The drummer is my Dad Billie Stepney Sr. Passed September 10th 1967 age 37yrs.. This was recorded Nov. 1963.

listening in 2024 !

Why, NOBODY told me that Heaven was a neverending Jazz & Blues concert. BLISS!!!❤

+Elcy Oliveira -- I'm Slim's 1st cousin--my grandfather was his uncle, I want to thank you for posting this concert of his, I had the honor of touring with him at 6-years old performing as the front person with friends of his called The Regulators who were a Du-Whop and Gospel acapella group for about 6-months on the old "Chitlin' Trail." Sonny Boy gave me my first harmonica when I was 6-years old, I never got that good with it I was better at singing and taking pictures! Later, after I joined the Air Force and stationed in Germany, I got to visit him in Paris and toured with him again on the last five concerts ending in France from his Middle East and European in 1973 -- this time I was there to perform just along to take pictures -- I'm a professional photographer! I was going to visit him again when I got stationed in Sicily in late 1987, and we had it all set for when he came back from doing a gig with his old guitarist Matt Murphy; however, I was sent on a classified deployment and didn't get back till the 1st of March 1988; that's when I found out that he had caught the flu while he was in the states and he died of kidney failure on the 24th of February. The Sicilian blues and jazz radio stations had played his music in tribute for 3-days. About 14-years ago, I started doing a radio segment with the help of a DJ friend of mine, David Lescht, on the UNM college radio station, KUNM, called "Memphis Slim Remembered" either on or about his birthday of the 3rd of Sep. However, that ended 6-years ago when David died. Slim was a great individual, performer, friend, and humanitarian and I truly miss him! Again, thank you so much for posting his video here!

It doesn't get any better than this.

55 minutes of the best blues music!

Willie Dixon slappin that bass, one hell of a songwriter he was too.

Matt Guitar Murphy was so Brilliant on his Gibson. He left us June 15, 2018 (aged 88) from a portal in Florida. Bless him.

A Master of his instrument and the blues was Sonny boy!

Nobody can play Sonny Boy Williams ..... Nobody. RIP

Sonny Boy... the best harmonica player of all times. Period.

Matt sure could play that guitar. Living in Florida back in the day saw him many times, often in some very small venues. Matt was a really good dude who would chat with you between sets, had showed of patience for young and often inebriated fans.

What other genre of music express live's experiences better than the Blues & Country music? Love, Hope, Heartache, Disappointments, Failures, Joy and Happiness. Two of the best artists ever. Thanks for posting.

The great Memphis Slim combined the rough primitive blues and the traditional boogie-woogie piano, together with an elegant and light and sophisticated Jazzy feel. Matt Gitar Murphy was also a true giant of the blues. Combine these two with the unique blues harp of Sonny Boy Williamson (the second), which is as deeply expressive and as emotional as any singer's voice, and you get a set which is elegant and subdued, but with a deep blue feeling.

Simple but effective. They chase each along. Nothing done wrong. Clean riffs. Nice.

A true, true gem of da Blues, and superior musicianship....Thank you God for the musicians, allowing me to live in this short frame of time.lemme play my harmonica now n blow my lungs inside out.

Crowd should be giving Sonny, a standing ovation

Brilliant, incredible musicianship with heaps of soul and story telling. Real music

Matt Murphy à écouter encore et encore !

This is a blissful gift, if there's a God, he/she sent it.... thankyou very much.

Maravilha !!! ... Inebriante !!! ... Interpretações sem igual !!! ... Faltam-me palavras !!! ... Parece que o mundo andou prá trás !!! ...

Too cool. I'd have loved to be there.

Matt Guitar Murphy!!!!!

New to me! So so so roll slow deeper than a wagon rut

So cool man Mat Guitar Murphy (as in the Blues Brothers)

:very nice

Xe increíble una passadaaaa

Thank you , this is great

Sonny boy is pure inspiration

Brilliant, still sounds so fresh and alive.

Where did people like Miles Davis get their inspiration? Just listen to the way he tears up the piano

My favourite song from my favourite harp player. This was absolutely the one that was my target as a player myself. I thought if I could nail that solo, I could call myself a blues player. I was truly thrilled listening to your version. Note perfect with a wonderful sound but it was the feel that you were channelling that sent shivers up my spine. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

This music is coming from the soul!! Blues the Best!!

Real stuff

Mes 20 ans !

I llove

This is music played by musicians...plain and simple. Great stuff

The very best of the best .

