Willie Dixon - Poet of the Blues
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Artist: Willie DixonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-30
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Back Door Man
- I Can't Quit You Baby
- The Seventh Son
- Spoonful
- I Ain't Superstitious
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Little Red Rooster
- Big 3 Stomp
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man
- It's All Over Now
- If The Sea Was Whiskey
- O.C. Bounce
- Money Tree Blues
- Cool Kind Woman Blues
- Juice-Head Bartender
- Signifying Monkey
Free Music Notes for Poet of the Blues
Free Music Review: Wrote songs for others, sings them well himself
Hit: 5 Stars
Willie Dixon wrote some classic blues songs that were sung by others, such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, and through covers, the Rolling Stones and others. This album makes it clear that Dixon was not just a writer, but a very accomplished singer himself.
Some examples from the CD.
"Im a Back Door Man" was sung well by Howlin' Wolf. A much different version was recorded by the Doors. Dixon makes it his own in this cut, with a very different approach. The backing group, by the way, is terrific on this CD. This is a well sung and rollicking version. His voice swirls around the music, with a nice blues sensibility. Shaky Jake's harmonica is noteworthy.
Muddy Waters made "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" his. But it was written by Willie Dixon. Here, Dixon makes this song his as well, with some fine blues singing.
Howlin' Wolf and The Rolling Stones both sang "Little Red Rooster." Sunnyland Slim's piano playing starts Dixon's version off very smartly. Dixon's fine blues voice does justice to his own work. He takes the song at a slow pace and it works well.
Finally, "It's All over Now." The piano work, again, stands out. He begins with a couple poignant lines:
"Well it's all over
I knew this would end."
A good blues song, well sung by Willie Dixon.
This represents a good introduction to a portion of Dixon's work. It is, of course, not comprehensive. However, for a "quick and dirty" introduction to some of his best works, this suffices.
Poet of the Blues Poster
One of blues music's greatest composers, Willie Dixon was also a strong performer. This Columbia Legacy reissue is a profile of the artist in his post-Chess Records years and is chock full of classics, many of which have been covered by rock bands as well as blues musicians: "Back Door Man," "I Can't Quit You Baby," "Spoonful," "I Ain't Superstitious," "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" ... the list goes on. For all of his achievements as a composer and performer, relatively little of Dixon's recorded work is available, particularly from his later years. Poet of the Blues is an excellent introduction as well as a chance to hear many of these classic songs in their original incarnations. --Genevieve WilliamsBlues Music CDs
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