The most influential harpist in the blues history was born on this day 107 years ago in Madison County, Tennessee, US. Remembering John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson who was born on this day back on 1914. The blues harmonica simply wouldn't be the same without this man Legacy. Little Walter, James Cotton, Junior Wells, just to named some harmonica giants, but any bluesman that play the harmonica ... they are all under this man big shadow! His Legacy can't ever die. Thank you Sonny Boy !
@donjose66749 ай бұрын
This isn't John Lee Williamson, this is Rice Miller. Him being "the most influential harpist" is thanks to identity theft, and you fell for it. The original Sonny Boy was both a better player and a better man.
@cyndik99216 ай бұрын
@@donjose6674ditto!! Aleck Miller taking John's nickname and becoming a "II" seems wrong. But hey, very cool Marion Jacobs only harp player in Rock n Roll hall of fame 👍
@bigpooter97715 ай бұрын
yes this isn't the original sonny boy, but you are indeed on crack if you think he isn't any better. this guy wipes the floor with the original. not discrediting the original, because he for sure is someone to be reckoned with and may have been a better person. it is foolish to say that sonny boy II is not as good as sonny boy I. perhaps if sonny boy I wasn't murdered the script may be different. @@donjose6674
@angeloiodice93044 жыл бұрын
no words can describe this man's relationship with the blues
@MitchClement-il6iq Жыл бұрын
Heard many stories of sonny boy... but 1 I remember best is when sonny boy met the band! They were all having a great time in Arkansas until the police showed up and ask the band what are you doing play this these black fellas? Levon tried to calm the situation by saying these are Canadians fellas and my uncle is in
@angeloiodice9304 Жыл бұрын
@@MitchClement-il6iq Robbie Robertson tells that story very well, in graphic detail on KZbin, Bluesmobile. It’s an amazing story you will never forget if you love Sonny Boy.
@apostolbandera79668 ай бұрын
cause HE IS THE BLUES
@angeloiodice93048 ай бұрын
@@apostolbandera7966 “Got to live the blues, if you wanna sing the blues…”
@FarmboyAB8 жыл бұрын
He fought with the harmonica too and always won. He could draw sounds out from this little instrument like we have never heard.
@seanhennessey98697 жыл бұрын
good point....I really dig the simple guitar line accompanying him
@homesickclifford19666 жыл бұрын
Antonio Bonifati wow that was well put man and deep!!😯
@hardyjazz5 жыл бұрын
In 1929 he taught Howlin' Wolf the play the harmonica. Then in the late forties he taught Little Junior Parker.
@niqnact11212 жыл бұрын
This is what inspired the blues moaning in pain
@davidjames94577 жыл бұрын
a few beers and a pipe or two will always bring you to quality stuff like this
@gvz80975 жыл бұрын
4 pipes bought me here
@renoraider98174 жыл бұрын
Everything is better on brews and bud.
@danielpicconi41734 жыл бұрын
Im here man.....goodday
@nelsonhibbert5267 Жыл бұрын
Two tea bags and some WAX PAPER.
@er4400011 ай бұрын
A gummy found me then I found this 😊
@poorhadda10 жыл бұрын
I would absolutely have loved to have seen this man live
@borninkaraj5 жыл бұрын
Talent and personality combined with a heavenly voice. A true legend. Loved for ever never to die.
@curleyteeth10 жыл бұрын
ENJOY THIS BECAUSE IT WILL NOT AND CANNOT EVER BE REPLICATED.
@jdillard367 жыл бұрын
curleyteeth so true. I was just calling this a lost artistry
@homesickclifford19666 жыл бұрын
JD3 never,its in human nature in the rawest sense😯
@BigSamSnaps6 жыл бұрын
curleyteeth so VERY true!
@MrXynful10 жыл бұрын
This man bleeds blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@rollthelosingdice9 жыл бұрын
No technical college major musician produce music like this. This is music, it's not science. You have it or you don't.
@scottwins29 жыл бұрын
***** I love the Blues so much I started playing the harp a few months ago. But "Boy" is teaching me how to make love to it. I am way happy.
@xxFeedYerHeadxx9 жыл бұрын
Scott M Great to hear man, "Boy" will teach you well :D Always test new waters, and remember - Skill and Technique is nothing with out Rhythm and Sole.
@scottwins29 жыл бұрын
xxFeedYerHeadxx Hey thanks its difficult for me and have some serious struggles getting it right. I think Rhythm is key to quality for sure , soul ? I have that. Now how do you play jingle bells? Ha ha thanks man for the encouragement
@jamest.byrnes81429 жыл бұрын
Scott M The word is soul and that is indeed what you need to play this music. Sole is the bottom of a shoe or a type of fish.
