Sonny Boy Williamson: AFBF Careless Love

Sonny Boy backing in AFBF

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sonny
• Boy
• Williamson
• harp
• chicago
• blues

[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 ....

[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.

[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