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Sonny Boy Williamson II - Portrait of a Blues Man (Remastered) (2019) [Hi-Res]

Sonny Boy Williamson II - Portrait of a Blues Man (Remastered) (2019) [Hi-Res]
  • Title: Portrait of a Blues Man
  • Year Of Release: 2019
  • Label: Reborn recordings
  • Genre: Blues
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/48
  • Total Time: 00:39:00
  • Total Size: 487 MB
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Tracklist:

01 - Little Girl 04:33
02 - Movin' Down the River Rhine 03:47
03 - Down and Out 03:26
04 - The Story of Sonny Boy Williamson 04:50
05 - On My Way Back Home 03:37
06 - Down and out (2) 03:35
07 - Chicago Bounce 03:17
08 - I'm so Glad 04:13
09 - I Wonder Do I Have a Friend 04:02
10 - Copenhagen Woman 03:40

Recorded in Denmark, November 1963
This is the first of two albums originally recorded while Williamson was on tour of Europe in 1963. The other was a sort of unplugged album before it's time, with just Williamson on vocals and harmonica and M. T. Murphy on acoustic guitar; on this one he's joined again by Murphy plus drummer Billie Stepney and a superb, albeit uncredited, pianist. Some of the performances, including the wry and funny "Movin' Down the River Rhine" feature just Williamson himself, reminding you once again just how much music it's possible to get out of an unamplifed harmonica and a tapping foot. The album has been edited so that Williamson's off-hand, almost stream-of-consciousness narrative ramblings provide weirdly effective segues between songs. Other highlights include the autobiographical "The Story of Sonny Boy Williamson" (whose historical details probably need to be taken with a grain of salt) and the hard-rocking "Chicago Bounce," on which our mystery piano man takes some exceptionally fluid solos.




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