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Honeyboy's book has been my favorite blues book and I'm looking for others in that same vein, where the book isn't just about the subject but instead tells a lot of firsthand accounts and stories of other famous blues men that the subject knew. Any recommendations?
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Me And Big Joe by Mike Bloomfield.
Has been discussed earlier here at Weenie
http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=9493.0 (http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=9493.0)
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Escaping the Delta and Mayor of McDougal Street by Elijah Wald
Say No the The Devil by Ian Zack
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I have vague recollections of a book on/by Henry Townsend having existed back in the day.
pbl
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Thanks for the recommendations. I've thought about the Escaping the Delta book. But is this firsthand accounts of Johnson, or is it some academic's take? I want firsthand stuff.
I read about half of the first recommendation, by Mike Bloomfield. But at one point, he writes "Big Joe told me about Robert Johnson and Willie McTell" and then moves on without telling ANYTHING that he said about them. Wth? I lost interest at that point.
What about the Skip James book "I'd Rather Be the Devil"? Is it entirely about James, or does it have firsthand info on other Blues men?
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I have vague recollections of a book on/by Henry Townsend having existed back in the day.
pbl
https://www.amazon.com/Blues-Life-Music-American/dp/0252025261
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I'd say Escaping the Delta as a really good analysis of Robert Johnson as the great and influential player he was, as well as addressing the enormous amount of...stuff...that has been written about him over the years. Elijah Wald is a good writer and well versed in subject.
I'd Rather be the Devil: This book paints a pretty cynical picture of Skip and the blues rediscovery scene in general. I don't know anything about Stephen Calt, the author, but he comes across as a rather bitter about his acquaintance with Skip, to me anyway.
If you're looking for just biographical information, the bios of John Hurt and Big Bill will cover that. There's an "as told to" autobiography of Mance Lipscomb in which the writer, who clearly idolized Mance, transcribes him talking about his life in dialect, which I think was off-putting to some people.
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I'd say Escaping the Delta as a really good analysis of Robert Johnson as the great and influential player he was, as well as addressing the enormous amount of...stuff...that has been written about him over the years. Elijah Wald is a good writer and well versed in subject.
I'd Rather be the Devil: This book paints a pretty cynical picture of Skip and the blues rediscovery scene in general. I don't know anything about Stephen Calt, the author, but he comes across as a rather bitter about his acquaintance with Skip, to me anyway.
If you're looking for just biographical information, the bios of John Hurt and Big Bill will cover that. There's an "as told to" autobiography of Mance Lipscomb in which the writer, who clearly idolized Mance, transcribes him talking about his life in dialect, which I think was off-putting to some people.
Basically, I'm looking for something in the vein of Sonnyboy's book, telling stories as they saw it firsthand, not some person with an overly romanticized larger than life version of how they see these people. I'm looking for stuff like Howlin Woof talking about how he liked Jimmie Rodgers and turned it into his own style, and how Bukka White first saw Patton, etc. and any firsthand accounts of people like tommy Johnson or Robert petway. Or interviews of people who knew Frank Stokes. Stuff like that
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It's ages since I read it (and come to think of it, my son borrowed it and never gave it back), but I remember really enjoying David Evans' book "Tommy Johnson", published by Studio Vista here in the UK. They put out an interesting collection of books on country blues and I think I probably own them all. The John Fahey book on Charley Patton is (I believe) his university thesis on the subject and as so, I found it very dry and rather boring (even down to analysing what notes Patton was singing in terms of concert pitch - who cares? I don't.) The Tommy Johnson book brings to life images of him playing with other people like Ishmon Bracey - well at least for me it did.
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Thanks, I'm gonna try to find that one. Tommy Johnson is one I'm very interested in
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FWIW David Evan's in 1983 researched a mammoth book based on the Tommy Johnson paperback.
This was entitled Big Road Blues: Traditions and Creativity in the Folk Blues. It's a stonking great hadback which cost me 25GBP.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
INTRODUCTION 1
ONE
Folk and Popular Blues
16
TWO
The Blues Singer
106
THREE
The Local Tradition
167
FOUR
The Traditional Blues Song
265
FIVE
Folk Blues and the Study of Folklore
312
NOTES 321
BIBLIOGRAPHY 351
INDEX 365
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"me and big joe" is very interesting and get it interlibrary loan. not worth the $500 price tag. try to ignore the fact that bloomfield had a barely functional grip on grammar and spelling and you will enjoy the stories, especially the story of BBQ pig snout. Preachin the Blues Son House is awesome. Preachin that devils music by GDW is must own for a blues lover, and he has been working on an up dated version of his Patton book. The howlin wolf book is good. Muddy Waters is awesome too.
