John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Saga Blues: The Original Sonny Boy (2005)

Often confused with Rice Miller — an eccentric postwar harmonica-player whose identity he’d “borrowed” —, John Lee Williamson was the father of modern harmonica blues. After leaving his native Tennessee at a very early age, Sonny Boy followed the natural road taken by Black emigrants and found himself in Chicago. Until his tragic death in 1948, his language grew more sophisticated as the size of his group increased, and his repertoire embraced the preoccupations of Black urban America; at the same time, his music flirted with rhythm & blues while his harmonica grew equal to his guitar in the world of Chicago blues. This volume should rehabilitate the genius of a first-rate creator too-often neglected by blues-lovers everywhere.
Selection: Sebastian Danchin

Tracklist:
1.01 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Good Morning School Girl (3:05)
1.02 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Decoration Blues (3:35)
1.03 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Low Down Ways (3:15)
1.04 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:50)
1.05 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - She Don't Love Me That Way (2:42)
1.06 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Black PanTher Blues (2:33)
1.07 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Check Up On My Baby (2:46)
1.08 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Sloppy Drunk Blues (3:18)
1.09 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Western Union Man (3:02)
1.10 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Win The War Blues (3:05)
1.11 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Stop Breaking Down (2:57)
1.12 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Polly Put Your Kettle On (2:31)
1.13 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Apple Tree Swing (2:30)
1.14 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - The Big Boat (3:01)
1.15 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - You're An Old Lady (3:15)
1.16 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Hoodoo Hoodoo (2:58)
1.17 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Shake The Boogie (2:50)
1.18 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Rub A Dub (2:42)
1.19 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Wonderful Time (3:06)
1.20 - John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - Sonny Boy's Jump (2:49)