Sonny Boy Williamson

[Tony Smith]

Question of the week. Someone tell me what this man did that made him notorious?

Success doesn't happen through spontaneous combustion...You must set yourself on fire.

[GnLguy]

Tony Smith wrote:

Question of the week. Someone tell me what this man did that made him notorious?

Don Deering would be the person to answer that question – Don has a knowledge of the history of the blues that is amazing. I’m hoping that he’ll put up a website at some point…

[Don D.]

What did you hear? I don’t think he’s notorious. He’s got a personality, he wore flashy custom-made suits. There’s one thing that would make me question his ethics, but it doesn’t make him notorious, I wouldn’t think. He was born Aleck Miller, but he started using the name of a popular blues harmonica player, John Lee Curtis “Sonny Boy” Williamson. He called himself Sonny Boy Williamson in person and on a radio show, the King Biscuit Flour Hour. That was pretty cheeky. He cooked a chicken in a coffee pot while he was on tour in England in the 1960s, but none of that adds up to notorious. I’m curious why you asked.

Here’s a compilation of Sonny Boy Williamson II’s music.

Don D.

[Tony Smith]

He tried to cook a rabbit in a perculator and sat a hotel room on fire.

Success doesn't happen through spontaneous combustion...You must set yourself on fire.

[Ken M]

The original “Sonny Boy” Williamson was bludgeoned to death during a South Side Chicago robbery in 1948. Among his memorable songs are: “Good Morning School Girl”; “Help Me; and “Don’t Start Me Talking”. Nice legacy, to say the least.

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