closed on Sunday, August 14, 2022
Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$540.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Total bids: 5
Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$540.00
Starting bid: $1.00
Total bids: 5
This original cardboard poster is a real slice of southern delta blues history! The concert on April 2nd, 1956 featured the great blues harp master Sonny Boy Williamson at the Shell Road Inn in Plant City, Florida.
The legend's name (who's birth name is Alex "Rice" Miller) is exhibited on the poster as Sonny Boy "Williams" because confronted by veteran blues harp player John Lee Williamson on a Southern tour they agreed that Alex would be billed as "Sonny Boy Williams." That name change was short lived. His official recordings with Chess subsidiary Checker Records from 1955 to 1964 used the name Williamson.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Sonny Boy Williams Shell Road Inn
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 61
--PERFORMERS: Sonny Boy Williams
--VENUE: Shell Road Inn
--CITY: Plant City FL
--DATE: 04/02/56
--DIMENSIONS: 21 in. x 13.25 in.
--PRINTING: CARDBOARD; Cardboard Poster
The legend's name (who's birth name is Alex "Rice" Miller) is exhibited on the poster as Sonny Boy "Williams" because confronted by veteran blues harp player John Lee Williamson on a Southern tour they agreed that Alex would be billed as "Sonny Boy Williams." That name change was short lived. His official recordings with Chess subsidiary Checker Records from 1955 to 1964 used the name Williamson.
--CRITICAL DETAILS--
--TITLE: Sonny Boy Williams Shell Road Inn
--GRADE: EXTRA FINE 61
--PERFORMERS: Sonny Boy Williams
--VENUE: Shell Road Inn
--CITY: Plant City FL
--DATE: 04/02/56
--DIMENSIONS: 21 in. x 13.25 in.
--PRINTING: CARDBOARD; Cardboard Poster