Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 (1952-54)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Sonny Boy Williamson
Document (USA), 2004
1 CD
Catalogue #: 5204
EAN: 0714298520422
UPC: 714298520422
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Personnel includes: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (vocals, guitar); Joe Willie Wilkins, Robert Fulton (guitar); Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Dees, Percy Lee Crudup (harmonica); J.J. Jones (tenor saxophone); Edward Lumpkin (piano); Joe Thomas (bass); Willie Willis (drums).
Recorded between January 1952 and April 1954.
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup--who also recorded under a plethora of pseudonyms--was a Delta blues singer and guitarist whose most well-known composition is a song made famous by Elvis Presley, "That's All Right, Mama." Crudup got his start in Mississippi in the early 20th century, and eventually moved to Chicago in the '30s to pursue his music. Although recognized as a major contributor to the genre, he was never able to make a living playing the blues, and, to add insult to injury, was cheated out of the royalties for many of his recordings. Nevertheless, he continued to play and sing until his death in 1974.
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sometimes known as Sonny Boy Williamson II, bluesman Rice Miller took his musical moniker from another blues singer who used it first, though Miller was the best-known Sonny Boy Williamson. He began performing in the 1920s, but the Mississippi singer/harmonica player is best known for his pioneering Chicago-style work in the '50s, which influenced Chicago blues singers and harmonica players in equal measure. In the '60s, he was one of those influential blues musicians embraced by British rockers, and he recorded with the Yardbirds, the Animals, and others before his death in 1965.
