Sonny Boy Williamson: AFBF Careless Love

[tankersley51]

Thanks! Great !!!

[Glaeken1961]

Hippest version I ever heard...test of lack of appreciation for these amazing talents..the world knows how wonderful they are, and we are dead lucky to have this..

[bluegoose555]

nickbarcenas..Two distinctive players/careers. seemingly quite similar..but not really... John Lee (SB I) ...Rice Miller (SB II)..lots of stuff on youtube now of Rice(as he was filmed/recorded in Europe in the early 60s)..John Lee's recordings are rarer (earlier) and more of a jugband sound (imho)..check out StCelibarts fine 2 part doco on John Lee

[bluegoose555]

nickbarcenas..Two distinctive players/careers. seemingly quite similar..but not really... John Lee (SB I) ...Rice Miller (SB II)..lots of stuff on youtube now of Rice(as he was filmed/recorded in Europe in the early 60s)..John Lee's recrdings are rarer (earlier) and more of a jugband sound (imho)..check out StCelibarts fine 2 part doco on John Lee

[nickbarcenas]

i don't know the difference between sonny boy williamson and sonny boy williamson the ll but too me they look exactly the same and sound exactly the same so too me there the same person so i hope somebody can break this down to me or is sonny boy williamson the ll the same person just some people put the 2 and some don't ..

[ETrancoso]

Muito lindo, porém um pouco triste... mas creio que por causa da época. Eu amo SBW2. Lamento não ter vivido nessa época onde as pessoas eram mais sinceras em seus sentimentos. Obrigada por compartilhar.

ETrancoso a vovó que gosta de Blues.

[FabulosaFama]

Ufff!



[68shamoa]

another great upload! Is this live in Oberhausen, Germany in 1963?

[justbeamensch]

great stuff, like a dream

[shepherdsmusic]

I would like to apologize for all the negative comments made by the children of Earth

[roussos87]

this woman is stunning.... excellent song thank you rudseng...

[Wallows2]

That looks and sounds a bit like willy Dixon on bass..

[cedricleecason]

Uh...blues fad? Blues was birth out of the spirituals of the 17 and 18th hundreds. Blues came first. Now let me say, what a singer and performance. Sonny Boy is my first long-distance teacher..lol..great all around.

[printer944]

Sorry for the comment madness lol like I said I used to have a social life before youtube, If anyone ever got to see sonny boy in the sixties it would be interesting to know what it was really like any stories etc

[printer944]

oh yeah and old sonny boy really had the skills to pay the bills my inspiration

[printer944]

mae mercer has since become an actor playing small parts in films starring clint eastwood also I seen her in a b movie called frogs with sam elliot,(I used to have a social life lol) got to love this performance sonny boy has the coolest suit I want it, mae mercer your a legend

[12nites12]

she stands so far from the mic..... and still you can feel the power in his voice

[12nites12]

I guess you disagree, wanna tell my why?

[bigredlover77]

@12nites12 You said "his voice" the first time. Do you speak English much? Your first comment contradicts itself in a way that could be perceived as 'cynical'. I think you should know that 'his' is masculine.

[12nites12]

@bigredlover77 yeah yeah, I realized that mistake, right after my last reply. I know that 'his' is for masculine gender, I just mix them every once in a while (I also do it when I'm speaking spanish.

What I also know is, that instead of thinking I just made a simple mistake, you thought I was insulting her, and started insulting me, like if I were to admit my mistake and say: "thanks man, your insults made me realize I should n 't judge people so quickly", which is exactly what you did.

[bigredlover77]

@12nites12 You're right. I apologize for being insulting.- I read several other insulting comments about her on 'youtube', then became a little angry, and then misread your comment. I'm sorry. Best wishes.

[12nites12]

@bigredlover77 That 's got to be the best comment I've ever red. I don't know why, but youtube seems to be evil, most comments are full of anger. Anyway, best wishes toy you too!

[theblueshotel]

This was a real bonus to find this performance. Thanks Plenty!!!

[szaman69]

that's a.... man singing... man in dress...

[jessewarnick]

I'm pretty sure Mae Mercer is a woman, but you have to be sorry for the guy who broke up with her because he is SO getting is ass kicked.

[MrLeJe]

Mae Mercer stops at the end and everything else goes on !!!!!

[digitalchet]

Just brilliant.

[bluemaxxi]

Sorry.I knew that ...i was just kidding...but hanks so much for commenting back......He is terrific!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluemaxxi]

Who is the harmonica player?

[Regulus3333]

i hope your not serious

[conito]

Sony Boy Williamson!

[KKRUKK]

Sonny Boy Williamson

[whougonacall]

awe struck!

Never will we have vocalists & musicians like that again.

[DiamondSoul]

Mae Mercer, magical blues voice, what else can you say?

[idahoMW]

looow voice, but sweet.

