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	Sonny Boy Williamson II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williamson's first recording session took place in 1951 for Lillian McMurray of Jackson, Mississippi's Trumpet Records (three years after the death of John Lee Williamson, which for the first time allowed some legitimacy to Miller's claim to being "the one and only Sonny Boy Williamson".) McMurray later erected Williamson's headstone, near Tutwiler, Mississippi, in 1977.
		It was during Williamson's tour of the UK in the '60s that he adopted the bowler hat and carried his harmonicas on stage in a briefcase, later to become his trade mark.
		Williamson was characterized by a hip-flask of whiskey, a pistol, a knife, a foul mouth, and a short temper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II (906 words)

	PBS - American Roots Music : The Songs and the Artists - Sonny Boy Williamson
		Williamson's phrasing of notes and his use of the microphone as an extension of the instrument gave his solos a rare quality, rich in innovation.
		Williamson was also a competent blues singer, though he slurred his lyrics, using them only, it seemed, as a backdrop to his harp riffs.
		Also known as Sonny Boy #2 to distinguish him from John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson (or Sonny Boy #1), another great blues harp stylist, Williamson was born in Mississippi, where he learned to play harmonica at an early age.
	www.pbs.org /americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_sonnyboywilliamson.html (299 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson
		Sonny Boy was a lay preacher, "Reverend Blue", who wandered the Delta with a brace of harps across his chest, on one occasion drawing an entire congregation out of a church.
		Sonny Boy claimed that he was "an 1800s' man" and that was the evidence that he was much older than John Lee Williamson who had "stolen" his stage name "Sonny Boy Williamson" from him.
		Sonny Boy was not recorded in the twenties because he was too young, in the late thirties because there was another artist named "Sonny Boy Williamson" and later because he insisted on using the other man's name on his radio show.
	www.furious.com /perfect/sonnyboy.html (1779 words)

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		In 1963 Sonny toured Europe and received a warm reception, especially from the English.
		Sonny Boy Williamson was perhaps the most recognized Harmonica player in the world.
		Sonny died in his little apartment in Helena, on May 26, 1965.
	www.geocities.com /theblueslady.geo/SonnyBoyWilliamson.html (453 words)

	YARDBIRDS, The : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Meanwhile Sonny Boy Williamson And The Yardbirds was recorded '65 with the visiting bluesman.
		At this time she met a young Garth Brooks; he asked her to sing on his first album and repaid the favour a few years later singing on her recordings and writing songs for her.
		She was signed to MCA '90 and debut single, 'She's In Love With The Boy' raced to no.1 country '91.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/y/Y4.HTM (712 words)

	Yardbirds
		Yardbirds is one of the most underrated bands in rock history.
		Yardbirds have often got credits for the creation of hard rock and heavy metal and also the creation of the "guitar hero" and there is indeed some truth in that.
		The album "Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds" was recorded in the end of 1963 but wasn’t released until 1965 in England and 1966 in USA.
	www.angelfire.com /rock3/yardbird_sect/Ybhistory1.html (786 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson II, also known as Aleck Rice Miller, a Mississippi musician
		Sonny Boy Williamson began playing guitar and harmonica at the age of five and was performing in juke joints and clubs throughout Mississippi and Arkansas under the name Little Boy Blue by the early '20s.
		Williamson added to the confusion when he recorded "The Story of Sonny Boy Williamson" for Storyville Records in Copenhagen in 1963 in which he proclaims "I was born, 1897, in a little town, Glendora, Mississippi"...
		Sonny Boy claimed to fans and blues researchers that he was the original Sonny Boy (John Lee Williamson) who came from Jackson, Tennessee, and recorded for Bluebird and later RCA Victor until he was killed in Chicago in the late 1940's.
	www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us /mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/WilliamsonII.html (1122 words)

	The Yardbirds CDs; The Yardbirds Albums Discography; The Yardbirds Mini Biography
		The Yardbirds are one of the most influential rock bands in history.
		The Yardbirds didn't find commercial success until they used a song from a young English songwriter (who was later to achieve fame as a member of 10cc), Graham Gouldman.
		The Yardbirds were never as strong after Beck's departure, but did start giving exposure to unknown artists, covering songs from future legends Harry Nilsson and The Velvet Underground.
	booksmusicfilmstv.com /YardbirdsCDs.htm (1137 words)

	The Yardbirds
		The story of the Yardbirds isn’t merely the story of three great guitarists: it may be exactly the opposite.
		When the Yardbirds recorded the single "For Your Love" using mostly congas, harpsichord and upright bass, Clapton fled to John Mayall’s band and to a job that had less distractions in the center of the stage.
		Jimmy Page joined the Yardbirds in their waning days and reinvigorated them, although the studio document of his version of the band, Little Games, is weak and may have precipitated the final breakup.
	www.crecon.com /davidwomack/yardbirds.htm (503 words)

