Williamson, Sonny Boy I (John Lee Williamson)

Williamson, Sonny Boy I (John Lee Williamson) 30 March 1914; Jackson, TN – 1 June 1948; Chicago, IL Confusion exists about Sonny Boy Williamson’s name. John Lee Williamson, “Sonny Boy I,” was born in 1914 and performed from about 1930 until his death in 1948. Aleck “Rice” Miller, “Sonny Boy Williamson II,” was born earlier (any time between 1898 and 1912), performed daily on KFFA radio in Helena, Arkansas (beginning in 1941), and died in 1965. Both were harmonica players of extraordinary skill…