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Preachin that devils music
A slight correction, TPAG:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasin-Devils-Music-Searching-Blues/dp/0879305525
I second your recommendations--they're all good. I especially enjoyed, "Me and Big Joe."--Great first hand accounts of some real adventures: Life as it's lived.
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I had Big Road Blues and didn't care for it. I couldn't finish it. It has been a long time, but I found something about Evan's analysis of the guitar playing annoying. Maybe the notation, maybe found it kind of anal. Probably both.
I've not read most of the others named here, except the Mance Lipscomb bio which is pretty good. Also Woman With Guitar, about Memphis Minnie I didn't care for much.
I don't know if this is worth much to you though - I'm not much for bio's in general.
Dave
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Also Woman With Guitar, about Memphis Minnie I didn't care for much.
I don't know if this is worth much to you though - I'm not much for bio's in general.
Dave
It fell to me to review it for Blues & Rhythm and was somewhat harsh. I think Paul was taken aback by this "attack" of mine. Blues & Rhythm published a reader's letter about my "attitude".
If the powers that be will allow I'll unearth said review. For all I know it might have already found it's way to Weenie Land.
In 2014 Paul revised it and was published by City Lights (?11). There's a very touching photo of Bukka White visiting Minnie at her nursing home in July 1968.
OK off my soap box.......
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The revised edition is just that regarding additional biographical information (and then there's that picture of Minnie and Bukka). I detect lille change in the "surealist" stuff after the half-way point. Interesting, but... .
pbl
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Steve Franz, The Amazing Secret History of Elmore James (St. Louis, MO: Bluesource, 2003)
William Donoghue, "Don't Start Me To Talkin' (Seattle, WA: Elliot & James Publishing, 1997)
Robert Gordon, Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters (Bayback Books, 2003)
Segrets and Hoffman, Moanin' at Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin' Wolf (DaCapo Press,2005)
Paul Garon, The Devil's Son-In-Law: The Story Of Peetie Wheatstraw & His Songs (1971)
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William Donoghue, "Don't Start Me To Talkin' (Seattle, WA: Elliot & James Publishing, 1997)
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I extracted this from Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography : 2nd Edition, Routledge Bibliographies 2007 pages 1067-1071 permission given to Alan Balfour to do so. I dread to think what has been added since this was originally complied.
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (Aleck Ford aka ?Rice? Miller)
BW2234. Adins, George. ?Ma Rencontre avec Sonny Boy Williamson.? Bulletin du Hot Club de France no. 96 (Mar 1960): 10.
BW2235. Ahlstrand, Clas. ?Clowning with the World!: Sonny Boy Williamson.? Jefferson no. 92 (1991): 10-15.
BW2236. Anon. Sonny Boy Williamson. Ojai: Creative Concepts, 1976. 32 pp.
BW2237. Anon. Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim. France: Vogue CLVLX 410, 1963.
BW2238. Anon. Sonny Boy Williamson in Memorium. USA: Chess CRL 4510, 1965.
BW2239. Anon. Sonny Boy Williamson: The Checker Box. Japan: P-Vine Special PLP-6068-71, 1986.
BW2240. Anon. ?Sonny?s Platen.? Block no. 46 (Apr/May/Jun 1983): 27-30.
BW2241. Arnaudon, Jean-Claude. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in Dictionnaire du Blues, pp. 275-276 (E101).
BW2242. Aschoff, Peter R.: Bonner, Brett J. ?Walkin? Down Cherry Street: Photos of Ivey Gladin.? Living Blues no. 110 (Jul/Aug 1993): 36-49.
BW2243. Balfour, Alan. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: Discography.? Soul Bag no. 134 (Spring 1994): 12-17.
BW2244. Bogaert, Karel. ?Williams, Sonny Boy II (Willie Rice Miller).?, in Blues Lexicon, pp. 411-412 (Item E110).
BW2245. Briggs, Keith. ?Blues and Rhythm Remembers Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues & Rhythm no. 52 (May 1990): 12-13.
