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Song of the Month
Billy Boy Arnold:
"I Wish You Would" MP3 (2.7 MB)
I got to hear Billy Boy Arnold perform several months ago at a Beach Music club in Raleigh, and at age 75 he is still going strong. Billy Boy is one of the last great Chicago blues harmonica players whose main musical influence was John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. He recorded on several of Bo Diddley's classic sides for the Chess label and released sides under his own name for the Vee Jay label beginning in 1955. "I Wish You Would" is from Billy Boy's first session with Vee Jay and was a good seller, mixing good vocals and harp playing with a strong "Diddley" beat. The song has since become a blues classic and was covered in the 1960s by The Yardbirds which featured a young Eric Clapton in one of his first recordings.
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