Sonny Boy Williamson (Live session in Sweden)

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Sonny Boy Williamson (b.1912 in Mississippi and d. 1965 in Arkansas) was the master of the Blues harp. This video focuses on one of his visits to Sweden. In it he plays with fantastic local musicians on guitar and bass. Sonny Boy Williams is a true giant in the Blues world, and shows off his amazing talent in this informal video.
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@DocPeteMD 4 года назад

Thank God for the Europeans who respected the music enough to record it on film, tape et al

@georgiosminaios286 3 года назад

According to BB King, this the first footage of a blues musician, showed in US Tv nationwide. 1965 I think. Europeans, correctly, were advanced in this. Irrelevant with the video, but Sweden had established its jazz academy in Stockholm university in 1929!

@seanmagee5669 2 года назад

I got to learn of blues artist such as, Sonny boy, Elmear James, Willie Dixon,. Muddy Waters, etc, etc, via, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, The Animals, Van Morrisons Them, Rory Gallagher, Zeppelin- and more. We're Conservative American was playing the music down, the Europeans played the music UP. Thanks to, such as, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and the Beatles for opening the music up round the world and must also include the seminal "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Aaron Presley. The music world owes a lot to those early Blues, Rhythm an Blues/Rock an Roll artists.

@paulvandoorn9405 2 года назад

Here in Belgium we were blessed with all the black jazz and blues musicians in the 60s. They were treated and respected here as artists and happy to be out for a while of racism. At least that was what Nina Simone told me in 1965.

@seanmagee5669 2 года назад

"roll over Beethovan, dig these rhythm an blues". Classic lyric from Chuck Berry

@bretthowser6777 2 года назад

God had nothing to do with it, but we’re happy nevertheless

@oscarhenderson1341 Год назад

I'm 70 from Helena, AR, my homey for ever 👑

@ianmorton4136 Год назад

When he walks onto the stage with the suit, bowler hat and brief case, everybody goes WTF !!, and then he starts playing the harp, and everybody goes WOW !!!

@alanwright3430 9 месяцев назад

0:41

@drbobapol 9 месяцев назад

Just like Elwood Blues…

@shadowsandfire 4 месяца назад

Play like a gangster, roll like a gangster 😎

@alejandramarquez235 2 года назад

So glad RU-vid exists to get to know all these people and great musicians from another time.

@lestoil 5 лет назад

I'm not even a blues fan and I find this man phenomenal.

@rosycrucifixion2898 5 месяцев назад

turns out ur a blues fan

@furetmonbarre8801 5 лет назад

My father died a week ago, this is the last song he listened. RIP

@curleyteeth 4 года назад

Well he died happy then Furet.Jim Liverpool.

@91salar 4 года назад

RIP

@RedRobin13 4 года назад

Rest in peace, Brother.

@mattadrev471 4 года назад

WOW.... rip

@miaeiou8150 4 года назад

Very good last song,,, all us, we Will go, hope one like this in my heart when i'll go.

@LonnieThompson-bd8do Год назад

Who jamming with sonnyboy Williams in 2023

@user-nv1dh6vq6p 5 месяцев назад

2024

@shadowsandfire 4 месяца назад

2024 now and have been listening since I found him in 1985 😅 guess thats showing my age 😆

@dniemi58 4 месяца назад

Jeez, it’s in the title of the video Sonny Boy Williamson 🤦‍♂️ who is sonnyboy Williams?

@MonkeyBluesGal4U 3 месяца назад

No clue, here.

@MonkeyBluesGal4U 3 месяца назад

You can't be as old as I am... I used to follow Otis Redding... Now that's telling my age... I am thankful to the Lord for the gene pool I came from!!! 🙏🏽 Never forget Who wakes y'all up every morning 🌄 🙏🏽 Praise His name and thank Him for every single day y'all see the green grass 🙏🏽

@elreyvd 5 лет назад

He was not only the genuine article in the blues and a giant of the harmonica... the guy had loads of class...

@billmavin1815 5 лет назад

Top 5 harp player in my opinion. He was a hard scrabble type of guy, and was not full of the milk human kindness from what I read.

