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Sonny Boy Williamson II - Down And Out Blues (1959)

Track listing:
  1. Don't Start Me To Talkin' 2:32
  2. I Don't Know 2:23
  3. All My Love In Vain 2:47
  4. The Key 3:14
  5. Keep It To Yourself 2:47
  6. Dissatisfied 2:42
  7. Fattening Frogs For Snakes 2:18
  8. Wake Up Baby 2:55
  9. Your Funeral And My Trial 2:28
  10. "99" 2:36
  11. Cross My Heart 3:20
  12. Let Me Explain 2:52

Notes

Retaining photographer Don Bronstein's cover shot of a disheveled bum lying on the sidewalk (some former Chess artist, perhaps?) Sonny Boy Williamson's original 1959 album made it to digital reissue but has now been supplanted by MCA's exhaustive The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson. Still, for a budget price, there's a dozen unforgettable tracks: "Don't Start Me to Talkin'," and his Checker debut; "All My Love in Vain," "Wake Up Baby," "99," "Cross My Heart," "Let Me Explain," and "The Key (To Your Door)."