Aleck Ford Miller aka Rice Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II (he "stole" this name from Sonny Boy Williamson I who was one of the best known harmonica players at the time... sounds kinda crazy but maybe he was!!!)
Charismatic showman with great humour and one of the primary influences on modern blues harmonica...
Great figure of the King Biscuit radio show, he played with many blues artists and toured in Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival and English bands like the Yardbirds.
Some think of him as one of the most original and colorful poets of the blues and as one of the greatest harmonica players.
He wasn't the real bad guy but with serious booze problems... a dangerous man carrying weapons, with explosive temper and who could be nice and tender then burst into anger without warning...
Not someone you could really trust but "At least he didn't kill anybody!"(Nor I guess...)
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