TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF MY POCKETS
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
SONGWRITER: SONNY
BOY WILLIAMSON II OR (RICE MILLER)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: GOIN’ DOWN TO ELI’S
THE COBRA & ABCO RHYTHM & BLUES ANTHOLOGY 1956 - 1958
LABEL: CHECKER
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1958
Alex or Aleck Miller (né Ford,
possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny
Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He
was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in
the 1950s and 1960s. Miller used various names, including Rice Miller and Little
Boy Blue, before calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson, which was also the name
of a popular Chicago blues singer and harmonica player. To distinguish the two,
Miller has been referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson II.
He first recorded with Elmore
James on "Dust My Broom". Some of his popular songs include "Don't
Start Me Talkin'", "Help Me", "Checkin' Up on My Baby",
and "Bring It On Home". He toured Europe with the American Folk Blues
Festival and recorded with English rock musicians, including the Yard birds,
the Animals, and Jimmy Page. "Help Me" became a blues standard, and
many blues and rock artists have recorded his songs.
Take
your hand out of my pocket, I ain't got nothing belong to you
Take your hand out of my pocket, I ain't got nothing
belong to you
Little girl if you don't stop ravish me, I will have
to put the police on you
I
heard about your reputation, no sooner I dropped in your town
I heard about your reputation, the minute I dropped in
your town
You know I caught your hand in my pocket above the
elbow, and the police got to take you down.