Sonny Boy Williamson- "Don't Start Me To Talking/Coming Home To You Baby" 1963 [RITY Archives]

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[@johnnyacevedo681]

There are some tunes, Sonny boy Williamson made for checker label that Little Water can’t touch and there are some tunes little Walter on checker label that Sonnyboy can’t touch, I seen Little Water twice once in 59, and once in 62 what memories😎 I’m 80 & still hep

[@marymichael1211]

Important point.

[@renatohenriques9677]

What was the vibe in the room seeing Little Walter play live? That must've felt amazing!

[@pettyaf89]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing your story old timer

[@user-ef3ds6fg7r]

Любимый мой музыкант стиля блюэ"гармоника" и "чикаго блюз".Обожаю этот стиль блюз.

[@user-lw5hg1bf3p]

Сони молодец. Царствие небесное земля пухом тебе великий блюзмэн

[@andrewlowe9969]

Sonny may be gone but he isn't forgotten. One of the best harp players the world ever knew. What a sound and what a great voice he had. Heaven is jamming with him and I bet Ray Charles is not too far away and they are playing and singing together!

[@SteveYates-uo4dq]

❤don’t stop telling your friends and family about these heroes of the blues keep it alive xxx

[@user-om2zx1pf1v]

Maybe remove the ads, that should work. I don’t fkn get it. There all gone who is benefiting from this

[@johnastrup1549]

King on hamonica and singing. Saw him in person 1965. And Muddy Waters. GOLD.

[@cobrastrikesagain6385]

I remember my grandfather listening to him but if you see him in person how old are you because I am 60

[@margarethcarmo9654]

Lucky you!❤️

[@johnastrup1549]

Well ,Magareth Im 75 this year still look like a boy on drums. Best wishes from john.

[@Hector-dc8km]

Lucky you. That was a treat.

[@mimisatou1]

@@cobrastrikesagain6385 Please tell more

[@peterhead9981]

The real blues. I loved listening to this man, along with Howlin'Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and so many others back in the 60s.

[@andrewlowe9969]

Amazing harp and voice Sonny was amazing!!

[@l.l.l.fl.l.l.f9577]

86 baby and I swear I love this I can listen to this all day way better then rap

[@garyfalkenstein1514]

Words that come from The sound of living. Good stuff

[@Raulo707]

This guy is simply the best harmonica player ever.

[@bobfry5267]

Am I the only one to spot Davey Graham here? In 1963. An overused term - awesome.

[@lapeurta12]

Is no one talking about the voice, the range, depth, whatever music people call it, phenomenal !

[@GVernon]

Don't start me to talkin, I'll tell everything I know...

[@joshhamon1205]

It's all we talk about, he had it in spades

[@buddy8412]

Smoke in the City.

[@dennisstone1207]

Its called blues music

[@father_Flint]

У "старых" блюзменов инструмент был частью мысли, сердца, души и тела... Сонни Бой яркий пример. Низкий поклон таланту! Снимаю шляпу как говорится. Сейчас одна коммерция. Блюз ушёл вместе с этими людьми.

[@chaipod]

The blues left with these people, agree. Now is like progressive blues if I might say.

[@josemirmauricio1644]

Brancos negros todos juntos pela musica, essa era uma época difícil ... Black whites all together for music

[@trabalhador3740]

He's got the soul of the blues and his performance it's the personification of the excellence in the music. He was really a phenomenal master.

[@benjaminwells8776]

I was born in 1986, but when I listen to this legend I feel like I was born in 1886. A man born well after my time..

[@pierremancaux3688]

i’m born1984 from france i m enjoying his musics

[@saadkabarousse635]

Just can't spend a day at work without listening to this.

[@user-ef3ds6fg7r]

Super!!

[@bluesloverfr]

Sonny Boy - I LOVE THIS GIANT, THIS MASTER. He's my first Blues Idol !!

[@bartcolen]

Like Count Basie, every tune Sonny Boy ever played became magically mellow and funky and irresistibly foot-tapping.

[@dennisstone1542]

Better than anything these artist today can do.

[@user-wu3sj7id1n]

Man, this guy got style. I ❤️ watching his performance. He amazes me everytime. Daddy comming home.😊😊

[@vincenzomagi7350]

When I was a boy, only a thing I would be liked to do, to play the harmonica like Sonny Boy Williamson. The greatest Master!

