Sonny Boy Williamson - Down and Out Blues (1959)
Down and Out Blues is the first LP record by American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson (real name Rice Miller). The album was released in 1959 by Checker Records (Checker Records started in 1952 as a subsidiary to Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, releasing primarily black artists doing blues and r&b). The album was a compilation of Sonny Boy's first singles for Checker, and features many famous blues musicians backing Sonny including Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, and Willie Dixon.
Sonny Boy Williamson and his songs have had a profound influence on the creation of modern day blues and blues rock. The cuts on this album, although recorded over 50 years ago, are just as wonderful to listen to today as they were long ago. Giving credit where credit is due, Williamson's tunes will be very familiar to those who are fans of the blues/rock genre, as is shown by the number of them that have been covered by well known artists, such as:
Muddy Waters – "Nine Below Zero"
Yardbirds - the complete album, "Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds"
Canned Heat – "Nine Below Zero" and "Help Me"
Junior Wells – "Help Me"
Howlin' Wolf – "Cool Disposition"
B. B. King – "Eyesight to the Blind"
Mose Allison – "Eyesight to the Blind"
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers – "Help Me", "Checkin' Up on My Baby"
Led Zeppelin – "Bring It On Home"
Van Morrison – "Take Your Hands Out of My Pocket", "Help Me" – both on the 1974 live album It's Too Late to Stop Now. Morrison has often sung "Help Me" in live performances throughout his long career.
Eric Burdon and the Animals - "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"
The Allman Brothers Band – "One Way Out"
New York Dolls – "Don't Start Me Talkin'"
Ten Years After – "Help Me"
The Who – "Eyesight to the Blind"
Aerosmith – "Eyesight to the Blind"
Gary Moore – "Eyesight to the Blind"
The Blues Brothers – "From the Bottom"
Rory Gallagher – "My Baby, She Left Me", and "Don't Start me Talkin"; on the Defender
Nine Below Zero took their band name from his song.
Joe Bonamassa – "Your Funeral and My Trial"
The Doobie Brothers – "Don't Start Me To Talkin'" from their album "Toulouse Street"
Down and Out Blues Tracklist:
1. "Don't Start Me To Talkin" - 02:37
2. "I Don't Know" - 02:28
3. "All My Love In Vain" - 02:51
4. "The Key (To Your Door)" - 03:17
5. "Keep It To Yourself" - 02:52
6. "Dissatisfied" - 02:52
7. "Fattening Frogs For Snakes" - 02:23
8. "Wake Up Baby" - 02:59
9. "Your Funeral and My Trial" – 0232
10. "99" - 02:40
11. "Cross My Heart" - 3:23
12. "Let Me Explain" - 2:55
Personnel:
• Sonny Boy Williamson – vocals, harmonica
• Muddy Waters – guitar on "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain"
• Jimmy Rogers – guitar on "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain"
• Otis Spann – piano
• Willie Dixon – bass
• Fred Below – drums
• Robert Lockwood, Jr. – guitar
• Luther Tucker – guitar
• Lafayette Leake – piano on "Wake Up Baby" and "Your Funeral and My Trial"
• Eugene Pierson – guitar on "Wake Up Baby" and "Your Funeral and My Trial"
Media Info:
Bitrate: 256 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: Xing
MPEG-1 layer 3
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