Sonny Boy Williamson 'Help Me' Blues Harmonica Jam (C Harp) 

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I picked up my first harp just before I hit the road hitchhiking around the states and canada in 1971. I knew my draft number was low and I wanted to see America before getting killed in Vietnam. I would sit and practice until I got a ride. I couldn't plat at all but I made a lot of noise. People who saw me thought they were going to get a concert only to be disappointed. The only time I made money playing harp was when a guy gave me 20 bucks if I'd stop playing. Over th he years after I got out of the army I did concert security and graduated to doing tours with the bands. I have played with some of the finest rock stars.....mostly in the tour buses and hotel rooms. I'm so thankful that I took the unconventional approach to life and avoided the 9 to 5 bullshit. Thanks to all the great musicians that put up with me in the early years and showed so much patience with my befuddled mind. I have lived a life most wouldn't believe. I'm now pushing 71 and I still love the life I lead. God Bless America and the patriots that I have encountered

Ok... I admit it. I want to be you when I grow up. Been playing for 35 years and never heard anyone slay it better.

You know, I’ve been obsessed with playing harmonica for almost 2 years now and I’ve made it a point to listen to everyone from the originators all the way to present day players and everyone in between. I am a very experienced listener of music, especially harmonica music, blues, jazz, classical, folk, I listen to it all. I say that to say this, Will is the most skilled harp player ever. I never say this about musicians because normally I feel that there’s no clear greatest player, but to my ears, Will really is the best. He does things on the harp that I’ve never heard. Namely his vibrato and breath control are just unbelievable. It’s not just those though, it’s the whole package, there isn’t a single facet of harp playing that he isn’t exceptional at. Truly a one of a kind player who I suspect will go down in history as one of the all time greats, at least he deserves to.

There are no words... therefore I will just shut up and listen again to this

Should have harmonica playing in the Olympics. WILL WILDE would take home the GOLD MEDAL for Great Britain ! ! 👌.

It's hard for me to wrap my head around what you do. I love that you pay tribute to the Old Great Ones and then take it to another level. You are getting people excited about this instrument! You will eventually be an Old Great One, but for now you will have to settle for a Young Great One. Thank you.

This is some of the best harmonica playing I've heard!!👍❤

I'm 66 yrs old and when in high school on my bus a friend of mine played his harmonica on the way to school and on the way home and we be in that last seat in back smoking some wakey tobaccay ha ha your awesome I keep hitting repeat

Just what I needed to listen to after a hard day at work.

Man, I can't even wrap my head around this kind of harmonica prowess. You're basically the Joe Bonamassa of harmonica.

My new most favorite musician! What fun!!!

OUT OF THIS WORLD! Love the ratatatats! I bow down to the maestro. You are my hero. You are my hero!

This, reminds me of what Hendrix did with All Along The Watchtower..tip of the tip top Will..

God! I wish I could play like you! Love & respect from Calcutta, India 🙏

Man this guy is a great player

I'm sure Sonny Boy be proud of you! Amazing!

I never thought I could love the harmonica more, then I heard that Wilde-tuned harmonica, it sounds amazing!

Sonny Boy Williamson is the reason why I got into harmonica!!! Hellyeah this was awesome

Love it! You rip the notes from the ether and smash them through the harp like the hurricane of the apocalypse! You chew the harp up like a blue sandwich full of the raw bloody beef of the blues! If you and Sonny had played together you would have both crunched the boulders and bricks of blue skyscrapers for breakfast! You cough up and spit the sickness of our past into every blue handkerchief of the future in which everyone is healed! You tear the skyline apart like voodoo returning more than slightly at the end of time! I weep at your brilliance! Can you hear me crying? These tears of joy will never end...

Will Wilde. I do believe SBII , would most definitely tip his hat to you for this cracking cover. And would say " That man sure can blow ".🙏❤🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

That's the first time I've seen someone shred on the harp like that here on U Tube ! Killer sir :)

Yeeee...That's a performance for Gazillion people.. BRAVO MAESTRO!!!

Sonny Boy would have been blown away by your version Will.!

Ya gotta help me baby, I can't do it all by myself! That was real sweet Will! WOW!

