Featured In
ALBUMCrazy About YouSonny Boy Williamson II
Albums by Sonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMI Ain't Beggin' NobodySonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMBlues Masters Vol. 12Sonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMKeep It to OurselvesSonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMKing Biscuit TimeSonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMMore Real Folk BluesSonny Boy Williamson II
ALBUMDon't Send Me No FlowersSonny Boy Williamson II & Brian Auger & The Trinity
ALBUMDown and Out BluesSonny Boy Williamson II
Artist Biography
Sometimes known as Sonny Boy Williamson II, bluesman Rice Miller took his musical moniker from another blues singer who used it first, though Miller was the best-known Sonny Boy Williamson. He began performing in the 1920s, but the Mississippi singer/harmonica player is best known for his pioneering Chicago-style work in the '50s, which influenced Chicago blues singers and harmonica players in equal measure. In the '60s, he was one of those influential blues musicians embraced by British rockers, and he recorded with the Yardbirds, the Animals, and others before his death in 1965.
Hometown
Glendora, MS, United States
Genre
Blues