks to Radge1965 for posting this gem!

[arzadi11]

@guitarandharp Thank you for your kind response! i truly meant it, love can't be pretentious... your music is the artistic expression of your true love...

[Ronniremould]

Plenty of Sonny Boy Williamson on Spotify

[undead348]

anything Sonny Boy Williamson on itunes? i cant seem to find any =[

[gentleonmymind1966]

Fantastic!!!thanks

[MACGATELEY]

Thanks Giles was this song by Sonny Boy Williamson that started me off with the blues. I bought an album entitled One Way Out. By S.B.W.

[torre666999]

lo mejor



[Colmonde]

Brilliant!

[Colmonde]

Fantastic

[1511blues]

..a very classy Bluesman

[cosmic248]

The women at 3:31 are super HOT!!

[3ombieautopilot]

He is just the BOSS!!

[mrpappasmerf]

im learning the harmonica and i just learnt how to play that ITS AWESOME =)

[BOSTONKID64]

I love this guy, he is just smooth, thanks for the post !

[MrValentino40]

The girl at 2:02 is Meg Griffin!!!

[jessegguitar]

the lady and guy at 2:02.. look clueless

[kolemijn]

Damn, that dude has STYLE!

[landcaster11]

I play the harmonica. This guy plays it effortlessly.

[BZEnodata]

0:31

[vrdfunktastik]

dios te bendiga donde quiera que estes hermano talentoso gracias por venir a llenarnos de blues

[doppelwhite]

i like this song, is great

[Nostalgico80]

14 folks here are blasphemous because they fingered down a Prophet of the True Verb.

[h1ph0pjunk1e]

this mother fucker played the harmonica if no hands!!!! this guy is insane sonny boy williamson always been a fan but never the guy could do tht

[Heisssask]

Propably the most elegant way of cheatin your wife

[BryanWarhall47]

I took a few licks from the man I'm sure lee Oscar and Majic Dick did too. Please see what you think of Bryan Warhall on Youtube.

[paddyboyobrien]

The root of rock n roll......no doubt, all the greats learned from Sonny Boy!!

[waltinhopai]

Maravilhoso,definitivo,fundame­ntal,único!!!Mr.Sonny Boy Williamson!!!!

[degreasy]

im proud to have his name !!! Sonny!!!!

[volatilefists]

Hit 9 a few times on your comp its like that dumbass that didnt know the lights green is in front of you at the traffic lights again.

[volatilefists]

you cantcomplain about history, 14 people dislike themselves for not having a soul and glowing lifedrive. therefor and it shall be written they are big massive WanKerS. : )

[arzadi11]

musicians back then were NOT pretentious at all, they were natural, but today's music is all about pretentions. love can't be pretentious.

[besamemucho5]

@arzadi11 not pretentious?where are you from? in USA all we had was pretentious mf's let me give you some names lets start at the top...Elvis, frank Sinatra, pat Boone, etc etc, if you mean African American musicians were not pretentious OK, they were not like that because they could not afford being like that, do you know African American people used to ride in the back of the bus even up until the early sixties??? hate to spoil your good feelings..lets give some respect to sonny b. Williamson

[DrJoha]

@arzadi11 , there is nothing less pretencious than those teeth, or lack thereof... yikes

[aidanvinum]

@DrJoha

all the teeth in the world couldn't make you blow that well.

[tittt100]

@arzadi11 dude i so agree

[kedocom]

@arzadi11 ... yeah but this song is about extra marital love which indeed is pretentious

[m3rcyk1ller]

@arzadi11 fuck yeah

[tdevry]

@arzadi11 Well said

[marcelosamonte]

In 1963/63 England was invaded by the Blues. Then they took it and transformed in what we call Rock'n Roll. The rest, you Know. :-)

[besamemucho5]

@marcelosamonte more like the late 50's and early 60's they were boiling with the blues..the result? the beatles, the rolling stones and all the rock'n roll that followed them, in the mean time here in our good old usa, african americans were being persecuted just because of the color of their skin, they were being sent to jails for less offenses than what the so called whites committed...the kkk was well and alive doing their thing..in the mean time our blues were being welcomed in other places

[themossbackman]

Oh Hell Ya !!!

[MACGATELEY]

This was the harp player that really got me inspired and the first blues song I ever sang and played.

[OzzyCooperManson]

ahhhh sonny boy i love that guy he is the greatest of the blues players!!

[pugster6837]

14 people just hit dislike because the "cool" thing to do.

[anonymous4gud]

genius

[sosavidz]

what key is that harmonica in?

[ArniParia]

4 minutes and 44 seconds of goosebumps. My skin is really hurting ! I have the blues.