Amazing harmonica player, a great bluesman

Wow learned to play the original from will's lesson and tab ....but this !!!!! unbelievable I'm a massive sonny boy Williamson fan would love will to give more of sonny boy's tracks , "your funeral and my trial" "ninety nine" ..."cross my heart"

no doubt you are the best harmonica player in the world❤❤

@Will Wilde every time I watch & listen this video I regret that I cannot press the like button again and again! You are great! Consider releasing a tab of this (maybe a simpler version us mortals could play... :D ) Cheers!

5/17. ACTUALLY, I HAVE HEARD THIS JMANY TIMES SINCE 3/17! BUT, YOU GOT THIS 80 YEAR OLD GRANDMA UP AND BOPPING! HAD MY 80TH IN MAY! LOVE THE EAR PIERCING HIGH NOTES!

Will Wilde. Your rendition of "Help Me" is so spectacular. I never tire of listening to it. 👍.

You’re magical man. True blues in your heart

Wow just wow !!

Amazing!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? I thought my soul was dead, but i was wrong. Simply amazing!

Totally amazing!

It's a rainy evening here, sitting in a shady corner in my living hall, wonderful blues harp tune,me and my glass of JD rye... what else!! Thanks dude!!

Every time I listen to you I smile...thank you...

Ive been playing a little harp since I got my first Marine Band in 'C' back in 1967 for Christmas (still playing it). Can't even come close to anything like this.

7/20. HAVE A DR. APPOINTMENT! I'M TRYING TO HEAR ALL THE BEST BEFORE I GO TO MY APPOINTMENT. JUST ROUTINE! YOUR HIGH NOTES ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD! STAY COOL AND KEEP HYDRATED!

Fantastic

Stunning!

Masterclass !!

Awesome. Thanks

Excellent .

Awesome wow.. makes my frequencies rise. Thank you.

I can like this a thousand times! Keep doin' what ya doin'!

Whoa... Wow and so easy on the eye too...​❤️

An incredible great performance. How is it possible to play the blues-harp this way? Can't believe my ears.

Very energy!!!👍👍👍

Beautiful.

Superb!

Dayum man I watch 1 of your videos every couple of weeks and it's always a banger again!!

Yeah, will is killing it

Pretty focking amazing!!

You are amazing!!!

You are so good! You blow my mind every time!

Hell yeah! Awesome job love the sound

Okay. That was awesome!

Amazing!! Love it!!

Fantastic! I keep coming back for more!

Sonny boy would approve 🎼🎶✌️👍

Great Blues tune ! love it !

Damn. That just feels good.

Sooooo gooood love it

Your style is the best I have heard in.... too many years, your inner note tremolo is incredible, I was also listening to Midnight in Harlem track, no words to describe the nuance you put into this take. Phenomenal stuff!!

Speechless... I can't stop listening

That was dope!

Awesome,,, Badass!!!

Great cover, love this track.

That sound pierces my heart like a dagger. Thanks.

That crunch just rocks!

1/12. #4 THANK YOU FOR BRIGHTENING UP MY DAY!

Very nice

Amazing control.

Favorite blues piece is this video!!

Taking it to a different level altogether. Sublime.

First class - I love it. 👍

Awesome as always, keep it up Will!

This guy takes harmonica playin into another impossible level

Great, man! I love your music. 👍

Wow...awesome stuff Will, simply brilliant

Good God..dont have word for it.. Magnifying

Just amazing

this blues is a miracle

Really really my type of sound/blues . Bravo !

Phenomenal!!!

One of my favorites will that was greatness at its best😏🎤🎶🤜🏽

Thanks man that was awesome I love me some sonny boy

Than you Will for this brilliant lecture! For some reason I have been walking for 66 years by this true gem. Fortunet ly you put it fore my eyes and since can't stop listening and rehearsing it!

Just WOW, nothing more I can add...

masterful!!

effing awesome !!!!!!

you are Great Harp Poet This is what it means to say "the time stops at the moment of pleasure" when you hear this song...and In the end you see the train left and you are still at the station...this is what I felt before the end. TNX LEGEND

Dear Mr. Wilde, I apologize for not recognizing your expertise. Whoever DP is. there is NO comparison to your talent. You are the king!@

Top un régal à écouter.

Wow man that’s fantastic!

Brilliant!! as per..love the "switching".x

So good !!!😜

Stupendous collasel awesome bodacious and spectacular!!!