Sonny Boy Williamson II - [1959] Down And Out Blues (FLAC)

Sonny Boy Williamson II - Down and Out Blues (FLAC)
Release Date: 1959
Recorded: August 12, 1955 – March 27, 1958 in Chicago


From Wikipedia:
Down and Out Blues is the first LP record by American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson. The album was released in 1959 by Checker Records.

The album was a compilation of Williamson's first singles for Checker, from "Don't Start Me to Talkin'", "All My Love in Vain" through "Dissatisfied", "Cross My Heart".

The album features many famous blues musicians backing Williamson, including Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, and Willie Dixon.


Track List:
1. Don't Start Me to Talkin'
2. I Don't Know
3. All My Love in Vain
4. The Key (To Your Door)
5. Keep It to Yourself
6. Dissatisfied (Mono Version)
7. Fattening Frogs for Snakes
8. Wake up Baby
9. Your Funeral and My Trial
10. Ninety Nine
11. Cross My Heart
12. Let Me Explain


Personnel:
Sonny Boy Williamson – vocals, harmonica
Muddy Waters – guitar on "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain"
Jimmy Rogers – guitar on "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain"
Otis Spann – piano
Willie Dixon – bass
Fred Below – drums
Robert Lockwood, Jr. – guitar
Luther Tucker – guitar
Lafayette Leake – piano on "Wake Up Baby" and "Your Funeral and My Trial"
Eugene Pierson – guitar on "Wake Up Baby" and "Your Funeral and My Trial"