Watch Sonny Boy Williamson performing in Europe in 1963 here:
Sonny Boy Williamson II’s life story is convoluted and full of contradictions - even his real name and date of birth are debatable! - but he became one of the world’s most influential blues artists. A songwriter, vocalist and harmonica player, his career break came through [...]
You would meet your friends up at the clubs in Soho and Carnaby Street fitted in the middle of that scene. There were two different kinds of people: there were the rockers who looked like bikers and probably liked rock and roll, and the mods who were more modern and progressive in terms of their [...]
One of the UK’s foremost keyboard players, Brian Auger has played with a number of British blues and jazz greats, including the Yardbirds and Long John Baldry, both as a session musician and a band leader. He enjoyed a massive hit single in 1966 with ‘This Wheel’s On Fire’ featuring Julie Driscoll on vocals and [...]