I wanted to leave my wife and sit in a bar drinking whiskey to this song...!)))) Bravo

Very interesting and productive merging of related musical forms. Boogie-woogie, straight blues with jazz flavor. These guys are awesome. So we'll considered, professional, and downright funky.

I saw Memphis Slim!!! Such an impressive artist , I remember his long fingers and I'm glad to see them again in this video!!

21:02 Sonny Boy's overblows on this version of Keep it to Yourself are insane. i know he played a 12 hole but i'm amazed those sounds are possible.

Thanks Elcy

And still listening in 2024,pittsburg ca,

thanks

3:05 looks like Mat Murphy from the Blues Brothers

Willie's hands must have been strong enough to crush coconuts. And how is it European TV was so much more appreciative of Black American music? You wouldn't find this among the 3 networks' swill offerings in the 60s.

Brasil aqui ,viva o blues maravilhoso talento.

Nu se mai asculta astfel de muzica este de milioane .excelent!

Met Memphis Slim when I was fourteen , shook his hand , my Dad knew him

this is real music 🎵 🎵

That was one lucky audience.

Me too

In memory of Verycoolguy >.

The most beautiful & important music. “Los Blues”. A great experience- for better or worse. When Memphis Slim/Sonny Boy 2 sing & play? A most cool joyride fo sho.Love Matt Murphy. ❤️

oh YEAH!

Young, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy!

Hands down Best harpist ever, no amplification necessary.

How in heck did I miss Memphis slim!!!!

These boys are at the apex of colored blues right here. It was never better than this! 💪👊🏿😎

Guys! It's just awesome! Today I first learned and listened to the music of Sonny Boy Williamson. I liked it very much. Class !!

Wybitny muzyk; wrażliwy, skromny w swojej Wielkości. - jeden z wielu genialnych wirtuozów afrykańskiego pochodzenia. To dzięki takim Twórcom świat jest bliżej doskonałości.

Bring It Home was the first track i ever heard by Sonny Boy Williamson. Never looked back since. Brilliant. Thanks for posting.

The best

its like another dimension, compare to modern music

Greatest harmonica player I ever heard.

Bella sta musica! Daveru! Non e' ca fanu tutti schifu i miricani!

DAMN FINE TUNES!

bbbye bye bird. pure virtuosity

Wow!!

Thank you so much for this masterpiece with these 2 geniuses!

God bless all the Blues piano players.

I have a LP record of a Sonny Boy Williamson concert from Europe. His backup band was the Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton. Great record and great performer.

This are our great teachers we have im 62.play since 16 allmost all friends did not understand whath l played exept my blues bodys still my Roots

top Blues man❤

Matt "Guitar" Murphy...he was in the movie "The Blues Brothers"!! Yesss!

Just plain awesome.

The key is, Keep the Blues Alive! We can learn a lot from the Sonny Boy Williamsons, Memphis Slims, Willie Dixons, Washboard Sams etcetera!!

so so so so gooooood.........my heart is flyin´ Elcy - Thank You so much for postin´ this !

Matt "guitar" Murphy playing. Great stuff!

I have photo of my Mum with Slims arms around her.They where on tour of England with Champion Jack Dupree.

2 lendas, Sony Boy é único.

This is some high-quality Blues.

Découvert à Dijon, je l'adore toujours. Un mec vraiment sympa...

Matt “Guitar” Murphy!!

Great to see as well as hear these great artists. A real treat.

Simplemente maravilloso

i found BLUE everywere ....!!!!

Straordinaria... eccellenza...2024

Sonny Boy, was the Blues ...walking Bluesman ...this is my impression ...pure Blues

Dang.. definitely subscribed 💯 😵‍💫👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

That show, with two legends, played to a few people. That´s what I call "luck". And that is Sonny Boy Williamsom II, ain´t he?

yo aplaudiendo desde mi asiento cada vez que terminan una cancion, antes de ir a dormir

Beautiful.straight from the soul!

Its very very fine listen this jazz in 2021.

Go to "Bye Bye Bird" to see what a harp can do. Just Sonny, his hands and his harp.

BLUS!!😘

One word, Great.

Elcy Oliveira, ich bedanke mich herzlich für diesen tollen Auftritt in Europa! Ich bin selber Baujahr 1961 und liebe neben anderen Genren der Musik auch den schwarzen Blues sehr. Ich wünsche Dir noch viele glückliche Stunden, die Du bestimmt mit Musik verbindest!! Danke für`s Hochladen und liebe Grüße aus Deutschland!

Sonny Boy, dripping coolness and then...that audience, wound up tight like little swiss clocks, with their ties and polite clapping.