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- Blues Quest featuring Billy Boy Arnold
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- Mike Sanders
As a teenager, he was captivated by the music of the original Sonny Boy Williamson, and visited Sonny Boy at his home just before Williamson’s untimely death in 1948.
Share Billy Boy Arnold’s story and music with your listeners in this hour-long documentary as he talks about his beginnings, influences and how he played with Ellas McDaniel—who became Bo Diddley. The total length of the show's three parts is 57:00. It is designed to have two 1:00 internal breaks and one 1:00 end break. However, you can let the three tracks roll, leaving a 3:00 end break.
The promo includes a sound cut from the artist and has at least :05 music at end for local tag. E-mail for custom tag. And, you can request a custom made news hole version.
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
As a teenager, he was captivated by the music of the original Sonny Boy Williamson, and visited Sonny Boy at his home just before Williamson’s untimely death in 1948.
Share Billy Boy Arnold’s story and music with your listeners in this hour-long documentary as he talks about his beginnings, influences and how he played with Ellas McDaniel—who became Bo Diddley. The total length of the show's three parts is 57:00. It is designed to have two 1:00 internal breaks and one 1:00 end break. However, you can let the three tracks roll, leaving a 3:00 end break.
The promo includes a sound cut from the artist and has at least :05 music at end for local tag. E-mail for custom tag. And, you can request a custom made news hole version.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shake Your Hips | Billy Boy Arnold | Back Where I Belong. | Alligator Records | 1993 | 04:08 |
| Love Me Baby | Billy Boy Arnold | Bill Boy Sings Sonny Boy. | Electro-Fi | 2008 | 05:52 |
| Boogie Woogie | Tommy Dorsey | The Best of Tommy Dorsey. | RCA | 1992 | 01:50 |
| Cherry Red Blues | Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson | Cleanhead Blues 1945-1947. | Acrobat | 2006 | 02:45 |
| Mellow Chick Swing | Sonny Boy Williamson | When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 8: Bluebird Blues. | BMG/Bluebird | 2003 | 02:32 |
| Sonny Boy’s Jump | Sonny Boy Williamson | When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 8: Bluebird Blues. | BMG/Bluebird | 2003 | 01:28 |
| Good Morning Little School Girl | Sonny Boy Williamson | The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers, Vol. 3. | Sony | 1993 | 02:59 |
| Billy Boy’s Blues | Billy Boy Arnold | More Blues on the South Side. | Prestige Records | 1993 | 02:42 |
| Juke | Little Walter and His Night Cats | Living the Blues: Blues Greats. | Time-Life Music | 1995 | 02:41 |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley – The EP Collection. | See For Miles | 1991 | 05:12 |
| Pretty Thing | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley: Chess Box. | MCA | 1990 | 01:22 |
| I'm a Man | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley – The EP Collection. | See For Miles | 1991 | 02:55 |
| Hello Stranger | Billy Boy Arnold | Boogie ‘N Shuffle. | Stony Plain | 2001 | 01:11 |
| I Wish You Would | William “Billy Boy” Arnold | Essential Blues Harmonica. | Platinum Entertainment | 1997 | 02:52 |
| I Ain’t Got You | Billy Boy Arnold | Living the Blues: Chicago Blues Classics. | Time-Life Music | 1998 | 02:13 |
| Playing with the Blues | Billy Boy Arnold | More Blues on the South Side. | Prestige Records | 1993 | 02:30 |
| Fool For You | Billy Boy Arnold | Back Where I Belong. | Alligator Records | 1993 | 03:25 |
| Sunday Morning Blues | Billy Boy Arnold | Eldorado Cadillac. | Alligator Records | 1995 | 04:57 |
| Just A Little Bit | Billy Boy Arnold | Ten Million Dollars. | Evidence Records | 1984 | 03:34 |
