Sonny Boy Williamson rare video

Filmed at the Montmartre jazz club Copenhagen Denmark 1964

[@loctothebrain420]

Made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. A true legend.

[@littlegreenman2001]

A great performance. Just makes you sit back and think. Nearly ALL modern blues lyrics singers, can't actually write this type of old song lyrics from a first hand experience. The old school originals have just about all moved on, leaving only 2nd hand experiences to be sung about. Respect to all forms of the blues!

[@marymichael1211]

I've thought that. Thank you for stating it, and so well.

[@kbmckenzie4]

This man is the reason we have to call Jimi Hendrix "the Sonny Boy Williamson of the guitar".... Awesome, unnatural sounds!

[@theripestmango]

Wooow !

[@replacementkillah]

This is Sonny Boy Williamson 2 ain't it? Inspired by the original Sonny Boy Williamson

[@canesvenatici4259]

@@replacementkillah i believe Sonny Boy Williamson _the second_ is what he's called.

[@Bluestomiv]

I’ve never heard anyone ever say that.

[@billpresing5568]

His real name is RIce Miller.

[@epicoutdoorracin2010]

Amazing... this is who Howlin' Wolf learned from, and how my dad plays. Sure glad I found this video. Blues at it's best, play'em Sonny Boy.

[@Macjacobite1745]

The epitome of cool.Another legend lost forever

[@DnD20091234]

for anybody who wants to know what harp he's using its a G harp in 1st position

[@stevejohnson9717]

Thanks!

[@wildeman1253]

😊

[@CASRO1151]

Absolutely awesome! Too bad there are just a few Sonny Boy videos.

[@thedirtyaces]

"His harmonica spoke a language of our time: tortured, wailing, crying, and strangely beautiful -- its effect was powerfully human.He seemed to mold the notes through the long fingers of his hands, which were laid palm top palm as if he were to take a long drink of water from them. He would utter the words of his blues from the side of his mouth, slipping the harp between his lips as he finished a vocal phrase so that the melody was sustained on the instrument." Paul Oliver

[@marymichael1211]

Thank You for the enhancing description.

[@devogrant2817]

this so intense the words that go along with with the harmonica playing so primal yet so profound that it tugs at your heart and touches your soul.

[@kingsfordstarr]

Unbeleivable!!! Inspirational...

[@sonjadietz5297]

Unsere größte Legende auf Erden !

[@bryanclark1058]

Sonny Boy would have went Viral ⌨️🖥️🎧🎤😎🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🌡️🔥🔥💯

[@rellufsh]

Cacao, It's a G-harp played in first position. He does the same on 'Trust My Baby'.

[@williamschletzer4516]

second position

[@fedecorchero]

The song name is "Lonesome Cabin"

[@michaeldavis8452]

Wow I started to tear up listening to this

[@itszu]

Sonny boy W.. I feel you!

[@likesingjamesloublank839]

the greatest harp player of his time

[@jimihd1]

of ours too

[@JunoEven]

He's amazing, for sure, but Little Walter is the G.O.A.T. of the harp.

[@peterallenjensen]

John Lee Williamson, Deford Bailey, Big Walter, George Smith. But there all the greatest of all time

[@rayoll]

the wall says Sunny boy. great to find this and see his hand usage

[@user-og2hk3bt9z]

Freind ，der Blues ist nichts，der Blues ist der Blues.

[@johnatanquinderamos9397]

The man and blues ....legend forever.

[@andytempalski]

Anyone else not expecting the picture of a charred corpse at the beginning? Turned a buzz into anxiety.

[@cMckone93]

yeah wtf. not what I was looking for

[@paulotero5502]

I may be wrong, but I think it's a famous historical photo depicting a bunch of white racists who lynched a black guy and burned his body. In the back, you can kinda see some white people standing around. It's a pretty disgusting photograph but very real.

[@cheayunju]

It's a common bait trick. The content of the video is paired with a logically distant idea that fits the parameters of a particular interest (they know you have) so you click.

[@BarryMiller2956]

Not a bait trick, just a segment of a German TV documentary about the history of the blues and the shameful era that it sprang from.

