Sonny Boy Williamson II – “Help Me” from the album “His Best”

Sonny Boy was born Alex Ford on the Sara Jones Plantation in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. The date and year of his birth remain unclear.

He was the illegitimate child of of Millie Ford, but soon took his stepfather’s last name to be known as Rice Miller. He was also known as Little Boy Blue, Willie Williamson, Willie Williams and Willie Miller.
He was the teller of tall tales and mischievous so his own accounts of his life were never to be trusted and led to a lot of confusion.
He called himself Sonny Boy Williamson to cash in on John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson’s popularity.
His major break came when he got a job broadcasting out of KFFA radio out of Helena on the King Biscuit Show in 1941. It made hm famous as it was broadcast all over the south.
He died on 25 May 1965.

“His Best”

1) Good Evening Everybody; 2) Don’t Start Me To Talkin’; 3) All My Love In Vain; 4) Keep It To Yourself; 5) Fattening Frogs For Snakes; 6) I Don’t Know; 7) Cross My Heart; 8) Born Blind; 9) Ninety Nine; 10) Your Funeral And My Trial; 11) Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket; 12) Sad To Be Alone; 13) Checkin’ Up On My Baby; 14) Down Child; 15) Nine Below Zero; 16) Bye Bye Bird; 17) Help Me; 18) Bring It On Home; 19) My Younger Days; 20) One Way Out