@mrhenning27 Год назад

@@billmavin1815yeah telling a 11 year old JR Wells he would cut him ... definitely not the salt of the earth. I can imagine him being pleasant though. I can also imagine him killing this back up band

@henrylucas6968 Год назад

@@billmavin1815 ⁰q

@davidzimmerli489 3 года назад

Those old Blues men were such colorful characters......Sonny Boy was a gem....

@antechinus100 2 года назад

Sit at back in a bus. Use the deliveries entrance. Trying to find a 'coloured' toilet

@giovanna722 Год назад

@@antechinus100 Yep. The sad truth!

@ddoeser5830 Год назад

Mien Opa !!! Mocht geern "Vlekje Wegwerken , vond hij Lekker, daarna zong hij graag ...Eenmaal zal ik je weer ontmoeten ! ( Lieve Opa R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 Onvergetelijk 🙏Jaar 2022.Tijd 00:28 UUR.NACHT )

@marly1017 Год назад

Bruh the dude stool his whole identity from another musician, was an alcoholic in the worst sense of the word and was extremely *extremely* violent, amazing player indeed but a horrific man

@ddoeser5830 Год назад

Dit muziek nemen ze me niet meer af " Kippenvel" Woorden Tekort R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 🙏Onvergetelijk Jaar 2023 Tijdstip 23:02 UUR AVOND Zondag 9 April.

@asktheprophet 5 лет назад

One of the greatest communicators of the human condition. Bad to the bone. His subtlety floors me. THE best harmonica player ever.

@Margaret1448 4 года назад

Agree almost completely, Paul, but you know you gotta give props to Sonny Terry, too! ;d

@bobaldo2339 4 года назад

What a depressing thought!

@cindyfreitas3834 3 года назад

And what year? And where was he from? Back up band and it is awesome

@cindyfreitas3834 3 года назад

You can feel his pain. Which is sad, but he was so passionate

@smoothie2629 3 года назад

..second to Little Walter

@robynrichardson1909 3 года назад

This is Sonny Boy Williamson II, who was born Alec (Aleck) on 5th December 1912 or 1899,. Williamson was such a mystery that no one truly knew his actual date of birth, he is often confused with John Lee 'Sonnyboy' Williamson from who's name he took for no apparent reason, but that didn't detract from his talent as a great Harmonica player.

@arongunner1522 3 года назад

😊😊I'm very pls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

@jenniferwininger4970 3 года назад

Thanks for the background info, I was wondering about him.

@drollig7905 2 года назад

The man has more talent in one finger than most of the "musicians" in 2021.

@constandinr8260 Год назад

Still the same ...its 2022. See u next year

@alwaystakethedetour3988 2 месяца назад

And still the same in 2024!

@lynnmacdonald8992 Год назад

Amazing harmonica player. Could listen to him day after day.can’t say enough good things about his talent.

@levonsmallwood6078 Год назад

Alrighty now

@paulcook68 Год назад

Lord have mercy!

@dotiabaya8789 2 года назад

Straight from the heart of a real bluesman.

@ddoeser5830 Год назад

Onvergetelijk R.I.P ❤🇳🇱 🙏🌏( 🌹) Jaar 2023 Zondagavond Tijdstip 21:31 UUR ( 18 Juni ) Respect voor de Muziek 👍👋

@christineseton7687 Год назад

Yep these guys were gods in England! Love Sonny!💜💔💜

@anderskandersson4613 3 года назад

A true legend ... That’s the answer why I really love harmonica... RIP gentleman ❤️ with my respect and a big BOW 🙇🏻‍♂️ 🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️

@birdlegg9698 2 года назад

Anders, that’s nice that you love the harmonica, but do you love the people who play the REAL BLUES?! And, I’m not talking the Blooze that’s been interpreted by whites, but the African American way of of playing it??! Birdlegg, The Blues Tornado!! Austin, Texas, USA

@andrewhatton8900 Год назад

I play blues harmonica.But wow this is really laid back blues its awsome great style of play.

@peroldaeus3664 3 года назад

I caugh Sonny Boy doing a Stockholm show (December 9, 1964) backed by Sture Nordin, bass; Lennart Nyhlén, guitar, around the same time as the film was shot. Sonny Boy didn't like the two Swedes and had them leave the stage! Sonny Boy did the rest of the show alone. I'll never forget this.

@tzanatoriad 3 года назад

How lucky you was !

