VHQ(VS) Sonny Boy Williamson II - Keep It To Yourself

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"Sonny Boy Williamson II has had an influence on modern day blues and blues rock artists, as is shown by the number of his songs that are still covered, including:

Muddy Waters - "Nine Below Zero"
Canned Heat - "Nine Below Zero"
Junior Wells - "Help Me"
Howlin' Wolf - "Cool Disposition"
B. B. King - "Eyesight to the Blind"
Mose Allison - "Eyesight to the Blind"
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - "Help Me", "Checkin' Up on My Baby"
Led Zeppelin - "Bring It On Home"
Van Morrison - "Take Your Hands Out of My Pocket", "Help Me" - both on the 1974 live album It's Too Late to Stop Now. Morrison has often sung "Help Me" in live performances throughout his long career.
The Allman Brothers Band - "One Way Out"
New York Dolls - "Don't Start me Talkin'"
Ten Years After - "Help Me"
The Who - "Eyesight to the Blind"
Aerosmith - "Eyesight to the Blind"
Gary Moore - "Eyesight to the Blind"
The Blues Brothers - "From the Bottom"
Lester Butler - "I Cross My Heart"
Rory Gallagher - "My Baby, She Left Me", and "Don't Start me Talkin"; on the Defender album and the live bootleg, Meeting With The G-Man.
Nine Below Zero took their band name from his song.
The Downchild Blues Band, also known as "Downchild", took their name from his song, "Mister Downchild".[5]
John Popper of Blues Traveler notes Sonny Boy Williamson as a strong influence on his harmonica playing.
Joe Bonamassa - "Your Funeral and My Trial"
Dr. Feelgood - "Checking Up On My Baby" on their live album, Stupidity
The Doobie Brothers - "Don't Start Me To Talkin'" from their album "Toulouse Street" "

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