Sonny Boy Williamson - His Best
MCA/Chess 9377, CD;
Sonny Boy Williamson - His Best
1997 issue; originally recorded 1955-1964.
CD Like New, Booklet and Jewel Case Very Nice.
Tracks are:
1. Good Evening Everybody
2. Don't Start Me Talkin'
3. All My Love In Vain
4. Keep It To Yourself
5. Fattening Frogs For Snakes
6. I Don't Know
7. Cross My Heart
8. Born Blind
9. Ninety Nine
10. Your Funeral And My Trial
11. Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
12. Sad To Be Alone
13. Checkin' Up On My Baby
14. Down Child
15. Nine Below Zero
16. Bye Bye Bird
17. Help Me
18. Bring It On Home
19. My Younger Days
20. One Way Out
This is part of Chess Records 50th Anniversary series.
The definitive HIS BEST collects some of Sonny Boy Williamson's finest work from his tenure at Chess Records, a period widely conceded to be his most artistically fruitful. He's backed by a who's who of Chicago blues musicians, in particular the astonishingly metallic sounding two guitar team of Robert Lockwood and Luther Tucker, bassist/songwriter Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters' great pianist Otis Spann, and future Blues Brother Matt "Guitar" Murphy.
Highlights are almost too numerous to mention, but don't miss "Fattening Frogs for Snakes," which features one of Williamson's most metaphorically interesting lyrics. The great harp workout "Bye Bye Bird" has here been thoughtfully remixed for stereo.
Terrific blues CD.
Manufacturer: N/A
SKU: MCA9377