[EBARROS2010]

Sonny Boy Wiliamson simplesmente o melhor !!!

[68dalo]

12 people don't even know whath she has to keep to herself

[KJFM1]

jajajajajajajajajaja me encanta su actuación!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so good!!!

[ericrose4725]

Great song but I couldn't tell if at 3:40 if he was trying to play the harmonica or eat it.

[ericrose4725]

Great song but I couldn't tell if at 3:40 if he was trying to play the harmonica or eat it.

[bigkittysmile]

master of the blues harp and what a killer band he had behind him.

[EeccmanNL]

i love to see the old fashioned ladys staring at this man and just thinking... pure class

[besamemucho5]

to think that racism in USA kept alot of people from enjoying such a beautiful music...

[bcdalessio]

DAMN GOOOOOOD...

Really thank's dude!

[yonatanshemesh]

someone can tell what harmonica does he plays?

[SkyVeins]

@yonatanshemesh I'm not completely sure but I think it is a Echo Vamper, a British version of the Marine Band 364.

[EeccmanNL]

pure class

[MrSilva777]

this is just beautiful....wish i could have been sitting there, listening to this amazing music

[brushcreek42]

This is one of the first Chicago blues records I heard in 1956. Check out the 1956 Checker recording - it's one of the finest Chicago blues recordings in existence. The flip side "The Key" is equally fine!

[RagingStormWind]

11 people are dentists!

[lucasromarizpaitl]

@RagingStormWind kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[allbussiness]

I am one years old. And this music is phenomenal. Sonny plays like no other...True self expression! Brilliance.

[MrDimasxl]

oeeeeehhh ilove sonny boy williams

[slimpickinses]

@crusheroftheist The song here is in A so it must be off speed in G so it would be the key of C MB 364 definitely longer than a normal Marine band. He did use a c 364 on Bye Bye Bird

[slimpickinses]

@slimpickinses Actually it is a key of C Echo Vamper which was the European version of the 364

[deathfollower55]

I'm 16. Good music breaks the barrier of time.

[TheMishting3000]

1745

[d33ferer]

wow... :) ++++

[MrRequem]

I like it.

[ajsaid]

true!!

[nozhan88]

Just awesome!

[psycadeliczak]

so tight

[vladknz07]

awesomeee..god damn it..where is this genre today? :(...this music is GOOOOD MUSIC!!!!!!!

[GoDav09]

This is talent. I'm 20 years old and I still like this.

[lara777ist]

This is the best piece of music i've ever heard. Amazing!!!

[iiam2810]

So is this about infidelity?

[acdcjonnyboy]

G HARP! :D

[mrmanoli]

True Blues!

[puturru99]

increible!!!!!!!



[MaineBluesman]

If you enjoy this style of old school blues harmonica, go support guys like Rick Estrin and Kim Wilson, who nail this style wonderfully and do everything with class. Gotta support the guys who are alive doing it TODAY.

[MaineBluesman]

What a great song by a great blues storyteller! Been performing this song and bunch more like it for the past 15-20 years all around New England. Keepin' the Chess legend alive, I am. :- )

[ulichinos]

style! thats what he had that no one else today has!

[jblackmd1]

wow....

[alquimistamusical]

agradável som...

[fanniechiasson]

Low blues i love that

[atzerath]

must have been one hell of a cunnilingus artist....

[laidmyburdendown]

This used to make me laugh and cry, and hell, it still does.

[CMURPH202020]

"This guy was the Snoop Dogg of his time"

[MayChild8]

@CMURPH202020 wtf?

[the4realeddie]

@CMURPH202020 DOn't compare that piece of shit to this brilliant fellow

[pedrohhjob]

@CMURPH202020 I like his time better

[mrHamstarr82]

@CMURPH202020

i never heard that sonny boy williamson sucked cocks, made millions and was a shame for the whole blues generation

[eddie486us]

Dude had a smoothness about him.

[duneputekute]

"I'm a bluesman, I don't play no Rock'n'Roll."

[kuroboushi12]

very very very coooooooooooooooooooooool!

[MichaelFortuin]

Love those low notes !

[silviozaleski]

ai.ai...meu deus .. o que foi que aconteceu com a música popular americana ?

[XxRxDxPxX]

@silviozaleski Eu me pergunto o mesmo. Muito bom vê brasileiro ouvindo isso, fico feliz, pois nosso cenário musical está uma porcaria e jovens alienados pelo modismo. Abraços

[efzt]

@XxRxDxPxX Brasileiros jovens sao bom gente tambem! Callete!