[@phatdic11]

The blues is beautiful, but it was created out of pain. So it's not to be played with like some who do, without suffering of some kind. We know to experience, or live it , makes for true blues. It only becomes a bad or good cover, when people try to copy it. But not genuine from a tormented soul who can tell the story straight from the heart!

[@ginomaybach]

Exactly Jess.

[@marymichael1211]

This is an important point and thank you for stating it. It can be considered that such applies to those who deeply experience and feel the blues by those who gratefully create the music of it for them and us.

[@midgemarsden6879]

Yes it is Stephen, thanks for pointing that out, I have played Trust My Baby but not in first position, will have to try it, SBW still one of the best harp players ever, so understated, and he never overplayed, wonderful !

[@jorgeguzman2043]

King..❤

[@redsoxgreg1]

one of THE BEST THINGS IVE EVER WATCHED

[@eosdelb]

At (on the second counter) 2:52 Sonny Boy Williamson began a lesson in the blues many dont appreciate or even acknowledge. His ease was a product of his mastery. You could learn from him.

[@sharkabilly]

beautiful!!!!

[@OtisSpain]

He's got a cool disposition...

[@roussos87]

sonny the soul

[@manchadeltigre]

The real real thing One of the greatest blues performers

[@bobswabski3590]

This is great.

[@raularandapellico7030]

Después de oír esto.....hay algo más "blues"........., aun no lo he visto. Jamás vi algo parecido con un simple instrumento y una voz, sin perder un ápice el sentido armónico. Grande el Sr. Sonny Boy.

[@wilboroswaldocarvallonunur2687]

es el sentimiento negro que los musicos de esta generacion volcaron hacia este instrumento mas representativo del blues .un grande entre los grandes del blues.

[@jeremeyslayton9862]

Legend

[@Anyonas]

old is gold! i like the mix

[@jamcamp06]

No kidding this is rare. Love his Straight Harp style.

[@moonlightdust1984]

My main man - Sonny Boy.....the best

[@angeloiodice9304]

The real stuff right here. Don’t need to go anywhere else. You found the blues right here.

[@user-ju3uw8ss7n]

Гений блюзовой гармоники.

[@thedirtyaces]

"The hands are bony, gnarled and beautiful. He is a gripping entertainer -swaying, leaning over backwards, tapping out the beat and blowing fantastic shrill notes, wails, moans and deep growling "harp" sounds." Chris Morphet, The Guardian Tuesday January 19,1965

[@marymichael1211]

Thank You.

[@nickbarcenas]

wrong sonny is the best so much passion soul you can tell he's not lying i believe every word sonny says.. also i love the way he can play accapellas on harmonica with no music because i can't do that damn im speechless if there really is a heaven i hope to go were sonny went and meat up with him and have a heavinly blues revival with all the blues legends..

[@paranoia1337]

Brilliance.

[@carmencastellan1732]

Impresionante!!

[@Raiwons]

The blues is a way of telling the truth with music, Olé, Olé Olé & the Blues! Martin / Another channel PityYou007

[@30M]

Amazing

[@jrjaman23]

Wow...

[@hankbubba]

In awe. This video is a tour de force example of Sonny boy's tone, bend technique and raw power. The solo sounded close to "trust my baby," so i am assuming he used it alot. I hope there will be more old footage taken in Europe found.

[@MrDidjcripey]

It doesn't get much more bare than that, does it? The way he could hold a groove, with nothing, was amazing.

[@papnevelde]

Incredible, unique style! Rice could be the grandfather of all blues harp players...

[@okoyemelvin6522]

Living this song Rn.2021

[@draghitatismanaru837]

Amazing...

[@philippeberland9276]

Quelle'emotion'mes'amis😮'le'blues'le'plus'''''blues'''venant'des'tripes'''''''son'arme'pour'venger'ces'(ancêtres),,le'blues

[@oker59]

the Skip James of the harmonica blues . . .

[@charlesancer6101]

Accurate

[@ewalks73]

this guy is so talented i like how he just sits in his little room and just plays to him self

[@greengiant3815]

Just to cool.. 👍👌😎

[@speereettoo]

Enamorado de su sonido....

[@donbiancamano5663]

Thanks for posting!

[@cheayunju]

That is truly the sound of human sadness

[@noahsuperfunnies]

i dont but . Its letting go of your bad vibes fucking with your soul. Not sad in the least. Ask any REAL bluesman, that is if you would recognize one if he slapped you.

