Giving "Eyesight to the Blind"....

[An English Boy]

John Lee Williamson was the first and "real" SonnyBoyWillaimson, and the 
only original, pre-war blues singer...

Alec "Rice" Miller assumed the moniker "Sonny Boy Williamson (II)" after the 
death of John Lee Williamson.

No relation by blood, or style, only by name, SBWII was the more famous 
Chicago blues singer of note and fame. They did not perform nor compose the 
same material/songs.

AEB~



>From: "Martin Bailey" <mobailey at ntlworld.com>
>Reply-To: The Who Mailing List <thewho at igtc.com>
>To: "Who List" <TheWho at igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Giving "Eyesight to the Blind"....
>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:01:53 -0000
>
>Kevin said:
> > Side note: How cool was that to hear an old gravely blues man singing
> > Eyesight to the Blind. I'm motivated to start digging deeper.
>
>You've also inspired me to find out more about this guy.
>
>His name was actually Sonny Boy Williamson II.  Confusingly, his father 
>John
>Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson also recorded blues records between 1937 and
>1947.
>
>"Eyesight to the Blind" was originally recorded as "Born Blind".
>
>This song was also recorded by the group Chess; I've also got an MP3 of it
>being performed by Jools Holland & David Gilmour.
>
>His compilation called "His Best" seems a good place to hear more of his
>stuff.  Here's the Amazon page:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2z5pyt
>
>You can hear previews of many of his songs here, including "Born Blind".
>
>Also, he recorded a song called "Nine Below Zero" - which inspired the 80s
>Blues / Mod band of the same name.
>
>-MB
>
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