Sonny Boy Williamson - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 20:48, 11 June 2026

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Spider of Destiny: /* Sonny Boy Williamson II */

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Sonny Boy Williamson II

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Spider of Destiny at 01:06, 27 November 2010

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Propellerkuh at 19:37, 26 May 2007

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Emdebe at 18:46, 21 September 2005

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Emdebe at 23:03, 10 June 2005

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 [[Category:Blues singers|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
+[[Category:Favorite Blues singers|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
 [[Category:Influences|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]

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 '''Sonny Boy Williamson II '''(Aleck "Rice" Miller, March 11, 1908 - May 25, 1965) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who started using the name ''Sonny Boy Williamson'' in the mid-1940s in an attempt to capitalize on the fame and success of the former. Williamson II once played in [[Elmore James]]' band and also performed with The Yardbirds, [[The Animals]] and under the pseudonym ''Big Skol'' on [[Roland Kirk]]'s concert album ''Kirk in Copenhagen'' (1963).
-His best known songs are ''Eyesight to the Blind'' (1951), ''Don't Start Me Takin' '' and ''Fattening Frogs for Snakes'' (1957), ''One Way Out'' (1962) and ''Help Me'' (1963). Williamson II died from a heart attack in his sleep.
+His best known songs are ''Eyesight to the Blind'' (1951), ''Don't Start Me Talkin' '' (1955),''Fattening Frogs for Snakes'' (1957), ''One Way Out'' (1962) and ''Help Me'' (1963). Williamson II died from a heart attack in his sleep.
 ==Frank Zappa and Sonny Boy Williamson==

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-There were two Sonny Boy Williamsons. It's unsure to which one Zappa referred (though presumably the second one).
+'''Sonny Boy Williamson''' is the name used by two distinctive and different blues musicians: John Lee Curtis Williamson  (referred to as: Sonny Boy Williamson I) and Aleck "Rice" Miller (referred to as: Sonny Boy Williamson II).
-'''Sonny Boy Williamson'''  (John Lee Curtis Williamson, March 30, 1914 — June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. His best known song is "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (1937).
+==Sonny Boy Williamson I==
-'''Sonny Boy Williamson II '''(Aleck "Rice" Miller, March 11, 1908 - May 25, 1965) was an African American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. His best known songs are "Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes" and "Eyesight to the Blind".
+'''Sonny Boy Williamson I'''  (John Lee Curtis Williamson, March 30, 1914 — June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. His best known songs are: ''Good Morning Little Schoolgirl'' (1937), ''Sugar Mama'' (1937), ''Shake the Boogie'' (1946) and ''Stop Breaking Down'' (1948). He died early after being murdered in a robbery.
-He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989): "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[The Spaniels|Spaniels]], the [[The Nutmegs|Nutmegs]], the [[The Paragons|Paragons]], the [[The Orchids|Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
+==Sonny Boy Williamson II==
 ==External links==
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 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
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-There were two Sonny Boy Williamsons. It's unsure to which one Zappa referred:
+There were two Sonny Boy Williamsons. It's unsure to which one Zappa referred (though presumably the second one).
 '''Sonny Boy Williamson'''  (John Lee Curtis Williamson, March 30, 1914 — June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. His best known song is "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" (1937).
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 He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989): "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[The Spaniels|Spaniels]], the [[The Nutmegs|Nutmegs]], the [[The Paragons|Paragons]], the [[The Orchids|Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
-[[Category:Supporting Cast|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
+==External links==
 [[Category:Influences|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
-[[Category:Blues singers|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
+[[Category:Singers|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]

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 He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989): "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[Spaniels]], the [[Nutmegs]], the [[Paragons]], the [[Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
-[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
-[[Category:Influences]]
+[[Category:Influences|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Williamson, Sonny Boy]]

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