[@jamesbutler6504]

Brilliant.....been a fan for years....No one better!!!!!

[@user-du9lu4xc6t]

😉💥If anyone else is watching and thought that you knew the Blues, then best be seated because the realist taste of blues have just captured you too! 😮 😢 🤣

[@mimisatou1]

Thanks for posting! My uncle told me Sonny Boy Williams, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf and many more would stop by his fathers/my grand dads Juke joint/Bar in Mississippi...where they made corn whisky. He said he actually met them (the above names) and plenty others. Talk about history. I guess this is why I LOVE Blues music...from long time.

[@marymichael1211]

WOW! 😲

[@jif753]

Sonny Boy Williamson one of the great blues men without a doubt, that looks like Davy Graham in the background playing guitar

[@joem6508]

It does! Another legend accompanying a Blues legend.

[@brankobergstrandmusic]

Sonny Boy Williamson, a real master of the harmonica blues! He’s my inspiration to play the harmonica. I actually found out what key of harmonica he uses in this video! Is key of F :) thanks Sonny Boy Williamson for the music.

[@gen6208]

An Harp in the key of F? Wow... i used to think that he play an harp in the key of D in this video! Great! P.S. sorry for my bad english

[@user-qp1ut5sr3s]

Actually its a Bb harmonica played second position which is the key of F

[@brankobergstrandmusic]

The Rocking Dead I don’t think is a Bb harp I mean the harmonica is sound Is bright like a F harp more than the Bb harp is darker. I would say, I tried the triplets solo he did on the F harp and it was so accurate.

[@brankobergstrandmusic]

The Rocking Dead the second position is in C he plays a harp in F

[@user-qp1ut5sr3s]

@@brankobergstrandmusic Did you actually tried playing it with a Bb harmonica in the second position(Cross harp/melodyan)? And you wrong 2nd position is Not C but F! Bb played 1st position(straight harp) is Bb Bb played 2nd position(cross harp/Melodyan) is F ! Go look it up

[@eziocampos3723]

A true legend

[@bpkolos1974]

Absolutely amazing artistry and gentle play of harmonica plus those vocals alongside with ol' time blues. Golden gate to blissful day

[@harpothehealer]

Sonny Boy Williamson, simply brilliant

[@jimjones6947]

Mr Sonny Boy Wiliamson inspired me long ago and thats how i learnd to play the harmonica

[@davidtyndall3786]

5 hurtin souls gave this wondeeful piece of Art a thumbs down. Makes me afraid of what else they're capable of. Look out.. anything is possible apparently...

[@andrewlowe9969]

They aren't fit to be human beings. If this isn't the best of Blues artistry ever nothing is!

[@alexandervalentine6751]

Sonny Bioy was the first genuine Bluesmen I saw live at the Marquee Blues Club in Soho, London, and I have been a Blues fan accross the board ever since.

[@MrEhu3]

That's how you play a mouth Organ, This a great performance

[@bmitra1000]

Yes definitely the greatest harmonica player in the world not just blues but otherwise as well,he can chew, bite & make the harmonica talk, one of the finest blues singer as well, real treat to hear him perform

[@marymichael1211]

Not only hear him -- but SEE him. I had vinyl albums of his, and now have KZbin and can see him perform. Thank you for these wonderful videos, and for valuing and presenting the underappreciated blues music. 🎵

[@user-zl6wv5zk8m]

Super Star❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@valentineecklund]

Wow friggin STELLAR.....I was born in 65.bless it...

[@pierremancaux3688]

this guy lives his music

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

this is a top performance from a blues icon the BOSS

[@visentelanderos343]

Es el único y más chingon nunca habrá otro como el si señor

[@maryMartinez1813]

Such talent, I love this it puts me in the mood

[@marcoscampos1110]

what a song ! thanks to post it

[@NicolasGodoyogalde]

sonny boy is my god ♥

[@florinbal8043]

Sonny Boy the best ever !!!!!!

