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Willie Dixon
One of the cornerstones of blues and rock and roll history, Willie Dixon's songs
inspired Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix and
continue to evoke the spirit ingrained in classic American music. Discovering
the blues while working on prison farms in Mississippi in the 1930s, he sang in
gospel quartets and began putting his own rhymes to the music he heard on the
radio. Moving to Chicago, he became an Illinois Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing
champion and played stand-up bass in jazz groups, but was imprisoned during WWII
for conscientious objection. It...
SpoonfulWillie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf
The Little Red RoosterWillie Dixon
Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon and Koko Taylor
Built for ComfortHowlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon
Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon
I Can't Quit You, BabyWillie Dixon
SpoonfulWillie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf
Red Rooster
2:45
The Little Red RoosterWillie Dixon
I Am The Blues
3:40
Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon and Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
2:47
Built for ComfortHowlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon
The Real Folk Blues
2:37
Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon
Catalyst
6:41
I Can't Quit You, BabyWillie Dixon
I Am The Blues
6:39
