Steve Bailey - Crazy 'Bout You: A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson (2022)

On YouTube are clips of Bailey playing slide guitar but the Harmonica remains his primary instrument and a big influence on him to pick it up and then learn from was Sonny Boy Williamson II.

This motivated Bailey to conceive a project whereby he could pay tribute to all the great songs Williamson II gave to the music world, and deliver new versions in a way that was traditional yet fresh and vibrant. Bailey took an opportunity to record the project in London, in part due to a successful working partnership with London blues guitarist Mississippi MacDonald and also because of the connection between Williamson and the city.

“I have met so many people in London that still remember Sonny Boy’s antics because of course he was here with the Yardbirds for a period. Eric Clapton has Sonny Boy stories, I've heard stories from different people. Somebody should put them all together, you know. So there’s still some energy for Sonny Boy in the UK.”