[@ousmanecoulibaly5821]

ߛߏ߬ߣߌ߫ ߓߐߦߌ߬ ߥߟߌߦߊ߲ߡߑߛߐ߲ߣ ߹ ߌߟߋ ߞߟߏߞߏ߬ߕߏ ߖߍ߬ߘߍߖߍ߬ߘߍ ߟߋ߬ ߘߌ߫ ، ߌ ߞߎ߬ߛߊ߲߬ ߝߐߟߌ ߟߊ߫ ߛߊ߫ ߹

[@raymondkarlsson9794]

In the blues shuffle Sonny Boy was the Master!

[@rvcasa]

I was in Portugal the first time someone showed me this, years ago... Now in Australia and new friends still listen to Sonny Boy Williamson ! This is superb. Thanks for sharing :)

[@robertmillichamp7666]

yea tuff!! Davy Graham there on acoustic, this is a gem of a recording

[@baduboy1]

2024 and still listening and enjoying it

[@dennisstone1542]

Bro 2024 LSD makes this gasoline ASF I hope the people wat hing really understand the talent they were witnessing

[@davidzimmerli489]

The Blues doesn't get any better or more real than this...

[@donnaforsyth6818]

WORLDS GREATEST. LOVED HIS BLUES

[@timarnold9868]

Like it!

[@barbaravanwhy4564]

I love this guy

[@TheMrE1974]

Imagine performing to an audience of people who aren't even tapping a foot....

[@MsPauli1000]

He makes it look so easy

[@raymundonunez5375]

Viejitossss chingon como nos llenan de alegria la vida cuando los ve uno neta mis repetos para estos grandes musicoooo 😄👍 saludos donde quiere q esten

[@jeffreese4194]

Man I've never seen this performance before. Absolutely love it! 🎶

[@Texeq]

Wow! Came here to see Sonny and....thats Davey Graham playing acoustic guitar on Dont start me to talkin. A legend in his own right....

[@jassonielferreira2317]

Alguem aqui no brasil!!! Que tambem curte blues??? E especial esse fenômeno eterno sanny!

[@jonnyralph2701]

Sempre meu caro

[@jonnyralph2701]

Sempre !!!

[@alainbruch7912]

Take care yourself men long live the blues music

[@nicbing2598]

Can ya feel the rock n roll ?.

[@pierredefersen9334]

Pas la peine de revenir sur ce que tous les groupes anglais des 60's doivent à tout ce blues qu'ils ont aussi propulsé et remis au goût du jour en mettant fin au "rockabilly" blanc..

[@russellclarke7344]

The laid-back expressiveness of his voice. The easy warm phrasing without fanfare but so stuffed with feeling. The delivery just sucks me in. I'm moved!!

[@agungpiatino6500]

a legend..

[@carlosfarias4730]

Um gênio

[@drinkwater319]

Pianist is great as well

[@TECHTECH-ut9bo]

サニーは最高　マジで

[@joestephan1111]

Priceless footage of the absolute greatest mouth harp player who has ever lived!

[@marcbolan1818]

Smooth and a great performance

[@hermixtonen]

The band was going to the 4 chord too soon . It made it where Sonny Boy was having to finish the verse at the start of the next round .

[@plutogamstrumframe]

He was amazing

[@TheHejazian]

He's lenged of the blues

[@elijahwaldtempleclass5441]

Hey! That's Davey Graham playing guitar!

[@user-jt8cx5oj8j]

Великий Человек браво

[@davidalvarez4501]

The band didn't know the progression to Don't Start Me Talkin', and Sonny Boy just rolled with it.

[@BlackRiverBluesman]

Exactly

[@davissinclair4945]

Yup. They didn't know the stops. The best version is the Chess version with Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann and Fred Below.

[@banjammy7367]

There are good and then there's the best.

[@MyGabrielSales]

O sonny boy Como sempre fantástico! Mas com essa banda fica fácil também hahahaha... O pianista segura tudo! muito bom cara!

[@JulesMugisha]

I could listen to him all days of my life🔥😵

[@achgalou5798]

OH SACRE SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON/PLEASE DON T START ME TO DREEM WITH YOUR MAJIC HARMONICA BLUES.

[@federicokozel6235]

Que lastima que no hay otro genio como este hoy en dÍa.

[@ritchieblackmoresrainbow1977]

Only social media crap

[@douglaspeach5489]

Brilliant happy I have it on Cd this is great music.

