- published: 16 Jan 2007
- views: 499961
![Sam Lazar feat. Grant Green & Willie Dixon - Space Flight [Full Album]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130330034542im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zC4kKIOA3yc/default.jpg "Sam Lazar feat. Grant Green & Willie Dixon - Space Flight [Full Album]")
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Willie Dixon Weak brain and a narrow mind
Willie Dixon playing guitar.
(If this is copyrighted, plz notify and I'll remove it)...
published: 10 Dec 2007
Willie Dixon Weak brain and a narrow mind
Willie Dixon playing guitar.
(If this is copyrighted, plz notify and I'll remove it)
- published: 10 Dec 2007
- views: 219919
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Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues
Willie Dixon is the man who changed the style of the blues. As a songwriter and producer,...
published: 02 Dec 2011
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues
Willie Dixon is the man who changed the style of the blues. As a songwriter and producer, the man was a genius. If you wanted a hit song, you went to Willie Dixon. Played it like he said play it, and sing it like he said sing it, and you damn near always had a hit. Willie Dixon taught bass players how to rock 'n' roll. Listen to him on Chuck Berry's Chess recordings of "Rock and Roll Music,''and "Reelin' and Rockin''. He took big band music and Mississippi blues and melded them into something new, opening the door for Motown and others to walk in and take it even further. Features 8 super tracks, biography, image gallery and much more!
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- views: 114973
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Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker...
http://www.thefortynighters.com ;
Maybe the best blues band I've ever seen. The link is...
published: 27 Oct 2007
Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker...
http://www.thefortynighters.com ;
Maybe the best blues band I've ever seen. The link is of my band... the comment of the "best blues band" is, obviusly, to that great video. Also... my band is as big as Caldonia, that big woman ;-)
- published: 27 Oct 2007
- views: 529993
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Willie Dixon - Spoonful.wmv
As one of the greatest American songwriters of all times, Willie James Dixon was a bright,...
published: 01 Apr 2011
Willie Dixon - Spoonful.wmv
As one of the greatest American songwriters of all times, Willie James Dixon was a bright, self-confident, determined, intelligent, and gifted man who helped the blues evolve from the 1940's through the 1980's. Born the seventh of Willie Dixonfourteen children on July 1, 1915, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Dixon was greatly influenced by his mother, Daisy, who turned everything she said into rhymes, and Willie learned to do the same. However, his first real musical influence came at the age of seven when he often left school to follow a truck pulling a band behind it starring pianist Little Brother Montgomery. (Snowden 1). As a youth, Dixon sang with the Union Jubilee singers, a gospel quartet with its own radio program.
At the age of seventeen, Dixon left his hometown of Vicksburg for the busy streets of Chicago to become a boxer. One year later he was named the Illinois State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion. Although he had early success as a boxer, he only fought four fights during his pro career because of a money dispute with his manager, which ended whatever dreams Dixon may have had as a boxer.
After boxing, he began his musical career by forming the Five Breezes in 1940 with Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston. They recorded songs until 1941 when Willie was arrested for refusing to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. After finishing his sentence, Dixon formed a new group, the Four Jumps of Jive, which mainly performed in Chicago clubs and later recorded for Mercury (Perry 1-2).
In 1945 'Baby Doo' and Willie teamed up to form the Big Three Trio along with guitarist Benardo Dennis. The Big Three played for mainly white audiences, but they would also join Muddy Waters in late night jam sessions (Snowden). "With a repertoire of soft blues, boogie woogie, pop, and novelty numbers, the Big Three landed a recording contract first with Bullet Records and then in 1947 with Columbia Records" (Perry 2). While playing with the Big Three Trio, Dixon met Phil and Leonard Chess, two guys who had recently started Chess Records. They hired Dixon part-time, but after the Big Three Trio broke-up, he went to work for them full time.
Slay McComb, SHS biographer
A major difference between Dixon and other blues men was his ability to read, write, compose, and arrange music, which made him the mainstay of Chess Records ("Willie Dixon"). Dixon was also considered the backbone of the Chess operation. He stayed with them until 1957 when he decided to switch to Cobra Records. However, Cobra only lasted two years due to financial difficulties, so Dixon returned to Chess and stayed there throughout most of the 60's (Snowden 2).
