Giving "Eyesight to the Blind"....

[Martin Bailey]

I wrote:

> His name was actually Sonny Boy Williamson II.  Confusingly, his father
> John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson also recorded blues records between 1937
and
> 1947.

To which AEB corrected me:

> Alec "Rice" Miller assumed the moniker "Sonny Boy Williamson (II)" after
the
> death of John Lee Williamson.
>
> No relation by blood, or style...

Ah, I see.  Thanks for putting me right on that.

Funnily enough I had ALMOST typed: "Confusingly, his father (presumably)
John Lee...". But then I thought "nah - that HAS GOT to be his dad"...

-MB