Willie Dixon

WILLIE DIXON - I Am The Blues (1970)

01. Back Door Man
02. I Can't Quit You, Baby
03. The Seventh Son
04. Spoonful
05. I Ain't Superstitious
06. You Shook Me
07. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
08. The Little Red Rooster
09. The Same Thing

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Twenty-one enjoyable light blues and pop numbers from 1947 to 1952 sway, sashay, or boogie~compliments of Leonard Caston on piano, Bernardo Dennis or Ollie Crawford on guitar, and Dixon on bass fiddle. The three harmonize capably. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Once upon a time, before he took to laying the cornerstone of Chicago blues, Willie Dixon was part of a well-paid touring group known as the Big Three Trio. Flanked by friends Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston and Ollie Crawford (who replaced Bernardo Dennis early on), the group's instruments act as tools unleashing the anxiety left over from World War II. This is especially true of conscientious objector Dixon's bass, thumping like Big Ben over war-torn London, offering constancy and hope of recovery.
Dixon's genius can be glimpsed as metaphorically he squares the circle. While his instrument offers consistency (respectability, if you will) his lyrics contain humor, playfulness, and pathos. The froggie sound of "Tell That Woman" links Dixon with the Delta blues, showing his range. Besides being a rock-ribbed blues standard, "Cool Kind Woman" hints at the promiscuity and divorce currents that would swamp post-WWII America, doing their most severe damage to the black community.
"Money Tree Blues" reflects Dixon's personal creative dilemma as well as that of the nation after the war. Money kept Dixon (later king of Chess Records) distant from some parts of the blues world. As he told Don Snowden in his 1990 biography "I Am The Blues" - (this comment is reprinted in the CD's linear notes) - "We could make all the big clubs, but they couldn't hire us on the blues circuit because we were asking...Hell, we started making about $375 a week!" (Think in 1946 dollars).

While using three-part harmony singing and playing on paradoxical energy created by battle fatigue (several songs have the words "boogie" and "stomp" in their titles) in satisfying the mainstream, Dixon winked to his lesser-paid brothers and sisters in the blues and jazz worlds, showing he was still one of them. Thanks partly to Caston's piano and Crawford's guitar, Dixon pulls off the binocular feat by recording two songs by another great genre straddler - Duke Ellington (a.k.a. the Duke of Elegance). Big Three Trio versions of "Etiquette" and "You Don't Love Me No More" are alone worth the price of this important CD (part of the Roots N' Blues series).
Upon hearing "Juice-Head Bartender" blues fans will say "case dismissed" to any suggestions Dixon polluted himself by playing to mass audiences as part of the Big Three Trio. Lastly, a postcard to Dixon in Heaven - "Good name for a group - Big Three Trio. But isn't that redundant?" James Mosher
Tracks:

1. Big 3 Boogie
2. If The Sea Was Whiskey
3. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man
4. 88 Boogie
5. Money Tree Blues
6. Big 3 Stomp
7. Since My Baby Gone
8. Hard Notch Boogie Beat
9. No One To Love Me
10. Don't Let That Music Die
11. It's All Over Now
12. Tell That Woman
13. Got You On My Mind
14. Etiquette
15. You Don't Love Me No More
16. Come Here Baby
17. O.C. Bounce
18. Cool Kind Woman
19. Juice-Head Bartender
20. What Am I To Do
21. Signifying Monkey

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Willie DIXON and Memphis SLIM - Willie´s Blues 1959

01. Nervous 3:15
02. Good Understanding 2:15
03. That's My Baby 3:23
04. Slim's Thing 3:24
05. That's All I Want Baby 2:16
06. Don't You Tell Nobody 2:05
07. Youth To You 3:16
08. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues 3:18
09. Built For Comfort 2:31
10. I Got A Razor 4:11
11. Go Easy 5:51
12. Move Me 3:20

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Memphis SLIM and Willie Dixon - Baby Please Come Home! In Paris. 1962

Willie Dixon- Bass
Memphis Slim- Piano
Phillipe Combelle- Drums.