@jamest.byrnes81429 жыл бұрын
xxFeedYerHeadxx The word is soul. Sole is the bottom of a shoe or a type of fish.
@sonjadietz52974 жыл бұрын
Wenn WIR ALLE nicht mehr sind, wird er weiterleben.....IMMER ! Ein Engel ! Er erreicht heute noch die Seelen der Menschen.....
@williambaz2138 жыл бұрын
What a talent. Sheer MAGIC!!!!.
@richardmbowman7 жыл бұрын
I hit "Like" as soon as I heard that first long note.
@katemiller93945 жыл бұрын
Same here
@ADogInSoup6 жыл бұрын
This is the only genre that resonates with your soul on a deep frequency. I love it.
@genem97256 ай бұрын
Indeed
@severinabanks9335Ай бұрын
Just can't find enough of his work. Such blues and the harmonica just sings with him.
@anamariajessies98409 жыл бұрын
I am a lonely man And i don't like being by myself I'm a lonely man And i don't like being by myself If you can't be with me, baby I'm gonna find myself somebody else I am so disgusted I just can't sleep at night So disgusted baby That i just can't sleep at night I got to eat my breakfast in the morning And my teeth and tongue begin to fight You don't have to talk I will talk for you You don't have to walk that good Y'know i'll take time And walk with you Let me hold your hand Little girl i'll make you understand You know you ain't nothing but a little kind But you forgot i was your man
@dukemantee29788 жыл бұрын
+Ana Maria Jessies Hey. Deal with it.
@ousmanediallo2553 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Shanivaable2 жыл бұрын
This is nice stoff
@ukmike03438 жыл бұрын
because he is a blues singer and one of the best at that
@Alper-dy9yb8 жыл бұрын
perfect... perfect... respect from turkey....
@dreamwell20207 жыл бұрын
This man's use of the instrument at hand there goes well beyond the instruction manual.
@luisguedes7590 Жыл бұрын
Sonny Boy Williamson with a small harmonica wrote a great blues chapter.
@joegrasselАй бұрын
Without the blues there is no Country music, no R&B, no Motown, no Metal. Sonny boy showed us the way. AI says Little Walter. I know who the GOAT is.
@deammy70935 жыл бұрын
Sonny Boy Williamson II nunca vai ser esquecido, isso é um clássico do Blues, é triste que tenha morrido em 1965, mesmo assim fez parte do Blues como um grande bluzeiro e gaitista. O cara trabalhou com outras lendas inesquecíveis, como Robert Johnson! Outro grande violeiro. Somos todos homens solitários.
@BlueEner10 ай бұрын
Unless you are a woman lol
@severinabanks9335Ай бұрын
Harmonica sounds like a muted trumpet nearly. Beautiful.
@deezeezs8 жыл бұрын
teeth and tongue begin a fight man there is no lyrics like this now a day
@gunnerfan19078 жыл бұрын
The tongue won.
@bernhardtsen748 жыл бұрын
+Gunnerfan Actually just as good as the late Gary Moore on his instrument I might say!
@gunnerfan19078 жыл бұрын
+bernhardtsen74 The man was amazing, I have never heard anyone better.
@tallredmaple92248 жыл бұрын
+Gunnerfan Well in my opinion Big walter was far better
@BlakeYolo8 жыл бұрын
ikr apparently this is music you can call me on my cellphone and werk werk werk werk werk
@fernandovenegas34027 жыл бұрын
big difference from listening to music than to feel the music..💯
@PauloCesar-gb3vq7 жыл бұрын
Fernando Venegas mim mesmo. E
@jean-michelb72907 жыл бұрын
this is real music
@MrBigtimers19 жыл бұрын
this makes me cry such a rare man.i can see and feel the pain in his heart.
@edu57657 жыл бұрын
o blues é único som q te consola na tristeza de uma forma boa
@erickmatos81967 жыл бұрын
edu concordo
@fexcasanova7 жыл бұрын
edu bom saber que tem br com bom gosto. E blues, na alegria tbm, tem os boogie-woogie o rockabilly(não é tão blues, mas uma variação-bom pra dançar -)
@matheeuspinheeiro7 жыл бұрын
edu verdade kkk
@wylliamrodrigues13497 жыл бұрын
acho que essa letra em português ia ficar muito foda tb, " sou um homem solitário que não gosta da própria companhia "!
@fitos77047 жыл бұрын
Y LA SALSA-
@wednesdayrain17 жыл бұрын
What can I say...........this is the Blues. Love it..
@AnaRock1Carol7 жыл бұрын
Meu Deus! Que maravilha!
@victorabysswalker39097 жыл бұрын
Lindo demais!
@neudofeli58735 жыл бұрын
Amém
@murmanru33838 жыл бұрын
Роскошное исполнение! Роскошный исполнитель!