[@guguhacker5011]

Tá doido os caras boa bons eram todos desta época, hoje é esta porcaria de funk brasileiro,um sertanejo funk,

[@miguelangelortizalarcon6650]

Simplemente ueno

[@nelfoster4301]

Sonny Boy Blues Soul'good Soul"Cool Soul'chocolate Blue's now can u'dig dat Chocolate Blue's rock'n it his chocolate

[@shanemathews4177]

This guy is the fkn man. You can't mess with Sonny

[@CitizenBeep]

That looks like Davy Graham in the background playing guitar.

[@davidgamboa9567]

This is timeless American music

[@andrewhlevy3264]

Lived it to do dat!! Soul so connected! Sorry it had touch earth?

[@georgemineos]

Musicianship and time; he put the standards and are very high for any follower! Probably the best, for me yes, blues harmonica player in time, but he is among the few, of any kind of music, that exceeds the limits of the kind of music he use to play. It was known that he didn't have any problem of jumping on the stage to play, with, for example Dexter Gordon! The most musical of all!

[@marymichael1211]

What?! My favorite blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson on harmonica played with my favorite jazz musician on saxophone!? I saw the Sophisticated Giant play many times, but never Sonny Boy. Do you know when and where, and if it was taped or filmed? There's an album of Sonny Boy Williamson playing with The Yardbirds.

[@georgemineos]

@@marymichael1211 It happened in Milan with Gordon, I don't know when, for sure in '60s. There is also an album with the Animals, same period in UK, another one with Brian Auger, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot, Alan Skidmore and others, a jam session in studio, just before leaving UK for USA for the last time, after some months he passed away. Especially in the album you can see his skills in playing with jazz musicians, it's one of my favorite albums. Before passing away he was meeting with "The Band", social meetings in the US South. He has been a great influence, same as Muddy Waters, for the young British musicians. These two paved the way for the rock stars of '60s in England. The album with Yardbirds, is a real masterpiece.

[@marymichael1211]

Thank you so much for all of this information. I saw Dexter Gordon play a few times at Keystone Korner in San Francisco after he returned to America. At the end of the set the 6'5" Sophisticated Giant would take a deep bow and extend his saxophone lying lengthwise out in front of him. I never had the opportunity to see Sonny Boy in person nor at all playing until gratefully the technology to see videos. I know that the blues, especially Muddy Waters, was an influence on British rock but I didn't know that Sonny Boy travelled around and played with so many, and jazz and Dexter Gordon! Each had such a different and distinctive mesmerizing musicality, sophisticated style, and classy character that it would be a unique experience to hear and see them together playing live. I'll just have to imagine it, and enjoy what is available. Thanks again. 🎶✨

[@alancard67]

My Grandmother's favorite!!!

[@jimmydjimmyd1349]

I think that it is so wierd that there are very cool tunes playing, by super cool dude and everyone sitting around looks bored. "Whats up with that"! 😎

[@jimmydjimmyd1349]

@8 Bit Hero if you think that it looks like they were grooving, and being "respectful"rock on buddy

[@supermabel1]

@@jimmydjimmyd1349 This was a UK TV folk music show. People sat and listened (Sonny Boy had NEVER appeared in the UK before, he was SOMETHING!) and showed their appreciation at the end of a number.

[@dearledyhernandez7807]

He Sonny boy Williamson he power

[@johnlammergeier2890]

Amazing how he came alive once he got at it

[@user-zl6wv5zk8m]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@0o0o099999]

cool cats

[@davidwitkopii291]

I love how no one's getting down to this stuff in the background. Haha if I was there you'd be able to puck me out no problem!😂

[@tomasalbanesi666]

que negro impresionantemente crack!

[@lindaleesoderstrom5866]

phenomenal

[@markhoffman2237]

It's the legendary Davey Graham on guitar, the man who invented DADGAD tuning!

[@plutogamstrumframe]

That’s Davy Graham on acoustic guitar ,it look likes him

[@supermabel1]

It is him.

[@Mauro_B._Vieira.]

That is Mr. Rice Miller, right after some Years untill taken his career name Sonny Bioy Willianson II, in a great footstage performance.