[Harp-L] Re: Re; Doorless LW car

["Glenn Weiser" <celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter-

Good to hear from you, and yes, I do own that book. It's great.

Everyone-
The same writer has queried me again on a diiferent incident-

"I hate to bother you again, but do you know where I could find some back-up for the rumor that Sonny Boy Williamson II allegedly stabbed someone in a street fight?  The actual sentence reads as follows:

    Sonny Boy Williamson—who stole his name from the real Sonny Boy, who may or may not have been wanted for murder in West Helena, Arkansas—pulls a switchblade out of his pocket in the middle of a recording session and tells the piano player, 'This time, motherfucker, we’re going to play it my way.' "

He neglected to tell me where he read this, but does anyone have anything on it? Again, he is writing for an upcoming music issue of the Oxford American magazine, which I hadn't heard of, but is evidently a rather serious journal dedicted to the South.

-Glenn Weiser


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter and Connie Ruth 
  To: celticguitar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx ; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:37 PM
  Subject: Re; Doorless LW car


  The story about Little Walter taking the doors off his Lincoln can be found in the book:
  The Voice of the Blues, Classic Interviews from Living Blues Magazine Edited by Jim O’Neal and Amy Van Singel published in 2002 by Routledge.


  I highly recommend this book.




  Peter Madcat Ruth

  madcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  www.madcatmusic.net