@allffl37938 ай бұрын
Quando chi suonava sapeva suonare, non uscito da uno stampo, ma nato per la musica.
@ChrisRussell09 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! What brought me here was a poster of Jimi Hendrix that I have up in my room and in this poster, Hendrix is carrying a Sonny Boy Williamson album with him as he is getting off a plane. I didn't hesitate to look it up and I am very pleased with the outcome.
@leonotthelion9 жыл бұрын
Their wouldn't be Hendrix, the doors,stones,beatles,zeppelin, who, or ANY Rock n roll band without Blues Musicians.
@adrianw2869 жыл бұрын
Chris Russell Me too... I have that Jimi poster with the TWA Plane and then did a search after I saw the LP!! lol
@ahokjaya63537 жыл бұрын
Adrian Williams proses
@fernandoasaiag25069 жыл бұрын
blues puro!
@jasperwinehouse94568 ай бұрын
Blues hall of fame
@xantonify7 жыл бұрын
Can't find this on spotify, but did found this artist.
@Mensa9899 жыл бұрын
Can someone please explain to us why Sonny Boy Williamson is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
@RosieBrownie8 жыл бұрын
+Margeir Ólafsson No one can because there simply isn't a valid reason for that.
@tallredmaple92248 жыл бұрын
+Margeir Ólafsson Because he plays the blues, not R&R
@JumpinJackFlash19898 жыл бұрын
He's the blues, but he was the main influence on the biggest rock band in history; Led Zeppelin. That alone should get him in, let alone his incredible talent
@infinitemila61208 жыл бұрын
Well, if we're all honest here, the R&R Hall of Fame is a joke. Let's all just appreciate his impact on not only us, but also the world. He brung people together, that's how music works. It's a universal language that people seem to forget nowadays. Sonny demonstrates the TRUE meaning of what music is supposed to be. For actual musicians, they don't really care about the money.
@renaudfasciotto96218 жыл бұрын
+Infinite Mila What do you mean girl ?
@lucamolinari7789 жыл бұрын
Ecco quello che con mega chitarre , super effetti e ultra amplificatori non riusciremo mai a esprimere!
@HaroldFlood159 жыл бұрын
Dig..
@HaroldFlood159 жыл бұрын
Hey Luca, Fantastic page & vibes my friend
@paulvalentine955510 жыл бұрын
Just fantasic playing. You feel the blues from this men wow
@fredycarrillo29888 ай бұрын
musica ejecutada con alma, un verdadero genio
@smoothoperator70233 жыл бұрын
Love the way he finished up & casually collected his stuff to saunter off.....
@pauls1857 жыл бұрын
THE KING of the harmonica players.
@marcellolimamartins77532 жыл бұрын
Grande mestre do blues, extraordinário na harmônica
@velvamerrick8467 жыл бұрын
Awesome performance Sonny Boy!!! Long live the blues... Love your style of blowing the blues!!! Velva Hot Lips on Harmonica been blowin' the harp for 46 years & absolutely love it!!! From Santa Fe, N.M. 12-10-16
@RickCosmo8 жыл бұрын
Sonny Boy is still loved!!! Wow
@lancealexander80713 жыл бұрын
Downright timeless masterpiece. Period. No debate.
@davidyounes89727 жыл бұрын
Sonny Boy Williamson il est Bon depuis 1963 rien à changer il reste parmi les meilleurs KOL AKAVOD. encore bravo à l'harmonica j'en joue et beaucoup appris et inspirer de sa façon de jouer, j'aime.YOUNES David
@roykelly54864 ай бұрын
i feel so blessed to watch this on video:)
@onkgolotsemosekikhetho27923 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of music that I'll pass down to my sons.
@andretomic962510 жыл бұрын
O que eu não faria pra poder ouvir isso pessoalmente incrível,fantástico.................
@zoejoe675 жыл бұрын
Merci Sonny
@onetruth48782 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how he's not In it for the fame, but simply for the message. Much Love! Love Hurts.
@forevernow94595 жыл бұрын
I started learning a few months ago now. This man makes it look so easy, just watching and learning from the master
@blutoblutarski39014 жыл бұрын
This makes me cry and confort me at the same time.
@willielee2668 жыл бұрын
There are no rules to the blues. My Daddy and Uncles played blues, harp and guitar, but couldn't read music. I'm 66, and play harp and guitar. ..but not by the rules. ... can't read music.
@austinvenable73504 жыл бұрын
Do u know what key this is?
@ravenmeadows73507 жыл бұрын
I'm a lonely (Wo)man, and I doan like being by myself......... I'll find somebody else......
@friendly7875 жыл бұрын
Did you find anybody else?