BW2246. Briggs, Keith. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: The Chess Years.? Blues & Rhythm no. 17 (Mar 1986): 20-24.
BW2247. Broven, John. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues Unlimited no. 8 (Jan 1964): 3-4. Reprinted in Blues Unlimited Reprints, pp. 3-5. Bexhill-on-Sea: Blues Unlimited, 1965. Reprinted in edited form in Nothing But the Blues, ed. M. Leadbitter, pp. 24-26 (Item A1241).
BW2248. Bruin, Leo W. ?De Eddie Burns Roddels over John Lee Hooker en Sonny Boy Williamson.? Boogie Woogie & Blues Collector no. 47/48 (Dec 1974/Jan 1975): 4-5.
BW2249. Bruin, Leo W. ?Sonny Boy.? Boogie Woogie & Blues Collector no. 41 (Jun 1974): 8.
BW2250. Brunning, Bob. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in Blues. Oxford: Heinemann, 2002.
BW2251. Chauvard, Marcel; Mohr, Kurt. ?Discography of Sonny Boy Williamson.? Jazz Statistics no. 16 (1960): 10-11. (NOTE: With additions/corrections in Jazz Statistics no. 17 (1960): 8; no. 22 (1961): 6; no. 24 (1961): JS8).
BW2252. Clarke, Donald. ?Williamson, Sonny Boy.?, in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 2nd. ed., p. 1386 (Item E125).
BW2253. Coclanis, Peter A: ??I Don?t Know?: Sonny Boy(s) Williamson, Elusive Identity and the Pre-Postmodern South.? The Griot 19, no. 2 (Fall 2000): 62-64.
BW2254. Cohodas, Nadine. ?The King Biscuit Blues Festival: The Sonny Boy Legacy in Helena.? Blues Access no. 31 (Fall 1997).
BW2255. Dicaire, David. ?Sonny Boy Williamson II (1910-1965): One Way Out Blues.?, in Blues Singers, pp. 104-108. Jefferson: McFarland, 1999.
BW2256. Dixon, Willie. ??I Am the Blues?.? Living Blues no. 33 (Jul/Aug 1977): 9-10.
BW2257. Dixon, Willie. Sonny Boy Williamson: The Real Folk Blues. USA: Chess LP-1503, c1966; USA: Chess CH-9272, 1987.
BW2258. Donoghue, William E. ?Fessor Mojo?s ?Don?t Start Me to Talkin??. Seattle: Mojo Visions, 1997. 96 pp.
BW2259. Donoghue, William E. ?The Story Behind ?Mighty Long Time?.? Blues & Rhythm no. 126 (Feb 1998): 8.
BW2260. Evans, David. ?Sonny Boy Williamson II.?, in The NPR Curious Listener?s Guide to Blues, pp. 163-164. New York: Perigee, 2005.
BW2261. Feather, Leonard. Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim in Paris. USA: GNP Crescendo GNPS 10003, 1973.
BW2262. Feather, Leonard. ?Williamson, Sonny Boy (Rice Miller).?, in The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties, ed. L. Feather, p. 285 (Item E136).
BW2263. Fine, Eric. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: ?U.K. Blues?.? Blues Revue no. 75 (Apr/May 2002): 69-70.
BW2264. Ganz, Paolo. ?Sonny Boy Williamson II.? Il Blues no. 37 (Dec 1991): 4-8.
BW2265. Glover, Tony. ?R&B.? Sing Out! 15, no. 2 (May 1965): 11-13.
BW2266. Goio, Bertrando. Sonny Boy Williamson II: L?Ultimo Poeta del Blues. Italy: Gariazzo, 2003. 144 pp.
BW2267. Groom, Bob. ?Rice Miller: Harmonica Wizard.? Blues World no. 30 (May 1970): 7-11.
BW2268. Hardy, Phil; Laing, Dave (eds). ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in The Encyclopedia of Rock. Vol. 2, pp. 367-368 (Item E145).
BW2269. Harp, David. ?Blowin? the Blues: Instant Harmonica for the Guitarist, with Classic Licks from Sonny Boy Williamson & J.C. Burris.? Frets 11 (Jan 1979): 38-41.
BW2270. Harris, Sheldon. ?Williamson, Sonny Boy.?, in Blues Who?s Who. 5th ed., pp. 576-578 (E146).