Throughout the 70's Dixon toured regularly and released albums on the Ovation, Columbia, and Yamboo labels. In 1980 Dixon was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame and in 1982 Dixon set up the Blues Heaven Foundation to help musicians and their estates claim their due (Perry 2-3, "Dixon Dodges Glare of New Recordings Spotlight"). In 1987 Dixon had bypass surgery, putting a halt on his career (Dixon 1). However, in 1988 he released Hidden Charms with Bug/Capitol, and in 1989 Dixon published his autobiography, I Am the Blues, co-authored by Don Snowden (Perry 2-3). He appeared in the films, Raw Justice (1994) .... News Crews .. aka Good Cop, Bad Cop (1994), Night of the Warrior (1991) Willie Dixon, and Rich Girl (1990) himself . He also wrote original music for the movie Ginger Ale Afternoon (1989).
Dixon's songs are considered to be the greatest body of work of any blues songwriter. They were recorded by such musicians as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and the Doors ("Jazzy Procession is Funeral for Blues Giant Willie Dixon"). Dixon died at the age of seventy-six at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, California on January 29, 1992. Willie Dixon, blues writer and founder of the Blues Heaven Foundation, had hepatitis when he passed away. His bypass surgery in 1987 required blood transfusions. The Blues Heaven Foundation was Willie's vision and is dedicated to assisting Blues artists as well as preserving the Blues and its history.
Throughout his career he was known as a "powerhouse who set music into motion" ("A Week Just for Willie"). Not only did he write blues classics ("Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You" for Muddy Waters; "Wang Dang Doodle" for Koko Taylor; and "Back Door Man" for Howlin' Wolf) he also worked as a talent scout for the Chess Brothers. Rock musicians including Led Zeppelin ("Whole Lotta Love"), the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix recorded Dixon tunes and now a blues museum in his honor has been started.
- published: 01 Apr 2011
- views: 44767
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Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Willy Dixon, Otis Spann et al. - Bye Bye Blues
A constellation of blues stars, playing together, the video is made in 1963....
published: 21 Dec 2010
Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Willy Dixon, Otis Spann et al. - Bye Bye Blues
A constellation of blues stars, playing together, the video is made in 1963.
- published: 21 Dec 2010
- views: 157735
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Willie Dixon - Back door man
"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon for Howlin' Wolf, released by Ches...
published: 29 Sep 2009
Willie Dixon - Back door man
"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon for Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records as a B-side to Wolf's "Wang Dang Doodle" in 1961.
The song's author Willie Dixon recorded it on his 1970 album I Am The Blues.
In southern culture, the phrase "back-door man" refers to a man having an affair with a married woman, using the back door as an exit before the husband comes home. The phrase "back-door man" dates from the 1920s, but the term became a double entendre in the 1960s, also meaning "one who practices anal intercourse."
The song became an early standard cover song of The Doors and they recorded it for their 1967 debut album.
Album: 'Willie Dixon I Am The Blues'
Chess Records 1970, reissue
Abner - Spector ('360 Sound')
Columbia Legacy ' Roots and Blues' CK 53627
Willie Dixon - vocal w/Chicago All-stars:
Johnny Shines - guitar, Walter 'Shakey' Horton - harmonica
Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake - piano
and Clifton James - drums
Lyrics:
I-I-I am the, the backdoor man
I-I-I am, the backdoor man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand
When ev'rybody is-a tryin' to sleep
I'm-a somewhere makin' my midnight creep
An ev'ry mo'nin when the rooster crows
He's tellin' me that it's the time to go
I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand
(harmonica & instrumental)
Well, they took me to the doctor
Shot full of holes
The nurse she cried, 'Save his soul!'
I was 'cussed of murder in first degree
The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'
I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand, mmm
(guitar & instrumental)
I was accussed a-murder in the first degree
The judge wife cried, 'Let the man go free!'
The cop's wife cried, 'Don't take him down
I'd-a rather be in six feet of ground!'
I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand
(piano & instrumental)
I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand
(bass & instrumental)
'Ooh!'
I am, the backdo' man
I am, the backdo' man
Well, the men don't know
But the little girls they understand
'Ooh!'
(instrumental all to end)
I am
I am
I-I-I am
The backdo' man.
Enjoy!!
(sorry for the poor quality)
- published: 29 Sep 2009
- views: 237560
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Willie Dixon - The Little Red Rooster.wmv
As one of the greatest American songwriters of all times, Willie James Dixon was a bright,...
published: 01 Apr 2011
Willie Dixon - The Little Red Rooster.wmv
As one of the greatest American songwriters of all times, Willie James Dixon was a bright, self-confident, determined, intelligent, and gifted man who helped the blues evolve from the 1940's through the 1980's. Born the seventh of Willie Dixonfourteen children on July 1, 1915, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Dixon was greatly influenced by his mother, Daisy, who turned everything she said into rhymes, and Willie learned to do the same. However, his first real musical influence came at the age of seven when he often left school to follow a truck pulling a band behind it starring pianist Little Brother Montgomery. (Snowden 1). As a youth, Dixon sang with the Union Jubilee singers, a gospel quartet with its own radio program.
