Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - Live In London

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:16
Size: 96.8 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1980
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Bye, Bye Bird
[4:00] 2. Mister Downchild
[5:24] 3. The River Rhine
[5:08] 4. 23 Hours Too Long
[2:16] 5. A Lost Care
[3:48] 6. Pontiac Blues
[5:42] 7. Take It Easy Babe
[3:08] 8. Out On The Water Coast
[3:45] 9. I Don't Care No More
[2:27] 10. Honey In Your Hips
[3:02] 11. Western Arizona

Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds is a live album by Chicago blues veteran Sonny Boy Williamson II backed by English rock band the Yardbirds. It was recorded at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey on December 8, 1963, although a second date and location has been given for two songs. Williamson sings and/or plays harmonica on all of the songs. Although they are in a supporting role, the album also presents some of the earliest recording by the Yardbirds, whose members included Eric Clapton on lead guitar. Numerous reissues have appeared over the years, sometimes with additional tracks recorded around the same time.

German music impresarios Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau organized the first annual American Folk Blues Festival in 1962. They arranged for several well-known American blues artists to perform in concert in several European cities. Sonny Boy Williamson participated during the second festival tour in 1963 and his performances are identified as some of the most memorable of the festival. At the conclusion of the festival, he returned to England for a more extensive club tour.

The Yardbirds' manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, who promoted some of the early American Folk Blues Festivals in England, persuaded Lippmann to attend one of the group's shows (by another account, Williamson also saw one of their performances). A deal was struck and the Yardbirds backed Williamson for several English dates between December 1963 and February 1964. Part of the arrangement included that Lippmann and Rau record some live performances (as they had done for the festival tour) and finance a solo studio demo by the group.

Live In London mc
Live In London zippy

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