BW2271. Hay, Fred J. ?The Sacred/Profane Dialectic in Delta Blues: The Life and Lyrics of Sonny Boy Williamson.? Phylon 48, no. 4 (4th Quarter 1987): 317-326.
BW2272. Hearn, Gary. Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williamson on Compact Disc. St. Neots: Gary Hearn, 1994. 46 pp.
BW2273. Herzhaft, G?rard. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in Encyclopedia of the Blues, pp. 384-386 (E150).
BW2274. Holland, Ted. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in This Day in African-American Music, p. 143 (E157).
BW2275. Humphrey, Mark. The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson. USA: Chess/MCA CHD2-9343, 1993.
BW2276. Iglauer, Bruce. Sonny Boy Williamson: Keep It to Ourselves. USA: Alligator AL 4787, 1991.
BW2277. Jones, Max. ?Mystery Man of the Blues.? Melody Maker (11 Jan 1964): 15.
BW2278. Koda, Cub. Sonny Boy Williamson. France: Chess/Vogue 427004, 1976; USA: Chess 2ACMB 206/2, 1981.
BW2279. Larkin, Colin (ed). ?Williamson, Sonny Boy ?Rice Miller?.?, in The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, pp. 2700-2701 (E165). Reprinted in The Guinness Who?s Who of Blues. 2nd ed., pp. 382-383 (E166). Reprinted in The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues, pp. 378-379 (E169).
BW2280. Leadbitter, Mike. ?Bring It on Home.? Blues Unlimited no. 98 (Jan 1973): 4-13.
BW2281. Leadbitter, Mike; Napier, Simon A. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues Unlimited no. 24 (Jul/Aug 1965): 3. Reprinted in Nothing But the Blues, ed. M. Leadbitter, p. 26 (Item A1241).
BW2282. Leadbitter, Mike. ?The Story of ?Sonny Boy? & Friends.?, in Delta Country Blues, pp. 12-20. Bexhill-on-Sea: Blues Unlimited, 1968.
BW2283. Lippmann, Horst. Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds. Germany: L+R LR 42.020, 1980; Germany: L+R CD-2020, 1992.
BW2284. McWilliams, Andy. ??We?re Trying to Save a Good Thing?.? Blues & Rhythm no. 44 (May 1989): 9.
BW2285. Mohr, Kurt. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: Discography.? Blues Unlimited no. 8 (Jan 1964): 5-8. (NOTE: With additions/corrections in Blues Unlimited no. 12 (1964): suppl-5).
BW2286. Morgan, James. ?Blues and Rhythm Remembers Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues & Rhythm no. 52 (May 1990): 13.
BW2287. Morphet, Chris. ?The Original Sonny.? The (Manchester) Guardian [UK] (19 Jan 1965). Reprinted in Guardian [UK] (19 Jan 1994): 3.
BW2288. Napier, Simon A. ??I Knew Robert Johnson?: Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues Unlimited no. 6 (Nov 1963): 18. Reprinted in Nothing But the Blues, ed. M. Leadbitter, p. 96 (Item A1241).
BW2289. Oliver, Paul. Blues Masters. Vol. 12: Sonny Boy Williamson. Denmark: Storyville SLP 158, c1964; Storyville STCD 8012, 1991; USA: Analogue CD 3017, 1996.
BW2290. Oliver, Paul. The Blues of Sonny Boy Williamson. Denmark: Storyville SLP 170, 1965; Denmark: Storyville STCD-4062, 1986.
BW2291. Oliver, Paul. The Original Sonny Boy. USA: Blues Classics BC-9, 1965. Notes reprinted as ?The Original Sonny Boy Williamson: Alex Rice Miller.?, in Blues off the Record, pp. 253-258 (Item A1577).
BW2292. Oliver, Paul. ?Remembering Sonny Boy.? American Folk Music Occasional no. 2 (1970): 39-44. (NOTE: This is an expanded version of the notes with Blues Classics BC-9).
BW2293. Oliver, Paul. Sonny Boy Williamson: King Biscuit Time. USA: Arhoolie 2020, 1970; USA: Arhoolie CD 310, 1989.
BW2294. Oliver, Paul. ?Williamson, Sonny Boy (i).?, in The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Vol. 4, ed. H.W. Hitchcock; S. Sadie, p. 535 (Item E154). Reprinted in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 27. 2nd ed., ed. S. Sadie, pp. 416-417. New York: Grove, 2001.