[healedbyblues]

Wow

[KENOEFF]

Thanks Sean for sharing

[remkloveye]

Fantastic blues with legend Sonny!!!

Thank you!

[jalollybad]

she is a singer with that just right touch. love her voice. Is deep and golden unlike some squeeky voices I hate to hear.

[DiamondSoul]

I am shocked. What a brilliant woman. Wow, I am just speechless.

[Freols]

I had this on in the background, I almost had a heart attack when I looked at the video and realised it was a woman doing the vocals!

Very odd voice!

[sidebarr7]

@Freols odd is right,sounds like a man. But hey some men have voice like a woman,,go figure.

[oOJimmySueOo]

Brilliant. I love it

[flaunt4me]

She has a very interesting voice, who is this woman? This ending is other worldly to say the least......

[rocknrollerkev]

Mae Mercer

[jonwiley]

Yes,the singer is a woman; kind of reminds me of the Shug Avery character in "The Color Purple." As for her singing style, either you like that kind of blues, or you don't. The delivery isn't supposed to be Madonna or Whitney or Mariah.

[morningatsea]

ditto

[deepintoblues]

Ok, that ending is just freaking CREEPY! WTF? Somebody check her pulse!!!

[avivagabriel]

Very odd, strangely brittle and stark vocals. Strangely flat, or one-dimensional, or static in terms of dynamics. Don't like the singing at all, except for its fascinating awfulness.

[Aminmojo]

Sind Sie deutscher ? oder Deutsche? hehe..."Stark Vocals"

[imkingdad]

scalairefr Thanks for the detail. Thats one great asemblage of talent there.

[ajwhales]

that song is very much like the irish song "bunch of time" which came first i'm not shure.sonnyboy is king

[BlindDogFulton]

Now that's a deep voice.

[stacyblue1980]

Sonny Boy was so freakin amazing. The ...um....woman is great too.

[USAGAMES]

the singer is a man? what a shoulders!!!!

[bbb2blues]

No!!!! She is a woman,but maybe the cotton field's or family makeup fooled U.

[quakx047]

This music make me so happy

All the musici are the TOP

[Scalairefr]

The singer is not Koko Taylor but Mae Mercer, she is singing a low down blues sung in the 20's by Bessie Smith.

1) The Harp is Sonny Boy Williamson II (Alias Rice Miller).

2) the pianist is the fantastic Sunnyland Slim ;

3) the bass is the great Willie Dixon knows,as well, as a composer.

4) The guitar player is Hubert Sumlin, former guuitarist of Howling Wolf and one of the best.

thet all registered this video in Europe in the 60's.

This is first class ....

[JosephNScott]

"she is singing a low down blues" "Careless Love" was an old folk song, older than the blues fad.

[HerbertWester]

The best blues I ever heard. I will go to sleep with it . What a fantastic voice. She lives what she is singing. It must be 1964 the RUSSIAN CLUB in PARIS I guess. I met her there. She was a beautiful woman and I hope she still is. I want to listen more of her. This total group is a dream become realized.

[cedricleecason]

@Scalairefr Kool man. The drummer is Cliford James right?

[stokey27]

thats a geezer aint it

[UnlimitedBlessings]

Who is on the piano? He's dynamite!  Is the woman Kiki Taylor? Great music!

[misterpearce]

it's Koko Taylor. check out her work with Willie Dixon. Very powerful.

[UnlimitedBlessings]

Dear masterpiece

Thanks for supplying the information to my querry.

[lostintheblues]

I love Sonny Boy, but I prefer it when he's on his own

[ThatFrogNamedEd]

Goddamn! What a voice such soul, and Sonny Boy is sounding great too, but it's true the real greatness in this song is the voice on Mae.

[irritatedfish]

dag yo she has so much soul she makes sonnyboy williamson sound almost robotic

[patsyf1]

This woman has a soul so deep,,, nuff respect and love to the blues

[barrypbeckett]

I met him at the Marquee Club, Wardour St, London,1964. He was peeing next to me in the John and asked me where a man could get a drink in this soft drink club. We went to The Intrepid Fox pub.where we all went in the break. He was playing with The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton. On the same bill was Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men with a guest young kid called Rod Stewart. I was my 16th birthday, friday March 13, in my third year playing the harmonica., now in my 45 th, ha ha ha

[catalystbunni]

that's awesome.

[natureswhey]

Neooffs...Your an idiot.

[quundar]

who's effraid by REAL weemens?

[rkt88403]

Mae had style and a great voice. Sonny Boy didn't seem to be able to get it together for this song.

[hankshreve]

man, i want that suit!!

[jljimmeb]

She packs quite a punch! I wonder if she dates older men..

[andrepgs]

Mae Mercer ... woman ...

[neooffs]

is that a man or a woman?

[senaculo]

Of course she is a woman, with a rare kind of voice! But listen overall the performance of Sonny Boy... Even rare... as a musician