[@moonlightdust1984]

classic class.....a fav for decades....

[@CAUDILLODELTAJOleyendadorada]

adelante, sin miedo a nada ni a nadie, nuestros muertos merecen que actuemos como hicieron ellos antes, para dejarnos la nación y el pueblo elejido por Dios, para salvar a la HUMANIDAD del MAL en estado puro, que actúa impúnemente y sin oposición ninguna

[@joaolboff]

Very good!!!!!

[@eliasbertos]

thank you for post this video :D

[@imanol6428]

BLUES en su mas pura y bella expresion. Lo demas son solo "comentarios". Siempre Sonny Boy Williamson.

[@3ombieautopilot]

Badass!

[@HenkWessels]

Master

[@strat6911]

Awesome harp work.

[@tyronejohnson7979]

Shout out to Mr Morris for sending me here after todays lesson

[@1967grimreaper]

Me personally..I think is better than Little Walter and I from Louisiana. I live 35miles from Marksville where Walter is from

[@150719541]

THE BEST BLUES SINGER &MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD ¡¡¡

[@user-ef3ds6fg7r]

Великий блюзмен!Классный певец!

[@jonbeckleymorrisblues]

Just unreal. All I get is silence when I snap my fingers.

[@kevinbooth-]

It's moment like this that make me think: Man, Blues is Punk as Fuck.

[@lamumi3]

meraviglioso...

[@cousincedric9370]

Tu m'a fait acheter mon premier harmonica,merci!😍😍

[@noahsuperfunnies]

You must buy one for each key! you are welcome

[@nik-nj3qw]

Thanks!

[@SONNYBLUESBOSSA]

Grandioso SONNY

[@sonjadietz5297]

Wie genial !!! GENial !!!

[@bluesmann1000]

great,great,GREEEEEAT

[@rayoll]

fantastic...I do not have this in my collection. this is the first SBW I have seen on youtube that I do not have.

[@MAGICNICK145]

You're Killin' Me

[@NightFlasher34]

Good for my soul

[@edisonhenriquebarcarobarca9163]

Yes... Super Show 🇧🇷 ❤

[@NightFlasher34]

make me feel so good

[@playablou8430]

quelle souffrance ..elle raisonne dans la voix

[@btrninic1]

Kao prelijepi san !!!

[@stevenmiller2279]

and five people ain't ever known the blues smh

[@user-cf8ct8nq2s]

Слушаю, а ассоциациии с нашим художником Зверевым. Вечно талантлив, вечно пьян. :-)

[@ameno02]

super!!!

[@potdog1000]

i think i saw him live in the 60s but not sure as there were a lot of blues singers on the bill, the gig was in Manchester

[@NightFlasher34]

I am lonely man.

[@excommunication1]

video is amazing! and sonny tagged the wall behind him, sweet old grafitii? haha

[@HMJohnsonGuitar]

The real deal!

[@paulopieniz5570]

Sonny Boys, a lenda...

[@Alice01010101]

virtuoso!

[@michaelthaoue3961]

It shows real history any one that dose not learn from it is bound to repeat it

[@1967grimreaper]

Oh..if y'all didn't know..Sonny Boy taught Howlin' Wolf to play the harp.

[@theslimemolds5099]

He is the way

[@lucasalexandre2933]

PQP SENSACIONAL ESSE VIDEO!

[@tripharmonica]

this is the holy gail, the deep blues, thanks for posting this, is there more?

[@marymichael1211]

Sonny Boy Williamson is my favorite Blues musician but I had never seen and heard him this early and primal . . . awesome and spiritual. Thank You for putting this out into the world. I hope that more humans will experience this sight, sound, and soul.

[@HenkWessels]

i wish, i had that blues

[@Juniorhooker]

thanksman that is very cool sounds like a trambone or a trumpet wicked vibrato

[@robertstotts1209]

sbw the 2nd!!! the goat,little boy blue,alex rice miller.king biscuit flower hour,was about to be in the band with levon and the boys but died.personality in music goes deep and he was a player ass character. my favorite harp player of that time period for sure

[@noahsuperfunnies]

I had a bunch of favorites sonny boy, little walter James cotten

[@noahsuperfunnies]

He was the best performer.