Down and Out Blues is the first LP record by American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson. The album was released in 1959 by Checker Records (see 1959 in music).
The album was a compilation of Williamson's first singles for Checker, from "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" b/w "All My Love in Vain" through "Dissatisfied" b/w "Cross My Heart".
The album features many famous blues musicians backing Williamson, including Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, and Willie Dixon.
The first session that Williamson recorded for Checker was on August 12, 1955 where he recorded "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain",[2] which were released as a single a month later in September.[3] On January 7, 1956 he recorded "Let Me Explain". The single "Keep It to Yourself" b/w "The Key (To Your Door)" was recorded on August 7, 1956. "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" b/w "I Don't Know" was recorded on February 6, 1957[2] and was released either in late May or early June.[4] "99" was recorded on September 1, 1957[2] and was released as the B-side of "Born Blind" in late January or early February 1958.[5] The single "Cross My Heart" b/w "Dissatisfied" was recorded at the same session. "Wake Up Baby" b/w "Your Funeral and My Trial" was the last song on Down and Out Blues to be recorded on March 27, 1958.[2]
The album cover features a photograph of a homeless person by Don Bronstein, and the liner notes were written by Studs Terkel, who had written Giants of Jazz.[6]
Down and Out Blues was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2007.[7] In 1988, the album won a W.C. Handy Award for Vintage/Reissue Album (US).[8]
All songs written by Sonny Boy Williamson.
Per liner notes[9]
Down and Out Blues peaked at #20 on the UK Albums Chart.[10]
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