Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) Down & Out Blues
Release date:
February 14, 2025
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Sonny Boy Williamson was one of the most inspiring harmonica players in blues history. Though he took his name from another well-known harmonica player, no one really sounded like him. Williamson developed his own signature harmonica style, always showing a metronome-like timing and an endlessly inventive technique. This release consists of Sonny Boy's complete debut LP, Down and Out Blues, originally released in 1959 on the Chess Records subsidiary label Checker. Featuring Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, and Otis Spann, among others - THE COMPLETE LP + 5 BONUS TRACKS - 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION
Tracklist:
- 1. Don't Start Me to Talkin' 2:33
- 2. Cross My Heart 3:22
- 3. All My Love in Vain 2:48
- 4. The Key (To Your Door) 3:15
- 5. Keep It to Yourself 2:50
- 6. Dissatisfied 2:43
- 7. Your Imagination 2:59*
- 8. Nine Below Zero 3:26*
- 9. Fattening Frogs for Snakes 2:20
- 10. Wake Up Baby 2:56
- 11. Your Funeral and My Trial 2:30
- 12. "99" 2:37
- 13. I Don't Know 2:24
- 14. Let Me Explain 2:53
- 15. Lonesome Cabin 3:01*
- 16. Help Me 3:07*
- 17. Stop Right Now 2:25*
