Music: Billy Boy Arnold – “Whiskey, Beer & Reefer”
Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 5:21 pm | By: Radical Russ
For today’s Blues Monday musical break, I bring you the legendary harmonica man, Billy Boy Arnold.
Billy Boy was a key player in the development of both Chicago blues and early rock ‘n’ roll. He got his first harmonica lessons from John Lee Williamson, the original Sonny Boy. Billy was an important member of the early Bo Diddley band and, later on, a star in his own right with his widely influential recordings for the Vee Jay label, made between 1955 and 1957.
On this album, Back Where I Belong from 1993, Billy Boy picks up the harp again to deliver his style of licks with signature “wah wah” vibrato. The song is called “Whiskey, Beer & Reefer”, a tribute to the working blues musician’s favorite ways to relax:
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