Sonny Boy Williamson
Full Name: John Lee Curtis Williamson
Birth Date: March 30, 1914
Deceased Date: June 1, 1948
Artist Bio:
The “Father of the Modern Blues Harp” and referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson I to avoid confusion with another blues musician by the same name; virtuoso blues harmonica player with credits on recordings by hundreds of pre-WWII blues artists, plus nearly fifty solo singles recorded and released between 1937 and 1949, including the now-standard “Good Morning, Schoolgirl” (1947); murdered in a robbery by an unknown assailant while walking home from a nightclub performance in Chicago on 6/1/1948, age 34.
Artist Website:
Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_I
Obituary Link:
https://mtzionmemorialfund.com/2024/12/john-lee-sonny-boy-williamson/
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