Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon Wrote Some Of The Greatest Songs In Blues And Rock Music!

You know Willie's songs, but you may not even know it!
Muddy Waters, Mose Allison and numerous other artists have had so much success covering Willie's tunes that his credit for writing them has been overshadowed, but thank heaven he wrote 'em!

Willie Dixon In A Nutshell...

William James "Willie" Dixon (July 1, 1915 - January 29, 1992) was a well-known American blues bassist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. His songs, including "Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", and "Bring It on Home", written during the peak of Chess Records, 1950-1965, and performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter, influenced a worldwide generation of musicians.Dicaire, David (1999). Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century. McFarland. p. 87. ISBN 0786406062 Next to Muddy Waters, he was the most influential person in shaping the post-World War II sound of the Chicago blues.Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Billboard Books. pp. 298-299. ISBN 0823079740 He also was an important link between the blues and rock and roll, working with Chuck...

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Howlin’ Wolf’s 'Rockin’ The Blues: Live In Germany 1964': Despite hits on the R&B charts, it was not until Wolf combined with Chess staff writer Willie Dixon (featured on this live recording) that record sales ...
Muddy Waters, Folk Singer: The remastered CD has photos of the 1963 recording sessions that show, along with Muddy, the great blues composer Willie Dixon on the upright bass and a ...
The Independent Weekly Line on Durango and Beyond: ... was produced by Willie Dixon. In '59, Ray Charles recruited Shorty to play lead guitar in his touring band. The rest is blues history ? literally. ...
Taj Mahal celebrates 40 years in music with 'Maestro': The "Maestro" wraps things up with a funky blues version of the Willie Dixon/Elias McDaniel penned "Diddy Wah Diddy," a spirited tribute to McDaniel (better ...

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Howlin Wolf’s Rockin’ the Blues: Live in Germany 1964 to be ...: Howlin' Wolf was renowned for his ability to rock the house down, and this November 6, 1964 Bremen, Germany concert recording confirms that with a mixture of self-penned songs, Willie Dixon compositions and covers: ?Shake It for Me,? ...
Willie Dixon Powers: MIDDLESBORO ? Willie Dixon Powers, 80, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 6, 2008, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.
The Willie Dixon Tour Theory: It's like Willie Dixon said, when you are on the road you want to be in the house, and when you are in the house you want to be on the road. Playing live is what we do, even if the industry collapsed today we'd still find a place to ...

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