@peroldaeus3664 3 года назад

@@tzanatoriad Agree! The Swedish blues mag. JEFFERSON will publish an extensive piece on Sonny Boy's Swedish sojourns: 1963-64. Including an interview, I conducted many years ago, with the director for the film with SBW and the two Swedish backup musicians.

@tomfyfe6160 3 года назад

It’s true , sonny was a bit picky about his accompaniment been there done that

@peterlloyd5285 3 года назад

@@tomfyfe6160 I thought they did a good job.

@peterlloyd5285 3 года назад

@@peroldaeus3664 Is this available? I would like read it.

@wildeman1253 3 года назад

The quality here is outstanding, on all fronts.

@dominik6996 3 года назад

the freedom of the human being in art, in singing, in music

@payableondeath9091 3 года назад

💯

@antonioamorim8406 6 месяцев назад

Esse cara é um gênio

@keithhayward5068 Год назад

Thank you for posting this piece of history. Fantastic

@gotitwet8151 4 года назад

my most favorite harmonica player ever god have mercy on his soul he died in peace in his sleep

@sherrywoodruff497 4 года назад

A Beautiful man. His music touches my Soul. Deep pure elevating..The BEST... RIP SONNY BOY.. 😢

@kennsnider658 4 года назад

I couldn't agree more. Very much a Saint.

@ninjavigilante5311 4 года назад

I sure wish he would toured with the band.. Robbie Robertson said they met him in Arkansas walking down the street in the same clothes he basically had in this video, told him that the British boys wanted to play blues so bad that's what they did.. play bad lol.

@paulkate72 2 года назад

@@ninjavigilante5311 Disappointing remarks, especially when those 'British boys' alllowed him to tour and make some real money - something he wouldn't have gotten before their arrival.

@geojorge1369 Год назад

That’s good news! Still it doesn’t detract from the fact that Sonny Boy was one of the originals and had a deeper level of talent and artistry!

@polonaj1824 Месяц назад

Sonnyboy make my happier state. Every moment when we are together.❤

@polonaj1824 Месяц назад

My sonnyboy is a Little inside. So be gentle, becase I Listen to harmonica melodie.

@Juliasblues 6 месяцев назад

Sonny Boy, so debonaire, so sorry I didn't see you live. I did see James Browne the same year you passed, and I love you very much.

@maravilela3720 2 месяца назад

Sony Boy II era uma lenda do Blues a voz tão melodiosa e na gaita tão tinha pra ninguém um rei do Blues e da gaita, além ser gentil e ter um jeito todo peculiar. Será sempre lembrado essas músicas serão ouvidas pelo mundo❤

@ricardogalrao3810 4 года назад

the 60´s Black and White picture looks so Great! But...his performe, beahing Him self even better!!

@Xyd641 3 года назад

Legendary

@love_pets1363 3 месяца назад

Even his snapping of fingers is in the right grooving time

@babadieme 4 года назад

Soul music is food for soul! As simple as that!

@dennisdistant 5 лет назад

Truly one of the greatest things I have ever watched.

@royJazzzz 4 года назад

Sonny Boy Williamson was the real deal. I first heard his Chess recordings a little bit over 50 years ago. He was an amazing man. This video is wonderful.

@BensUkeTutes 3 года назад

reminds me when he said of his backing bands in England "those British boys want to play the blues real bad, and they do". Music just flows from him ! thanks for uploading !

@andershedman7889 3 года назад

Play better self if you can

@andershedman7889 3 года назад

Play it beter if you can

@84kjk 2 года назад

Maybe at the time he said that. But in a few years a lot of those bands would more than hold their own

@paulkate72 2 года назад

@@84kjk Sonny Boy seems to have had an unpleasant way with his fans - often very short with them. Perhaps his background might account for it.

@marly1017 Год назад

He was salty as shit, he was drunk as hell preforming in Britain and didn't cooperate at all with the British bands at all and didn't even play what that was rehearsed when they got onto the stage, he was a great player but his criticism of the British was undeserved

@ewertoncarvalho1142 3 года назад

Sonny Boy Williamson, patrimônio da humanidade.

@ddoeser5830 2 года назад

Is het zeer zeker !! Blijf het koesteren ...hou van de HARMONICA ❤🇳🇱🌏🇺🇸RIP🙏

@markymarco2570 2 года назад

What?

