Sonny Boy Williamson made the harmonica a popular lead instrument in blues bands. He was the most important harmonica player of the pre-war era. He used a call-and-response pattern of alternating vocal passages with harmonica blasts. Many blues musicians would later adopt this style. In 1934 he settled in Chicago and 1937 won a Bluebird recording contract. His "Good Morning, School Girl" became a blues staple. For a decade he was the king of Chicago blues.
Discography: Complete Recorded Works, Vols. 1-5, Document. Sonny Boy Williamson, Vol. 1. 1937-39. Quarton. Throw a Boogie Woogie (with Big Joe Williams). Apr. 1990, RCA. |
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