Homesick James Williamson

His birth day might have been in question (he claimed he was created as soon as 1905), however the slashing slip guitar abilities of Homesick Wayne Williamson were never involved. A lot of his most gratifying recordings positioned him in single configurations, where his timing eccentricities didn’t disrupt the proceedings (though he produced some good band-backed waxings aswell). Williamson was playing acoustic guitar at age group ten and quickly ran from his Tennessee house to try out at seafood fries and dances. His moves required the guitarist through Mississippi and NEW YORK through the 1920s, where he crossed pathways with Yank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes, Blind Young man Fuller, and Big Joe Williams. Settling in Chicago through the 1930s, Williamson performed local night clubs and documented for RCA Victor in 1937. The kilometers and gigs experienced added up before Williamson produced a few of his finest edges in 1952-1953 for Artwork Sheridan’s Chance Information (like the traditional “Homesick” that offered him his long lasting stage name). Wayne also worked thoroughly like a sideman, support harp great Sonny Boy Williamson in 1945 at a Chicago gin joint known as The Purple Kitty and through the 1950s along with his cousin, glide master Elmore Adam (to whom Homesick was stylistically indebted). He also documented with James through the 1950s. Homesick’s very own result included crashing 45s for Colt and USA in 1962, an excellent 1964 record for Prestige, and four paths on the Vanguard anthology in 1965. Williamson documented in to the 1990s, issuing albums on Appaloosa and Earwig, and continuing touring and producing festival performances well in to the 2000s. Williamson’s last open public appearance was at a United kingdom blues celebration in July of 2006; he passed away on Dec 13 of this season. Throughout his lifestyle — and even though he is at his nineties — there is nothing at all over-the-hill about the blues of Homesick Adam Williamson.