Sonny Boy Williamson II, nicknamed "King of the Harmonica" by his peers, was one of the most inspiring harp players in blues history. With his passionate yet understated style, his metronome-like ...

The one most important to Helena was Sonny Boy Williamson II (aka Aleck "Rice" Miller). According to legend, he was given the name to capitalize on the fame of Sonny Boy Williamson I.

Sonny Boy Williamson was a blues harmonica player born in Jackson in 1914 and murdered in Chicago in 1948. But he was much more than that.

Junior Wells was considered the direct musical descendant of modern blues harmonica legends John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, "Sonny Boy" Williamson II (Rice Miller) and Little Walter Jacobs. An ...

This Day in Music, May 25: Legendary Bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson Published: May. 25, 2011, 12:20 p.m. On this day in 1965, blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, Sonny Boy Williamson II ...

Tom Petty's cover of "Help Me" by Sonny Boy Williamson II previews Extra Mojo Version, an upcoming expanded edition of 2010's Mojo.Check it out below. The reissue is available now for pre-ordering ...

Randy Newman has released the second single from his upcoming album Dark Matter, which is his first studio LP of new material since 2008’s Harps and Angels.

Los Angeles-- Mississippi-born blues singer and harmonica blower Aleck Miller went by a number of names during his life in music - Rice Miller, Little Boy Blue, Sib and Willie Williamson, among ...

Pinetop Perkins, a delta blues pianist who played with Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Nighthawk, died of a heart attack at his Austin, Texas home on March 21st.He was 97. "He was ...

In this exclusive clip, Guy plays his version of Sonny Boy Williamson’s 1962 track “Nine Below Zero,” which Guy covers on his new album The Blues is Alive and Well.

***** Sonny Boy Williamson, Keep It to Ourselves (Alligator): These 12 tracks were skimmed from two Danish albums recorded in 1963, two years before the death of Sonny Boy Williamson (a.k.a ...