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 !
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.
@@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 👍
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
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.
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
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
@@MitchClement-il6iq Robbie Robertson tells that story very well, in graphic detail on UA-cam, Bluesmobile. It’s an amazing story you will never forget if you love Sonny Boy.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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..
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
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
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 !!
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.
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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 !
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.
@@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 👍
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
He fought with the harmonica too and always won. He could draw sounds out from this little instrument like we have never heard.
good point....I really dig the simple guitar line accompanying him
Antonio Bonifati wow that was well put man and deep!!😯
In 1929 he taught Howlin' Wolf the play the harmonica. Then in the late forties he taught Little Junior Parker.
This is what inspired the blues moaning in pain
a few beers and a pipe or two will always bring you to quality stuff like this
4 pipes bought me here
Everything is better on brews and bud.
Im here man.....goodday
Two tea bags and some WAX PAPER.
A gummy found me then I found this 😊
No technical college major musician produce music like this. This is music, it's not science. You have it or you don't.
***** 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.
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.
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
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.
xxFeedYerHeadxx The word is soul. Sole is the bottom of a shoe or a type of fish.
no words can describe this man's relationship with the blues
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
@@MitchClement-il6iq Robbie Robertson tells that story very well, in graphic detail on UA-cam, Bluesmobile. It’s an amazing story you will never forget if you love Sonny Boy.
cause HE IS THE BLUES
@@apostolbandera7966 “Got to live the blues, if you wanna sing the blues…”
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.
ENJOY THIS BECAUSE IT WILL NOT AND CANNOT EVER BE REPLICATED.
curleyteeth so true. I was just calling this a lost artistry
JD3 never,its in human nature in the rawest sense😯
curleyteeth so VERY true!
I would absolutely have loved to have seen this man live
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
+Ana Maria Jessies Hey. Deal with it.
Thank you
This is nice stoff
This man bleeds blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talent and personality combined with a heavenly voice. A true legend. Loved for ever never to die.
Just can't find enough of his work. Such blues and the harmonica just sings with him.
I hit "Like" as soon as I heard that first long note.
Same here
This is the only genre that resonates with your soul on a deep frequency. I love it.
Indeed
Wenn WIR ALLE nicht mehr sind, wird er weiterleben.....IMMER ! Ein Engel !
Er erreicht heute noch die Seelen der Menschen.....
What a talent. Sheer MAGIC!!!!.
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.
Their wouldn't be Hendrix, the doors,stones,beatles,zeppelin, who, or ANY Rock n roll band without Blues Musicians.
Chris Russell Me too... I have that Jimi poster with the TWA Plane and then did a search after I saw the LP!! lol
Adrian Williams proses
because he is a blues singer and one of the best at that
teeth and tongue begin a fight man there is no lyrics like this now a day
The tongue won.
+Gunnerfan Actually just as good as the late Gary Moore on his instrument I might say!
+bernhardtsen74 The man was amazing, I have never heard anyone better.
+Gunnerfan Well in my opinion Big walter was far better
ikr apparently this is music you can call me on my cellphone and werk werk werk werk werk
Can someone please explain to us why Sonny Boy Williamson is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
+Margeir Ólafsson No one can because there simply isn't a valid reason for that.
+Margeir Ólafsson Because he plays the blues, not R&R
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
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.
+Infinite Mila What do you mean girl ?
This man's use of the instrument at hand there goes well beyond the instruction manual.
Sonny Boy Williamson with a small harmonica wrote a great blues chapter.
perfect... perfect... respect from turkey....
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.
Unless you are a woman lol
o blues é único som q te consola na tristeza de uma forma boa
edu concordo
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 -)
edu verdade kkk
acho que essa letra em português ia ficar muito foda tb, " sou um homem solitário que não gosta da própria companhia "!
Y LA SALSA-
big difference from listening to music than to feel the music..💯
Fernando Venegas mim
mesmo. E
Quando chi suonava sapeva suonare, non uscito da uno stampo, ma nato per la musica.