@BenitoSevillano-jp3xq Год назад

Totalmente de acuerdo. Un genio

@matthewscheidt7754 Год назад

A man-who played as he lived, many thanx to him.

@giorgiosalmaso5903 4 года назад

A genius, one! RIP Sonny.

@cesarce5184 4 года назад

4:24 i fuckin love how charismatic and humble he is!

@pedropinon2553 3 года назад

no words... this guy had no adjetives to describe him

@johnblood3731 2 года назад

gone too soon. so talented. living a hard life comes through the music.

@PonziZombieKiller 3 года назад

wow, that was fn cool.

@tonymcgee557 Год назад

Yes I must say this is a good thing they respected music enough to be casual. God Bless

@draganmilekic 3 года назад

Najbolji svirac bluza na usnoj harmonici sveta ikad!

@williammaurer9450 6 лет назад

Wonderful video of Sonny Boy. This is a Blues Man, the genuine article.

@asdu4412 5 лет назад

Sonny Boy Williamson II, the genuine article with a counterfeit name.

@sonjadietz5297 5 лет назад

Right!

@Blue_3rd 5 лет назад

William Maurer Whether they call him Aleck or Alex or ‘Rice’ Miller or SBW II, he was one of a kind. A true harmonica legend.

@gechoye 4 года назад

52 dislikes right now🙄

@crazy4cockapoos 5 лет назад

More talent, soul, blood, tears, honesty, grief and LIFE in these 11 minutes than entire generations of musical output.

@moonlightdust1984 5 лет назад

Sonny Boy is perhaps my ultimate Blues man .....so much soul....~

@dirarhaidar123 3 года назад

The most relaxing song ever to sit and watch the stars 🖤🖤

@MapleSyrupPoet 3 года назад

Hopefully, Sonny is in Blues heaven ...may God have mercy on our souls

@plutogamstrumframe 4 месяца назад

The Amazing Sonny Boy

@sonjadietz5297 5 лет назад

Es ist einfach immer wieder genial, wie er die Seele erreicht. DANKE ! RIP

@shahramdelvarani6907 5 лет назад

King of harmonica .... fantastic !

@brucetarver4738 9 месяцев назад

Sonny Boy Williamson Past Away SIX YEARS After I was BORN... His Chromatic Harmonica was inspirational to me IN 2001SPAH Convention Denver, Co. Adler Trio-THREE THREE FOOT HARMONICA'S... I KID YOU NOT.... Sonny Boy Williamson WILL LONG LIVE AS THE FIRST BEST HARP & CHROMATIC PLAYER EVER. KEEP ON HARPN 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

@wionczkyholsku-harnakkod897 3 года назад

My soul is black!

@OmniphonProductions 4 года назад

SKILLS, SUBTLETIES, and SWAGGER!!! The man was _not_ attractive, but he could have taken home any woman in the house! My absolute favorite of the old school players! I once read a story about his recording sessions with the Yardbirds. As I heard it, before starting, he asked them, "How many measures in a 12-Bar Blues?" They paused for a moment, likely thinking, "This guy's crazy; the answer is in the question." He then finished with, "As many measures as I put there!" This video is a splendid example of that "free time" approach...and the fact that his back-up band wasn't ready for it. Then, there's the whole Junior Wells thing. Sonny Boy II wasn't the greatest player in the history of the Blues, but he was damned sure one of the greatest characters!

@nozecone 4 года назад

I think the band did a great job of backing him up - with no idea of where the heck he was going to go next .....

@anodyne57 4 года назад

@@nozecone At least he tried directing them a little, gesturing for transitions, and endings.

@liambrennan5374 6 лет назад

i dont understand the 5 unlikes on this video, this is three musicians making great music whats not to like?

@jaysewall1 5 лет назад

Maybe it is the bassman's playing first few verses...until he got to the walking bass-then he gets the changes right. Although I didn't do an 'unlike'. Sonny Boy-such dramatic dude-he plays on anyhow! Personally I like Sonny Boy 1 for the music-but number 2 is such a great showman!

@veskoradojicic2728 5 лет назад

blues requests a soul...

@TCJACJ2000 5 лет назад

Sonny is one of the greatest ever.

@simon01ize 5 лет назад

Not everyone has good taste though mate!