At the age of seventeen, Dixon left his hometown of Vicksburg for the busy streets of Chicago to become a boxer. One year later he was named the Illinois State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion. Although he had early success as a boxer, he only fought four fights during his pro career because of a money dispute with his manager, which ended whatever dreams Dixon may have had as a boxer.
After boxing, he began his musical career by forming the Five Breezes in 1940 with Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston. They recorded songs until 1941 when Willie was arrested for refusing to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. After finishing his sentence, Dixon formed a new group, the Four Jumps of Jive, which mainly performed in Chicago clubs and later recorded for Mercury (Perry 1-2).
In 1945 'Baby Doo' and Willie teamed up to form the Big Three Trio along with guitarist Benardo Dennis. The Big Three played for mainly white audiences, but they would also join Muddy Waters in late night jam sessions (Snowden). "With a repertoire of soft blues, boogie woogie, pop, and novelty numbers, the Big Three landed a recording contract first with Bullet Records and then in 1947 with Columbia Records" (Perry 2). While playing with the Big Three Trio, Dixon met Phil and Leonard Chess, two guys who had recently started Chess Records. They hired Dixon part-time, but after the Big Three Trio broke-up, he went to work for them full time.
Slay McComb, SHS biographer
A major difference between Dixon and other blues men was his ability to read, write, compose, and arrange music, which made him the mainstay of Chess Records ("Willie Dixon"). Dixon was also considered the backbone of the Chess operation. He stayed with them until 1957 when he decided to switch to Cobra Records. However, Cobra only lasted two years due to financial difficulties, so Dixon returned to Chess and stayed there throughout most of the 60's (Snowden 2).
Throughout the 70's Dixon toured regularly and released albums on the Ovation, Columbia, and Yamboo labels. In 1980 Dixon was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame and in 1982 Dixon set up the Blues Heaven Foundation to help musicians and their estates claim their due (Perry 2-3, "Dixon Dodges Glare of New Recordings Spotlight"). In 1987 Dixon had bypass surgery, putting a halt on his career (Dixon 1). However, in 1988 he released Hidden Charms with Bug/Capitol, and in 1989 Dixon published his autobiography, I Am the Blues, co-authored by Don Snowden (Perry 2-3). He appeared in the films, Raw Justice (1994) .... News Crews .. aka Good Cop, Bad Cop (1994), Night of the Warrior (1991) Willie Dixon, and Rich Girl (1990) himself . He also wrote original music for the movie Ginger Ale Afternoon (1989).
Dixon's songs are considered to be the greatest body of work of any blues songwriter. They were recorded by such musicians as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and the Doors ("Jazzy Procession is Funeral for Blues Giant Willie Dixon"). Dixon died at the age of seventy-six at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, California on January 29, 1992. Willie Dixon, blues writer and founder of the Blues Heaven Foundation, had hepatitis when he passed away. His bypass surgery in 1987 required blood transfusions. The Blues Heaven Foundation was Willie's vision and is dedicated to assisting Blues artists as well as preserving the Blues and its history.
Throughout his career he was known as a "powerhouse who set music into motion" ("A Week Just for Willie"). Not only did he write blues classics ("Hoochie Coochie Man" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You" for Muddy Waters; "Wang Dang Doodle" for Koko Taylor; and "Back Door Man" for Howlin' Wolf) he also worked as a talent scout for the Chess Brothers. Rock musicians including Led Zeppelin ("Whole Lotta Love"), the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix recorded Dixon tunes and now a blues museum in his honor has been started.
- published: 01 Apr 2011
- views: 33843
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Willie Dixon / Blues Factory Studio Rehearsal (1982)
Film 「The Facts of Life」 1982
Billy Branch ha, Lafayette Leak p, Lacy Gibson gu, John Wat...
published: 23 Jan 2010
Willie Dixon / Blues Factory Studio Rehearsal (1982)
Film 「The Facts of Life」 1982
Billy Branch ha, Lafayette Leak p, Lacy Gibson gu, John Watkins gu, Freddie Dixon ba, Jimmy Tillman dr
- published: 23 Jan 2010
- views: 4715
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