(John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson)
(March 30, 1914 - June 1, 1948)
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BIOGRAPHY
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948)
was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use
the name Sonny Boy Williamson.
Williamson was born near Jackson, Tennessee in 1914. His original
recordings were considered to be in the country blues style, but he soon
demonstrated skill at making harmonica a lead instrument for the blues,
and popularized it for the first time in a more urban blues setting.
He has been called "the father of modern blues harp". While in his teens
he joined Yank Rachell and Sleepy John Estes playing with them in
Tennessee and Arkansas, and in 1934 settled in Chicago.....
(Wikipedia)
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