[wsligter]

Note: This is Sonny Boy Williamson II. Yes there is a BIG difference!

[davidoffon]

This is truly outstanding, I would dig any grave to hear this again

I'd even be enslaved to the Devil to get back there then.

Being born in January I was either not alive or between 0 and 11 months old when this God played the stage.

[railcar123]

Really great!!

[brincher]

11 people are dentists!

[tataso]

the king of harmonic!!

[Psyk68]

eleven people must be ...! finest blues...

[majinbunda]

the man who made me start playing the harmonica

[MrMusicoerrantedeste]

excelente el maestro Sonny Boy

[eloelo14]

oooh my god

[lostintheblues]

it's great that god decided to play the harmonica

[OffWIthTheRain]

3:44 i laughed so hard

[julvalesc]

best song of today thanx you for posting this!!!!!

[eriMc100]

ela re mavreeeeeeeeeeeee!

[Enemiesarelovers]

shit he can hold a note! How does he do ittttt.

[Tob1Ku]

d-like, last time dont feeling, just showing off in front of girls.=|

[JJoneEIGHTY]

holy crap its Morpheus!

[MAMDOLORES74]

That is beautiful!!!!

[zuk737]

words to live by....

[guigui1236]

Definition of cool !!!



[AndyRocker89]

he's a real fucking bluesman

[buffalobilly]

2.03, that's one big ass ring

[happiergilmour]

Jesus this man is a Harp legend.

[mariadelamor21]

Impresionante!!!!! Conmovedor.

[pleskoch]

Can anybody tell me where can i get the complete show? ive been searching and i just cant find it :I

[TheDeepRot]

@pleskoch American Blues Folk Festival 1962-66, 4 volumes, get a look at all of them there's some fantastic stuff in there

[pleskoch]

@TheDeepRot

Hey thnx dude!!! yeah Ive seen it in the Mezzo channel :D it was so awesome i just had to find it, found some nice guitarists like Matt guitar Murphy

[ovnfamily]

Saw those two girls before

[agrahamt]

He's the greatest (sorry John Lee!).

[0ntology]

so good.. i actually got goosebumps near the end!

[ortizkyle]

simply amazzzinggg!!! wish music was still like this:)

[waitening]

The blues does (:

He play whit the soul!

[lukasmoreyra]

que voz

[itsmykylew]

i love how half his teeth are on the bottom and the other half is on top, like perfectly fits

[mateusfloyd]

@itsmykylew lol

[kijkesaan]

Funny. At the end 04:42.

He thinks ok that's done, i pick my hat and my bag and go home now. Bye.

[mrourand]

crazy man, crazy

[bilethezombie]

10 people shoulda kept it to themselves.

[pimpninja1985]

@bilethezombie make that 11

[bilethezombie]

@pimpninja1985 It was 10 when i posted that. lol

[pimpninja1985]

@bilethezombie lol

[LSDelusions]

If only men had his attitude and style these days...

[teizung]

genius

[dvpkid]

ahhhhh that blues harp sounds sweet.

[Aquadrip]

Amaizing!!!!!!!:)

[toni1047]

Holy Crap that was awesome !!!

[LucaFresco]

RISPETTO THE KING OF THE ARMONICA!

[RisinOutlaw21]

I wished the colored people nowadays listened and played this stuff. instead of pop and rap

[TheSatanas666]

@RisinOutlaw21 you dont understand we innovate all the time white people take one thing(dat we invented) and keep doing it all the time you see our innovative nature was te reason for the birth of blues jazz rock soul funk etc we never stop

[optionout]

@RisinOutlaw21 Colored people? How old are you?

[VJnumber1]

Check out at 3:40, wow, he does for the harmonica what Jimmi Hendrix did for the electric guitar! Very glad the camera guy was in close up for that.

[TheSatanas666]

@VJnumber1 uhh boy jimmy? alot of brothas before jimmy did dat take a look on guitar watson or earl hooker...

[a2edcom]

@VJnumber1 I love jimi too. But please don't compare both Sonny and Jimi as one. Sonny didn't have huge-ass amps, wah wahs, etc, to add soul to his sound. He did it all by his lonesome. Get Jimi to play acoustic instead of electric, and you'll know what i mean.

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[VJnumber1]

@a2edcom thanks for popping a pin in my balloon mister! lol. I'm referring to Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth. I think they were HIS teeth, his REAL teeth. So, what I was thinking was, Hendrix did this in a way to suggest making love with his mouth to the guitar, and Mr. Williamson here is also "making love to the harmonica". So, i think I am making an apt comparison which does not detract from one person's amps an anothers electronically amplified acoustic.

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