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		Sonny Boy was a Baptist and this may have been his local church; it’s only a couple of miles from his childhood home.
		Sonny Boy's niece wrote me to confirm the location as the one which she visited as a child in the early 1930's.
		Speculation that he was "returning a favor" to Sonny Boy or he was in conflict of his contract with the McMurry's nemisis: the Bihari brothers, for whose RPM label he recorded at the time.
	www.sonnyboy.com (2673 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton
		Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton
		Recorded 8 December 1963 at the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond (London)
		All songs written by Rice/Miller/Williamson except #4 which was written by Boyd
	www.xs4all.nl /~slowhand/ecfaq/sonnyboy.htm (31 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson
		Williamson never realized his full potential as a musician, as he was tragically murdered at the peak of his career.
		In 1937 Williamson moved to Chicago, where he quickly established himself as an elite harp player, and his harmonica-led group format soon became the norm.
		Sonny Boy Williamson was murdered with an ice pick while returning home from a gig in the South Side of Chicago in 1948, during the height of his career.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0780961.html (323 words)

	The Yardbirds
		Easily one of the most legendary British Invasion groups, the Yardbirds were unfortunately shorter-lived and more thoughtlessly marketed than most of their competitors (the Stones, Kinks, Who, Zombies, etc.).
		But it has to be admitted that their period of major commercial success lasted little more than a year, that Clapton and Page had little to do with it, that their lead singer Keith Relf had little range, and that none of the band members developed as songwriters until it was too late.
		Most of the Yardbirds' original LP's are hard to find and weren't so great anyway, and the market is flooded with deceptive, cheaply packaged compilations, all of which I strongly urge you avoid (even the Rhino Records greatest hits).
	www.warr.org /yardbirds.html (1373 words)

	R-S
		Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds - Bye Bye Bird
		Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds - The River Rhine
		Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds - Highway 69
	www.radiocave.com /blues_R-S.htm (758 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson: Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		McMurry was unaware of his history during his lifetime and knew him as Willie 'Sonny Boy' Williamson the remainder of his life.
		First presented to Diamond's pressing plant owner as partial settlement of their bill (Diamond did NOT got bankrupt) and later sold to Chicago's Chess Records, where he was reunited with his fellow King Biscuit Entertainer alumni, Robert Lockwood Jr., and recorded a substantial body of work by him over the next ten years.
		Sonny Boy continued to record for Chess until his death, recording over 70 tracks for them, despite numerous spats with Leonard Chess, some of which were caught on tape ("Little Village")-- to the amusement of generations of Sonny Boy fans and irritation of sideman Robert Lockwood Jr..
	www.sonnyboy.com /records/records.html (601 words)

	Eric Clapton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clapton is credited as an innovator in several phases of his career, which have included blues rock (with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and hard rock (with Cream).
		Clapton joined The Yardbirds, a blues-influenced rock and roll band in 1963 and stayed with them until March 1965.
		They toured England with American bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson; a joint LP, recorded in December 1963, was issued belatedly under both their names in 1965.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Clapton (5914 words)

	Midheaven Mailorder \| Browse by Artist: YARDBIRDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		*One of the YARDBIRDS**' earliest recordings marks a time when the band (first known as the METROPOLIS BLUES QUARTET) could be found playing smoky gigs in the obscure venues of London's infant R&B scene.
		*This recently discovered live YARDBIRDS set was recorded prior to their amazing Five Live Yardbirds** debut album and definitely adds to the band’s already legendary status Ð equaling (if not bettering) Five Live in both sound quality and performance.
		Includes the LPs The First Recordings, Sonny Boy Williamson With The Yardbirds, Five Live Yardbirds, For Your Love, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Shapes Of Things, and Odds And Sods.
	www.midheaven.com /artists/yardbirds.html (530 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds by The Yardbirds
		Downchild - The Yardbirds, Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
		The River Rhine - The Yardbirds, Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
		Highway 69 - Sonny Boy Williamson [II], The Yardbirds
	www.mmguide.musicmatch.com /album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=704926 (254 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The original, mono Fontana TL5277 was reissued in stereo as SFJL960 and issued in the US as Mercury SR21071, 61071 (pictured above) and 61271.
		Sonny Boy Williamson In Europe, and Sonny Boy Williamson Live In England.
		Tracks 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 (plus "The River Rhine") are also included in Clapton's Cradle: The Early Yardbirds Recordings (Evidence Music 26072), released in 1995.
	www.sonnyboy.com /records/yardbirds.html (76 words)

	YARDBIRDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Yardbirds are generally considered to be one of the most influential bands in rock history.
		Nevertheless, the Yardbirds remain best known for extra-musical developments: the presence of three of England’s greatest rock guitarists—Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page—within the band at one time or another, and the evolution of Page’s New Yardbirds into the leading heavy metal act of the 1970s, Led Zeppelin.
		The Yardbirds’ classic recordings, as well as previously unreleased live material and studio outtakes, have continued to be issued in countless retrospectives over the years.
	www.shsu.edu /~lis_fwh/book/british_invasion/Yardbirds.htm (331 words)

	Billy Boy Arnold - brought to you by JWBllues, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Billy Boy Arnold's legendary career has produced a sterling, if scattered, discography, with ten sides on Vee-Jay in the fifties, including his hit, "I Wish You Would," which The Yardbirds later turned into their own hit of the sixties.
		The "Hello Stranger" on his new, long-awaited CD is a Billy Boy Arnold-signature blues shuffle, but not the song he wrote as a teenager.
		It was Williamson who made the harmonica essential to the blues, and no one is more qualified to carry on the tradition than Billy Boy Arnold.
	www.jwblues.com /BillyBoyArnold/BillyBoyArnold.htm (1168 words)

	Sonny Boy Williamsom II Feature Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		“Sonny Boy Williamson: The Sky Is Crying” Jazz Monthly v11 n5 (Jul 1965), 18-19 Oliver, Paul.
		SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, HIS HARMONICA & HOUSEROCKERS or SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & HIS HOUSEROCKERS (215) V/hca with Willie Love, p -1; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, gs (except -2); Cliff Givens, vocal b; Joe Dyson, d -3.
		London(E), 1 Jan 1964 Pontiac blues BL unissued Sonny Boy's slow walk unissued C jam blues unissue Harmonica and bass blues/West Memphis unissued & THE YARDBIRDS V/hca with Eric Clapton, Chris Dreja, gs; Paul Samwell-Smith, b; Jim McCarty, d.
	www.mnblues.com /review/2002/sbw-bib-disc.html (2178 words)

	eBay - cd sonny boy ..., CDs, Music items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sonny Boy Williamson CD The EP Collection Vol.2.
		Sonny Boy Williamson II - King Biscuit Time (CD 1995)
		SONNY BOY WILLIAMS NEW and SEALED 4 (CD) SET
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	Browse by Label: CHARLY (UK)
		These were the years of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, although the Yardbirds certainly deserve their share of the spotlight for their exceptional R&B and extremely gifted technique.
		"The Yardbirds are perhaps best known having invented the 'rave up' (long instrumental breaks in the middle of songs that would contribute to the evolution of psychedelia) and because guitar virtuosos Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck all got their start here.
		But it was Jeff Beck's stint with the band from 1965-1966 that perhaps most influenced the way guitar was played in the 1960s.
	www.forcedexposure.com /labels/charly.uk.html (431 words)

	Yardbirds, The - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds: Yardbirds, The - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds with Eric ...
		Yardbirds, The - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds: Yardbirds, The - Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton
		Entry published in Yardbirds / Last modified on 4 September 2005
		Next release »: Yardbirds, The: Five Live Yardbirds
	www.whereseric.com /discography/yardbirds/sonny-boy-williamson-the-yardbirds-with-eric-clapton.html (112 words)

	The Yardbirds / Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
		Add The Yardbirds to your Artist Newsmail list to receive e-mail updates whenever new The Yardbirds items become available.
		Reissue of The Yardbirds 1966 album, with additional track(s) consisting of previously unpublished track(s), and live tracks including the one recorded in February 1964 in Birmingham.
		Sonny Boy Williamson and The Yardbirds +12 [Cardboard Sleeve] [Limited Release] / The Yardbirds
	202.234.167.56 /detailview.html?KEY=VICP-61793 (177 words)

	John Hamilton's Ultimate Eric Clapton Discography - 1963
		Sonny Boy Williamson - vocal(3), blues harp (3)
		SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & THE YARDBIRDS with ERIC CLAPTON: LIVE IN LONDON!- Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds
		Sonny Boy Williamson - harp (9-14), vocals (9-14)
	www.angelfire.com /hi/Clapton/1963.html (637 words)

	The Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - Sealed USA LP RECORD (350637)
		The Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - Sealed USA LP RECORD (350637)
		THE YARDBIRDS Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Rare original 1966 US 9-track STEREO LP recorded live at The Crawdaddy Club in London, first issue style pasted picture sleeve.
		Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - Sealed
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	The Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds Germany LP RECORD (264900)
		The Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds Germany LP RECORD (264900)
		THE YARDBIRDS Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Rare original 1965 pressing German Star Club record label 9-track mono LP.
		The vinyl on this 60's original is in amazing mint and unplayed condition having retained it's original shine with no spindle marks on the label or surface noise between tracks.
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