@depp84444 жыл бұрын
Hhh.. Hiiiii :)))))
@alexandrudumitru24357 күн бұрын
This is music, soul, passion!
@spencerkunikiwass46608 жыл бұрын
Simple yet strong...Direct yet deep...Sonny exudes the blues
@paulterhaar48627 жыл бұрын
This song, booze and weed, that's all you need.
@dreacul7 жыл бұрын
A single harmonic is better than a whole orchestra of trumpets and saxs or anything else, man!!
@lugopinzon5798Ай бұрын
este señor es un gran virtuoso..por dios que talento..un lujo verlo asi..como seria en vivo lo imagino..super..los tipos como el no mueren solo traspasan barreras a otra dimension..tienen que seguir dando terapia..que lujo..tiene toda mi admiracion..naci en 1957 me cautiva el blus..y soy venezolano..desde muy chico escuche este ritmo y siento que es mio..
@paulrickerby79667 жыл бұрын
The maestro at work, what a legend sonny boy was👍
@user-sf8ec8rx4x4 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of music where you want to sit with a glass of bourbon and a pack of cigarettes on the back deck watching the day go by.
@shadesoflemoninc.35944 ай бұрын
Can I join u? I’ll shut up.
@simonflowrridims763810 ай бұрын
This is incredible ❤
@IvanHernandez-qm5vy7 жыл бұрын
Blue day, slow blues and bourbon
@mickeybritton80438 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful expression! Even the pause at 1:02, a great example of how sometimes less is more...
@cliffordadams83534 жыл бұрын
Hi A music genius Too simple for the great authority’s on music How sad
I've never seen so much intensity in a voice and a pair of eyes ... This guy is my god
@DEVTHADUDE77 жыл бұрын
Still blues'n into 2017.....these words never go away 🙌🏻
@ritasouzaa10 жыл бұрын
muito bom,uma verdadeira viajem!
@alexanders.ribeiro67049 ай бұрын
Muito bom ! É de arrepiar !!!
@mrarkane Жыл бұрын
Fabulous beyond all measure!!! Nobody can Wah like that for a start.
@user-lw5hl2lr3e Жыл бұрын
he is legend😍
@cristianocris14888 жыл бұрын
MEU DEUS QUE FORMIDÁVEL,OLHA ESTE SOM OLHA ESTE MESTRE... MEU DEUS.
@jimbt98893 ай бұрын
Pure Blues....True Blues....thank you God for having guys like this play music
@mlugin80502 жыл бұрын
The times youtube makes me thankful. Just minimalistic and gigant at the same time. Pure joy.
@LisaBradshaw-wu5ym3 ай бұрын
Love this guy, makes me want to go to town!!(I am 68 and should probably not,lol)
@barbaravanwhy4564 Жыл бұрын
I love his voice
@yuvaltagania60905 жыл бұрын
still alive 2019 nothing but real .music ❤
@larryslemp96986 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely, insanely incredible!! WOW!!
@MapleSyrupPoet3 жыл бұрын
You enjoy the, "Blues," that much more ...if you have lived them ...yes sir
@philcollins32905 жыл бұрын
Wow my favourite harmonica player man could he play fantastic
@MrGamerman0018 жыл бұрын
This hits home with me for some reason.
@xantonify7 жыл бұрын
It's because you're a lonely man and you don't like being by yourself.
@ZakariaZiko-pt3zj2 ай бұрын
What a profound song, I can't describe it. It's a marvel❤❤
@jerrejackson19737 жыл бұрын
Pure genius!
@smashicedevice17889 жыл бұрын
Man..this is real blues
@viniciusrenard98267 жыл бұрын
Music never gets old
@kokadkokis5 жыл бұрын
What can I say!! Previous comments has it All. I just can agree. Greetings anyway from Sweden
@shadowrockfire7 жыл бұрын
*2017* Listening. Feeling. Keeping it alive!
@MrGrxxx1237 жыл бұрын
this cat is so cool&smooth . he defies definition!!!!
@warrenjones96653 жыл бұрын
So damn good! Timelessly beautiful!
@LisaDefazio7 жыл бұрын
Incredible talent and charisma x
@harmonicaman547 жыл бұрын
The MAN has sooo much soul !! All our music , whether it's country or rock came from these kind of men and women like Big Mama Thorton , ect. , and I love it !!
@bassprufundo18 жыл бұрын
you wont find it better - amazing.Jan from Denmark
@afrabros7 жыл бұрын
Mind blowing . Just Fantastic
@johjohn8744Ай бұрын
Legends Never Die
@charalampostseronis65004 жыл бұрын
I like the way he says “...so disgusted babe...”
@merellacurtis38228 жыл бұрын
this is gold
@carmen-marinalarriva46626 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest of the greats. Good to use his work when learning to play harmonica.