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Despite the name on the box set, this is a Trumpet Records rather than a Sonny Boy Williamson compilation. Most of the songs are by artists other than Sonny, and most of those don't even feature him as guest harp player. It is a great compilation of Sonny's tracks for that label, including alternate takes, but it's more than that. It's the story of Sonny's Trumpet Records. He was the label's star, and this box set charts artists - friends and accompanists - that orbited him then, including B.B. King, Big Joe Williams, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (Elvis Presley's favourite), Elmore James and Little Milton. Trumpet was the first label to record Sonny, and here the songs that he'd reprise for Chess might be more primitive, but it's their vitality that makes them better (compare "Eyesight To The Blind" on Trumpet with "Born Blind" on Chess). So now you know, what you're letting yourself in for isn't a great Sonny Boy Williamson box set but a great box set of Sonny's Trumpet Records.
Rice Miller (or Alec or Aleck Miller -- everything about this blues great is somewhat of a mystery) probably didn't need to take the name of the original Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee Williamson) to get noticed, since in many ways he was the better musician, but Miller seemed to revel in confusion, at least when it came to biographical facts, so for whatever reason, blues history has two Sonny Boy Williamsons. Like the first Williamson, Miller was a harmonica player, but he really sounded nothing like his adopted namesake, favoring a light, soaring, almost horn-like sound on the instrument. He was also a natural songwriter, and his blues-based compositions show a sharp attention to detail unusual in a genre built largely on cliche and a handful of repeated patterns. This four-disc collection brings together all of his first recordings, done for Lillian McMurry's Trumpet Records, a tiny Jackson, MS, label that issued Williamson's sides from 1951 until 1955, at which time his contract was bought out by Chicago's Chess Records, who then began issuing his sides on the Checker imprint. From the first track here, the sparse and urgent "Eyesight to the Blind," it is obvious that Williamson was something special, with a clear vision of what he wanted to do, and song after song here exhibits a rough and wild joy, walking the blues side of the street with a loose-limbed swagger. Particularly striking is "Mighty Long Time," a duet of sorts featuring Williamson on vocals and harmonica, and Cliff Givens of the Southern Sons Gospel Quartet on vocal bass. Givens' sung bassline gives the tune an odd, eerie, and atmospheric edge, and it is simply a remarkable recording. The great slide guitarist Elmore James also shows up on several cuts, including the delightfully realized "Pontiac Blues," and Williamson adds his harp to the first-ever version of James' classic "Dust My Broom." Many of the tracks here feature Williamson in his role as a sideman, adding harmonica textures to recordings by James, Big JoeWilliams , Luther Huff, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Bobo Thomas, Jerry McCain, Willie Love, Sherman "Blues" Johnson, Tiny Kennedy, and Wally Mercer, making this set a stunning survey of early-'50s country blues. Williamson's Checker sides were better recorded, but the ragged skill at work on these Trumpet recordings really shouldn't be missed. Without going to a Delta juke joint on a hot Saturday night, you can't get much closer to the center of the blues than this.
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Eyesight To The Blind - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
2. Crazy About You Baby - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
3. Stop Crying - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
4. Do It If You Wanna - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
5. Cool Cool Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
6. Come On Back home - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
7. I Cross My Heart - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
8. West Memphis Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
9. Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
10. Pontiac Blues - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
11. Mighty Long Time - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
12. Nine Below Zero - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
13. She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
14. She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
15. Too Close Together - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
16. Stop Now Baby - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
17. Mr Down Child - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
18. Cat Hop - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
19. Gettin' Out Of Town - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
20. Red Hot Kisses - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
21. Going In Your Direction - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
22. Empty Bedroom - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
23. Boppin' With Sonny - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
24. From The Bottom - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
25. No Nights By Myself - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
Disc: 2
1. Mama Don't Allow Me - Williams, Joe
2. Delta Blues - Williams, Joe
3. Overhauling Blues - Williams, Joe
4. Whistling Pines - Williams, Joe
5. Friends And Pines - Williams, Joe
6. Juanita - Williams, Joe
7. She Left Me A Mule - Williams, Joe
8. Bad Heart Blues - Williams, Joe
9. Dirty Disposition - Huff, Luther
10. 1951 Blues - Huff, Luther
11. Bull Dog Blues - Huff, Luther
12. Rosalee - Huff, Luther
13. My Baby Boogies All The Time - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
14. I Wonder - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
15. Gotta Find My Baby - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
16. Make A Little Love - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
17. Catfish Blues - Thomas, Bobo
18. Dust My Broom - James, Elmore
19. East Of The Sun - McCain, Jerry
20. Wine O Wine - McCain, Jerry
21. Stay Out Of Automobiles - McCain, Jerry
22. Middle Of The Night - McCain, Jerry
23. Love To Make Up - McCain, Jerry
24. Crazy 'Bout That Mess - McCain, Jerry
25. Fall Guy - McCain, Jerry
Disc: 3
1. Take It Easy Baby - Love, Willie
2. Little Car Blues - Love, Willie
3. Everybody's Fishing - Love, Willie
4. My Own Boogie - Love, Willie
5. Feed My Body To The Fishes - Love, Willie
6. Falling Rain - Love, Willie
7. Vanity Dresser Boogie - Love, Willie
8. Seventy Four Blues - Love, Willie
9. 21 Minutes To Nine - Love, Willie
10. Shady Lane Blues - Love, Willie
11. Nelson Street Blues - Love, Willie
12. V8 Ford - Love, Willie
13. Shout Brother Shout - Love, Willie
14. Way Back - Love, Willie
15. Pretty Baby Blues - Johnson, Sherman
16. Sugar Mama - Johnson, Sherman
17. Hot Fish - Johnson, Sherman
18. Lost In Korea - Johnson, Sherman
19. Early In The Morning Baby - Kennedy, Tiny
20. Strange Kind Of Feeling - Kennedy, Tiny
21. Blues Disease - Kennedy, Tiny
22. Don't Lay This Job On Me - Kennedy, Tiny
23. Have You Heard About The Farmers Daughter - Kennedy, Tiny
24. Too Old To Get Married - Mercer, Wally
25. If You Don't Mean Business - Mercer, Wally
26. Hey Miss Lula - Mercer, Wally
Disc: 4
1. She's Crazy - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
2. 309 - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
3. Sonny's Rhythm - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
4. City Of New Orleans - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
5. Keep It To Yourself - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
6. Going In Your Direction - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
7. Clowning With The World - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
8. I Ain't Beggin' Nobody - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
9. Shuckin' Nobody - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
10. From The Bottom - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
11. She's Crazy - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
12. Sonny's Rhythm - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
13. Keep It To Yourself - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
14. Going In Your Direction - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
15. From The Bottom - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
16. I Ain't Beggin' Nobody - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
17. From The Bottom (1) - Williamson, Sonny Boy 'Rice Miller'
18. Gotta Find My Baby - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
19. Gotta Find My Baby - Crudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
20. Worried Blues - Love, Willie
21. Lonesome World Blues - Love, Willie
22. Wonderful Baby - Love, Willie
23. Willie Mae - Love, Willie
24. Worried Blues - Love, Willie
25. Shout Brother Shout - Love, Willie
26. Willie Mae - Love, Willie