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Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson has been played on NTS shows including Peking Spring w/ Jon K, with Dissatisfied first played on 17 March 2013.

There are two harmonica playing bluesmen known as Sonny Boy Williamson. They are colloquially referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson I and Sonny Boy Williamson II respectively, but are of no relation. The two are easy to distinguish. Williamson I played the harmonica acoustically and was essentially a pre-War artist. Williamson II was entirely an electrified harpist, in the style of Little Walter, reflecting the advent of the jukebox and electrified instruments following World War II. (Compare the albums Sonny Boy Williamson I ~~…

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Stop Right Now
Sonny Boy Williamson
Checker1961
Stop Right Now
Sonny Boy WilliamsonChecker1961
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Movin' Down The River Rhine
Sonny Boy Williamson
Storyville1979
Movin' Down The River Rhine
Sonny Boy WilliamsonStoryville1979
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Dissatisfied
Sonny Boy Williamson
Checker1958
Dissatisfied
Sonny Boy WilliamsonChecker1958
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Help Me
Sonny Boy Williamson
Collectables0
Help Me
Sonny Boy WilliamsonCollectables0
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This Is My Apartment
Sonny Boy Williamson
Chess1975
This Is My Apartment
Sonny Boy WilliamsonChess1975
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