Trumpet: Sonny Boy Williamson and Elmore James

Lillian McMurary’s daughter Vitrice and blues researcher Jim O’Neal describe the complex and close relationship shared by Sonny Boy Williamson No. 2 and Mrs. McMurray as she ran Trumpet Records on Farish Street in Jackson. Trumpet was the first record company in Mississippi to achieve national stature through its distribution, sales, radio airplay and promotion.