Down And Out Blues (compilation album) by Sonny Boy Williamson

Down And Out Blues by Sonny Boy Williamson
(Compilation album)
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 4,731st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (29th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (140th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,731st)
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72/100 (from 38 votes)
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From 07/29/2022 08:35
Despite the cover, this album is so cool, so deep and so bluesy. I think that the harp is one of the coolest and roughest instruments of all time...
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Certainly one of the most terribly LP covers of its day.
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