tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post149227113200424417..comments2024-03-28T08:41:17.341-04:00Comments on <center> Ralph the Sacred River </center>: Little Walter, Bob Dylan, and the Two Sonny BoysEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188482189638751204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-9883195543794409332010-07-01T20:30:24.768-04:002010-07-01T20:30:24.768-04:00When Bob Dylan was playing harp that well, Sonny B...When Bob Dylan was playing harp that well, Sonny Boy was at his peak and in Europe.<br />I am a big fan of Bob Dylan's harmonica playing (listen to "Single Grain of Sand') and am Sonny Boy Williamson II's biographer.<br />Sonny Boy II's genius was the feeling he put into his harp playing and the fact that he could play one note and make his point. Compared to Sonny Boy at his best, everyone played too fast.<br />On the other hand, Billy Boy Arnold only talks about John Lee Williamson when he talks about Sonny Boy Williamson. So you are right; these are two converstations with two different Sonny Boys.<br /><br />Bill Donoghue, Host www.sonnyboy.com.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630787659152228470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-7334084334774952892009-08-14T16:32:21.636-04:002009-08-14T16:32:21.636-04:00This story reminds me of a phenomenon found in Bib...This story reminds me of a phenomenon found in Biblical studies. In the biz we call them "doublets." The most famous example is probably found in Genesis 12:10-20, Genesis 20:1-18, and Genesis 26:7-11, three stories in which a patriarch tells a foreign king that his wife is his sister. First it's Abraham talking to the Pharaoh, then it's Abraham talking to Abimelech, then it's Isaac talking to Abimelech. In all three stories God warns/punishes the king for lusting after another man's wife. Ever since the nineteenth century, scholars have noted how odd it would be for exactly the same ruse to be used three times by two men on two kings, even though the ruse is unsuccessful all three times. Julius Wellhausen, the father of modern Biblical studies, came to the conclusion that several local versions of the same story were spliced together by the Bible's editors. (No doubt Dylan's autobiography is considered scripture by some!)ASGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555941642116810948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-85673350617576456152009-08-01T14:31:30.472-04:002009-08-01T14:31:30.472-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-34087582709432013742009-08-01T11:37:27.098-04:002009-08-01T11:37:27.098-04:00Or perhaps he DID notice? The guy who once quipped...Or perhaps he DID notice? The guy who once quipped, "God, I'm glad I'm not me" upon reading a piece about himself in the paper, and told an audience that he had his Bob Dylan mask on for Halloween, might enjoy dressing one Sonny Boy W up as another. (Not meaning to explain away his relaxed attitude to creative borrowing at all).Søren Holsthttp://pergament.blogs.ku.dknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9396860.post-5889282958130965612009-08-01T04:51:48.610-04:002009-08-01T04:51:48.610-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com