BW2295. Oliver, Paul. ?Williamson, ?Sonny Boy? No. 2 (Rice Miller) (c.1897-1965).?, in Jazz on Record, ed. A.J. McCarthy, pp. 310-311 (Item E378).
BW2296. Page, Les. ?Sonny Boy Talks to Les Page.? Jazz Beat no. 3 (Mar 1964): 14-15.
BW2297. Papo, Alfredo. ?Textos.? Solo Blues no. 3 (1986): 17-18.
BW2298. Paulus, George. ?Rare Jams: ?Lost Trumpet?: Sonny Boy Williamson?s First Record.? Blues & Rhythm no. 194 (Nov 2004): 16-17.
BW2299. Pickstock, Ian. ?Concert: Chris Barber?s Jazz Band Supplied the Music, Sonny Boy Williamson Played the Mouth-Harp, David Redfern Took the Pictures, Ian Pickstock Wrote the Words.? Jazz Beat no. 1 (Jan 1964): 4-5.
BW2300. Pidgeon, John. Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds. UK: Philips 6435 011, 1965.
BW2301. Plat, John. Sonny Boy Williamson: Don?t Send Me No Flowers. UK: Charly CD LIK 80, 1991.
BW2302. Radenac, Marc. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: King Biscuit Time.? Soul Bag no. 134 (Spring 1994): 8-11.
BW2303. Ro, Tano. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: The Chess Years.? Feelin? Good no. 5 (1986): 12-14.
BW2304. Robinson, Keith. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in Nothing But the Blues, ed. M. Leadbitter, p. 25 (Item A1241). (NOTE: Previously unpublished).
BW2305. Roby, Chris. ?Sonny Boy Willliamson.? Rhythm & Blues: Covering the Blues and Jazz Scene no. 28 (Jul 1964): 22-23.
BW2306. R?hnisch, Claus. ?Harmonica Blues. Pt 1: Sonny Boy Williamson.? Jefferson no. 6 (1969): 8-9.
BW2307. R?hnisch, Claus. ?Rice Miller: Delta Harmonica Wizard.? Jefferson no. 14 (1971): 16-20.
BW2308. R?hnisch, Claus. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? Jefferson no. 36 (Spring 1977): 28-33. (NOTE: Includes discography).
BW2309. Rubiner, Julia M. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.?, in Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 9 (Item E164).
BW2310. Russell, Tony (ed); Slaven, Neil. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? The Blues Collection no. 10 (1992+).
BW2311. Russell, Tony. ?Sonny Boy Williamson II (1899-1965).?, in The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, p. 190 (Item A1904).
BW2312. Russo, Greg. The Animals with Special Guest, Sonny Boy Williamson: Taken Alive! USA: Fuel 302 061 198 2, 2002.
BW2313. Ryan, Marc. Sonny Boy Williamson: Goin? in Your Direction. USA: Acoustic Archives/Trumpet AA-801, 1991.
BW2314. Ryan, Marc. Sonny Boy Williamson/Willie Love: Clownin? with the World. USA: Acoustic Archives/Trumpet AA700, 1989.
BW2315. Santelli, Robert. ?Williamson, Sonny Boy.?, in The Big Book of Blues, pp. 457-459 (Item E202).
BW2316. Scherl, Bob. Eric Clapton and the Yardbirds Live with Sonny Boy Williamson. USA: Mercury ST-61271, 1971.
BW2317. Shadwick, Keith. ?Sonny Boy Williamson II.?, in Blues: Keeping the Faith, pp. 344-345 (Item E204).
BW2318. Slaven, Neil. ?The Mystery That is Sonny Boy.? R&B Monthly no. 3 (Apr 1964): 2-4; R&B Monthly no. 4 (May 1964): 6.
BW2319. Slaven, Neil. Sonny Boy Williamson: The Chess Years. UK: Charly Box 1, 1986; UK: Charly CD RED 1-4, 1991.
BW2320. Slaven, Neil. Sonny Boy Williamson: The Classic Sides, 1951-1954. UK: JSP JSPCD 7766, 2006.
BW2321. Slaven, Neil. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: The Unsolved Mystery.? R&B Monthly no. 19 (Aug 1965): 7-9.
BW2322. Smith, Chris. ?Sonny Boy II: Don?t Start Me Talkin?.? Juke Blues no. 45 (Autumn 1999): 62-67.