01. Rock And Rolling The House 3:39
02. Baby Please Come Home 2:14
03. How Come You Do Me Like You Do 4:39
04. The Way She Loves A Man 3:06
05. New Way To Love 5:31
06. African Hunch With A Boogie Beat 3:40
07. Shame Pretty Girls 3:11
08. Baby Baby Baby 3:05
09. Do De Do 2:35
10. Cool Blooded 5:32
11. Just You And I 2:37
12. Pigalle Love 3:59
13. All By Myself 1:43

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Giant Of The Blues (2008)



Tracklist CD 1
01. You Sure Look Good to Me – Big Three Trio
02. Signifying Monkey – Big Three Trio
03. Reno Blues – Big Three Trio
04. Violent Love – Big Three Trio
05. Cool Kind Woman – Big Three Trio
06. Wang Dang Doodle – Willie Dixon
07. So Long – Willie Dixon
08. Walking the Blues – Willie Dixon
09. Crazy for My Baby – Willie Dixon
10. This Pain in My Heart – Willie Dixon
11. Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby’s Door) – Willie Dixon
12. All the Time – Willie Dixon
13. Sittin’ and Cryin’ the Blues [Live] – Willie Dixon
14. Spoonful [Live] – Willie Dixon
15. I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Live] – Willie Dixon
16. Chicago Here I Come [Live] – Willie Dixon
17. Tore Down [Live] – Johnny Winter
18. You Know It Ain’t Right [Live] – Johnny Winter
19. Mean Mistreater- Johnny Winter
20. Roach Stew [Live] – Johnny Winter
21. Killing Floor [Live] – Johnny Winter

Tracklist CD 2
01. My Sweet Lovin’ Woman – Robert Nighthawk
02. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) – Robert Nighthawk
03. Third Degree – Robert Nighthawk
04. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters
05. I’m Ready – Muddy Waters
06. I Just Wanna Make Love to You – Muddy Waters
07. Don’t Go No Further – Muddy Waters
08. I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love – Muddy Waters
09. My Babe (Mercy Babe) – Muddy Waters
10. (I Love You So) Oh Baby – Muddy Waters
11. Crazy for My Baby – Muddy Waters
12. Sloppy Drunk – Jimmy Rogers
13. When the Lights Go Out – Jimmy Witherspoon
14. I Can’t Make It with You – Jimmy Witherspoon
15. Do Me Right – Lowell Fulson
16. Loving You – Lowell Fulson
17. Tollin’ Bells – Lowell Fulson
18. Diddy Wah Diddy – Bo Diddley
19. Pretty Thing – Bo Diddley
20. Seventh Son – Willie Mabon
21. Evil (Is Going On) – Howlin’ Wolf
22. Shake for Me [Live] – Howlin’ Wolf
23. Little Red Rooster [Live] – Howlin’ Wolf
24. Wang Dang Doodle [Live] – Howlin’ Wolf
25. Built for Comfort [Live] – Howlin’ Wolf[

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The Big Three Trio (1945-1950)



Tracklist
01. Big 3 Boogie
02. If the Sea Was Whiskey
03. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man
04. 88 Boogie
05. Money Tree Blues
06. Big 3 Stomp
07. Since My Baby Gone
08. Hard Notch Boogie Beat
09. No One to Love Me
10. Don't Let That Music Die
11. It's All over Now
12. Tell That Woman
13. Got You on My Mind
14. Etiquette
15. You Don't Love Me No More
16. Come Here Baby
17. O.C. Bounce
18. Cool Kind Woman
19. Juice-Head Bartender
20. What Am I to Do
21. Signifying Monk

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I Am The Blues (1970)



Willie Dixon (vocals, bass)
Johnny Shines (guitar)
Walter “Shakey” Horton (harmonica)
Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake (piano)
Clifton James (drums)

Tracklist
01. Back Door Man
02. I Can’t Quit You, Baby
03. The Seventh Son
04. Spoonful
05. I Ain’t Superstitious
06. You Shook Me
07. I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
08. The Little Red Rooster
09. The Same Thing

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The Chess Box (1988)



Tracklist CD 1
01. Little Walter - My Babe
02. The Big Three - Violent Love
03. Eddie Boyd - Third Degree
04. Willie Mabon - Seventh Son
05. Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby
06. Willie Dixon - Pain In My Heart
07. Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
08. Howlin' Wolf - Evil
09. Little Walter - Mellow Down Easy
10. Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out
11. Muddy Waters - Young Fashioned Ways
12. Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing
13. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready
14. Lowell Fulson - Do Me Right
15. Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You
16. Lowell Fulson - Tollin' Bells
17. Willie Dixon - 29 Ways
18. Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues

Tracklist CD 2
01. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
02. Otis Rush - You Know My Love
03. Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
04. Howlin' Wolf - I Ain't Superstitious
05. Muddy Waters - You Need Love
06. Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster
07. Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man
08. Little Walter - Dead Presidents
09. Howlin' Wolf - Hidden Charms
10. Muddy Waters - You Shook Me
11. Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring It On Home
12. Howlin' Wolf - 300 Pounds Of Joy
13. Willie Dixon - Weak Brain, Narrow Mind
14. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
15. Muddy Waters - The Same Thing
16. Howlin' Wolf - Built For Comfort
17. Little Milton - I Can't Quit You Baby
18. Koko Taylor - Insane Asylum

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