Release 2017  -  NEW !!! sealed - 180 Gram HQ Vinyl - Gatefold Sleeve

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (born Alex Ford) (1899-1965) -
He worked as Radio DJ (1949-50) before he started recording in 1950 - his 1st recordings are with ELMOR JAMES.
Lippmann & Rau  got him to tour Europe in the early 60s .
He recorded and toured in UK with The ANIMALS, The YARDBIRDS, JIMMY PAGE & worked with ROLAND KIRK & HUBERT SUMLIN,
before he got back to the USA  working for Radio again before he died in May 1965.

The YARDBIRDS :
One of the most influential british invasion groups, with not  fewer than 3 of UKs  Super-Guitarplayers in their rows.
BECK-CLAPTON-PAGE  with JEFF as the most innovative one...for me he comes near to HENDRIX.
They started in 1963 as R&B Band  with Top Topham on the guitar, who had to give his chair to ERIC CLAPTON,
before the first  recording date.
They backed Sonny Boy Williams on a 1964 Tour, in 1965 Clapton went unhappy with the direction to more Pop orientated
songs and split to join JOHN MAYALLS BLUESBREAKERS.
His repleacement came from R&B group The TRIDENTS and started the most experimental phase.
Their best effort was the album ROGER THE ENGINEER (=OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN)
The next to split from the band was PAUL SAMWELL-SMITH to go into production with Cat Stevens as best known act.
DREJA took over the bass for a short time only to make the place free for one of the top UK session musician JIMMY PAGE (bass).
Only a single with twin lead-guitars  (Beck & Page) was released in 1966 (Happenings...)
After Beck leaves the band on a US-tour, PAGE took over the lead-guitar for the last album LITTLE GAMES and a Live album, which
was taken from the market short after its  (only US) release on Epic.
In 1968 all was over...and LED ZEPPELIN started.
The YARDBIRDS reformed first in the mid 80s and still touring today with McCARTY & DREJA in the lineup.

Style-Genre:  R&B; Pop; Psych ; Pop , Rock ;

see: 
Casey Jones ;  Tridents;  John Mayall ;  Cream ;  Derek & The Dominoes ; 
Eric Clapton ;  Jeff Beck ;  Led Zeppelin ; Renaissance ;  Armageddon ; 
Reign ;  Shoot ;  Illusion ; Box Of Frogs ;  Jim McCarty Band ;  Keith Relf ;
Top Topham ; Together ;  Sonny Boy Williams ; Medicine Head (K.Relf) ;

Musicians:
Jim McCarty - drums, perc., voc.;  Paul Samwell-Smith - bass;  Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, bass;
Keith Relf -  shouting, foot tapping ; Tony Topham, Eric Clapton; Jeff Beck - lead guitar; 
Jimmy Page - bass, lead guitar;
Sonny Boy Williamson - vocals, mouthharp

Producer-Supervisior: Horst Lippmann ; Engineer : Keith Grant ;

Side A
Bye Bye Bird
Mister Downchild
The River Rhine
23 Hours too long
A lost Care

Side B
Pontiac Blues
Take it easy Babe
Out of the Water Coast
I dont care no more
Honey in your Hips
Wester Arizona