BW2323. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? The Observer [UK] (15 Dec 1963): 27.
BW2324. Southern, Eileen. ?Miller, Willie (n?e Aleck Ford) (?Rice? ?Williamson, Sonny Boy No. 2?).?, in Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians, pp. 272-273 (Item E208).
BW2325. Stewart-Baxter, Derrick. ?The Two Sonny Boy Williamsons. Pt 2.? Jazz Journal 18, no. 6 (Jun 1965): 22-23.
BW2326. Terkel, Studs. Sonny Boy Williamson: Down and Out Blues. USA: Checker LP 1437, c1959. USA: MCA/Chess CH-9257, 1987; USA: MCA/Chess CHD-31272, 1987.
BW2327. Thomas, Lorenzo. ?For Bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson, Pass the Biscuits One More Time.? Arkansas Times 5 (Jun 1979): 24-31. Reprinted in Blues Unlimited no. 135/136 (Jul/Sep 1979): 34-38.
BW2328. Toivinen, Lauri. ?Sonny Boy Williamson I & II.? Blues News [Finland] no. 18 (1972): 13.
BW2329. Tonneau, Serge. ?Les ?Sonny Boy Williamson?: Rice Miller dit ?Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2?.? Rhythm & Blues Panorama no. 30 (1964): 8-15.
BW2330. Turner, Bez. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: The Chess Years.? Juke Blues no. 5 (Spring 1986): 21.
BW2331. Vernon, Mick. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: On Record: Checker.? R&B Monthly no. 19 (Aug 1965): 9-10.
BW2332. Wardlow, Gayle Dean. ?Sonny Boy Williamson.? Blues & Rhythm no. 115 (Christmas 1996): 16.
BW2333. Welch, Chris. Jimmy Page, Sonny Boy Williamson and Brian Auger. UK: Charly CR 30193, 1975.
BW2334. Welding, Pete. Sonny Boy Williamson: Bummer Road. USA: Chess LP 1536, c1965; USA: Chess/MCA CHD-9324, 1991.
BW2335. Welding, Pete. Sonny Boy Williamson: More Real Folk Blues. USA: Chess LPS-1509, c1967.
BW2336. Welding, Pete. Sonny Boy Williamson: One Way Out. USA: Chess CHV 417, 1975; USA: Chess CH 9116, 1984.
BW2337. Welding, Pete. Sonny Boy Williamson: This is My Story. USA: Chess 2CH 50027, 1972.
BW2338. Wisse, Rien. ?Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2: De Tweede, de Beste.? Block no. 46 (Apr/May/Jun 1983): 16-26.
BW2339. Zalkind, Ronald (ed). ?Sonny Boy Williamson I & II.?, in Contemporary Music Almanac 1980/81, p. 342. New York: Schirmer, 1980.
Obituaries: Down Beat 32, no. 14 (1 Jul 1965): 14. Jazz Magazine [France] no. 120 (Jul 1965): 15. Melody Maker (12 Jun 1965): 6. Rhythm & Blues Panorama no. 35 (1965): 8, 55.
BW2340. Benzo, Philippe. ?Blues for Sonny Boy.? Jazz Hot no. 212 (Dec 1965): 9.
BW2341. Boas, G?nther H. ?Erinnerungen an Sonny Boy Williamson.? Jazz Podium 14 (1965): 176-177.
BW2342. Groom, Bob. ?A Tribute to Sonny Boy.? Blues World no. 3 (Jun 1965): 5.
BW2343. Oliver, Paul. ?Sonny Boy Williamson: The Sky is Crying.? Jazz Monthly 11, no. 5 (Jul 1965): 18-19.
BW2344. Radcliffe, Charles. ?Farewell to Sonny Boy.? Blues Unlimited no. 24 (Jul/Aug 1965): 3.
BW2345. Stenbeck, Lennart. ?Blues for Sonny Boy.? Orkester Journalen 33, no. 6 (Jun 1965): 11.
BW2346. Stewart-Baxter, Derrick. ?A Further Tribute.? R&B Monthly no. 20 (Sep 1965): 4.
BW2347. Tanner, Peter. ?Oh Didn?t They Ramble.? Jazz Journal 19, no. 7 (Jul 1966): 4.
See also: Blues News [Finland] no. 215 (2005). Goldmine no. 185 (28 Aug 1987). Goldmine no. 332 (16 Apr 1993): 16+.