@heartyblack 5 лет назад

russians the white house etc@@DigitalShark99

@kamalkishore1982 5 лет назад

No Words to describe this masterpiece by the Maestro. Thanks

@trxncxt1281 3 года назад

I love you !!!

@gonzalodremoniz4116 5 лет назад

I've always been moved by his pace, phrasing and chill a.f voice. I didn't know this footage existed, Thank you for sharing.

@Edersonnbg 3 года назад

Quem do Brasil ouvindo esse blues

@saluzera2040 3 года назад

Salve!!!

@matheuslonghi1 3 года назад

opaaaa

@Nino-bw9rf 3 года назад

Top demais!

@joaovenancio1769 3 месяца назад

isto sim e artista de verdade

@fabiosoares2232 2 месяца назад

☝️☝️☝️

@raulpeitton8497 3 года назад

Quien pudiera ser Sonny Boy para vivir 1000 años!!!. Gracias Maestro!!!

@WayOfHaQodesh 9 месяцев назад

HalleluYAH When times are blue and the pains of hell surrounds us very out to our Heavenly Father YaHuWaH Elohiym Most High. When times are good praise our Heavenly Father YAH Most High who loves all his children with an everlasting love. Thank you YAH for the soul you created in our late brother Sonny Boy Williamson. Thank you for such soulful music. This man knew and I sincerely hope he's gonna be playing that harp in the streets of New Yerushalayim and in the New Earth under new heavens for eternity to come. HalleluYAH

@lugopinzon5798 10 дней назад

es un virtuoso eso es un hecho..la memoria del internet siempre lo mostrara (bueno hasta que acaben rompiendola es lo mas probable tal y como van las cosas) .realmente fuera de serie este tipo..mis respetos por su esperanza ..personalmente ya no estoy muy seguro de eso..admiro a los que como usted todavia lo creen

@user-wj7pt1th3b 4 года назад

this is pure gold

@YANN69440 4 года назад

A VERY GREAT BLUESMAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@martindowney8737 4 месяца назад

I call that a discovery. Thanks to the blues.

@omairsh8 3 года назад

Video quality is pristine

@marycrowther8813 3 года назад

I've never seen anyone play the ho Monica the way he plays it.pure genius.he was very good at what he did.now l see why b. B King admire him so.such a talented human being.

@maravilela3720 2 месяца назад

Sonny Boy II eterno. Na gaita não tinha pra ninguem. O blues foi o ritmo e nelodiss que todos esses monstros e rei do blues deicou para o povo do mundo ...isso que é musica. Rei do blues e da gaita. Não me canso de ouvir que paz. Brasil❤

@catdaddy3302 4 года назад

Love his phrasing!

@giovanna722 4 года назад

Andy McWilliams Yes. Love also the deep vibrato shake in his voice.

@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt 2 года назад

Love your phrasing, and your...timing.

@arthuredelson4528 3 года назад

just love this man

@dickyneely3465 5 лет назад

I love me some Sonny Boy!

@vladislavsdombrovskis1173 2 года назад

Roze K.: bitītmatos! tik dvēseliski! paldies Tev!

@littledetailsbydarby3240 4 года назад

This is absolutely one of the most BEAUTIFUL videos I’ve ever seen..... wow! True legend, True talent 🖤

@RM-lk1so 2 года назад

How could ANYONE give a thumbs down? I give 2 thumbs up The passion is ALL THERE. AS well as the heart and skill.

@yohantheman 2 года назад

Johan Hougaard it because its the blues nobody likes the blues... ask any blues legend.. you feel the blues. and its not a like thing on a social media hah

@danielpoursac6931 4 года назад

le Gentleman dans ses moment de Blues que lui seul peut interprété magique avec son harmonica

@bjenkins3860 5 лет назад

Watching the smoke from my corn. Cob pipe fade into the light in my garage while listening to this is 👌

@ignanttv3006 4 года назад

On your screensaver?

@katherinesmith8507 4 года назад

thats the best thing i've ever heard, blew rasberries the whole time in disbelief xxxxx

@veskoradojicic2728 3 года назад

Dear all , I am not a person who likes to write a much so in brief I'll explain how I see, feel a blues. Basic sound a sound of ship steam engine, train whistle, sound of travel in te chains, silence, home, life, fear ... Dear people, can you just imagine how tremendous, phenomenal experience of the pain and suffer were needed to produce something we call blues. No more comment just listen...