Harmonica sounds like a muted trumpet nearly. Beautiful.
this is real music
Meu Deus! Que maravilha!
Lindo demais!
Amém
this makes me cry such a rare man.i can see and feel the pain in his heart.
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..
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
blues puro!
Blues hall of fame
What can I say...........this is the Blues. Love it..
musica ejecutada con alma, un verdadero genio
THE KING of the harmonica players.
Роскошное исполнение! Роскошный исполнитель!
Merci Sonny
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
Grande mestre do blues, extraordinário na harmônica
Blue day, slow blues and bourbon
Just fantasic playing. You feel the blues from this men wow
I appreciate how he's not In it for the fame, but simply for the message. Much Love! Love Hurts.
Ecco quello che con mega chitarre , super effetti e ultra amplificatori non riusciremo mai a esprimere!
Dig..
Hey Luca, Fantastic page & vibes my friend
This is the kind of music that I'll pass down to my sons.
Sonny Boy is still loved!!! Wow
Downright timeless masterpiece. Period. No debate.
A single harmonic is better than a whole orchestra of trumpets and saxs or anything else, man!!
O que eu não faria pra poder ouvir isso pessoalmente
incrível,fantástico.................
Still blues'n into 2017.....these words never go away 🙌🏻
Pure Blues....True Blues....thank you God for having guys like this play music
Love the way he finished up & casually collected his stuff to saunter off.....
The maestro at work, what a legend sonny boy was👍
i feel so blessed to watch this on video:)
This makes me cry and confort me at the same time.
This is incredible ❤
Can't find this on spotify, but did found this artist.
Muito bom !
É de arrepiar !!!
The times youtube makes me thankful. Just minimalistic and gigant at the same time. Pure joy.
I started learning a few months ago now. This man makes it look so easy, just watching and learning from the master
Simple yet strong...Direct yet deep...Sonny exudes the blues
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 !!
muito bom,uma verdadeira viajem!
he is legend😍
This song, booze and weed, that's all you need.
You enjoy the, "Blues," that much more ...if you have lived them ...yes sir
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.
Can I join u? I’ll shut up.
Fabulous beyond all measure!!! Nobody can Wah like that for a start.
Such a beautiful expression! Even the pause at 1:02, a great example of how sometimes less is more...
Hi
A music genius
Too simple for the great authority’s on music
How sad
Естественность чувств обвораживает...разговор музыкой. Браво!
What a profound song, I can't describe it. It's a marvel❤❤
Testimony In the RAW-WAYS-OF-THE-NATURAL-BLUES!! Blowin' Blues and Testifying In Deep Soulful Blues!
I'm a lonely (Wo)man, and I doan like being by myself......... I'll find somebody else......
Did you find anybody else?
Hhh.. Hiiiii :)))))
The Master of the Harmonica.
MEU DEUS QUE FORMIDÁVEL,OLHA ESTE SOM OLHA ESTE MESTRE... MEU DEUS.
still alive 2019 nothing but real .music ❤
Man..this is real blues
this is gold
Music never gets old
Con una copa de vino y escuchando a esta eminencia del blues. Pedazo de tema...
Wow my favourite harmonica player man could he play fantastic
I've never seen so much intensity in a voice and a pair of eyes ... This guy is my god
Pure genius!
*2017* Listening. Feeling. Keeping it alive!
Everytime AM listening ,marvelous.❤️🤗🌷🥰
I love his voice
O verdadeiro um
That is absolutely, insanely incredible!! WOW!!
2020 still enjoying
Mind blowing . Just Fantastic
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.
Do u know what key this is?
So damn good! Timelessly beautiful!
This hits home with me for some reason.
It's because you're a lonely man and you don't like being by yourself.
Love this guy, makes me want to go to town!!(I am 68 and should probably not,lol)
Legends Never Die
this cat is so cool&smooth . he defies definition!!!!
the legend