A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson. A multi award winning Harmonica player from Seattle, whose grounding in the Blues came from sharing first hand experiences with legendary Chicago players coming through town during the early 1970s. Bailey: “I had Johnny Little John staying at my house, Carey Bell was sitting in my living room. I had Willie Dixon's band sitting in my living room. Junior Wells was playing in town and we went up to their hotel room. It was an education.” Bailey has played regularly in Europe, as Steve Bailey and the Blues Flames, and latterly with Tonky de la Peña in Spain. Whilst in South America, where Bailey visits almost annually, he continues to play the blues clubs and festivals in Colombia. Today Bailey is good friends with fellow harp-bluesman Curtis Salgado, and Robert Cray - “he used to play at the back of my record store”. “He is one great harp player” modernbluesharmonica.com A big influence on Bailey to pick up and then learn the Harmonica from was Sonny Boy Williamson II. This motivated Bailey to conceive a project whereby he could pay tribute to all the great songs Williamson II gave to the music world and deliver new versions in a way that was traditional yet fresh and vibrant. Bailey took an opportunity to record the project in London, having first established a successful working partnership with London blues guitarist Mississippi MacDonald. Reviews in Rock n Reel, Blues Matters, Blues In Britain magazine who also published a three page feature. IBBA and Roots Music Report Blues radio charts.