Labeled as 33 RPM but is actually 45 RPM. B-side is instrumental w/ female chorus vocals and a bit of Willie talking near the end.

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William James Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time.

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Willie Dixon was a fixer, arranger, talent scout, boxer, performer and songwriter, who did more to shape the sound of post war Chicago blues than any other. At the same time Dixon was playing bass with the Chess house band, he recorded with virtually every name artist in Chicago, crossing over to rock ‘n’ roll to play on some of Chuck Berry hits. After a fall out with Chess, Dixon decamped to the newly formed Cobra label; he had a hit with Otis Rushs’ first single, ‘I Can’t Quit You Baby’. He returned to Chess in the early 60’s, staying throughout the decade. He was pivotal in organising the American Folk Blues Festival tours of Europe.

Chess Records songwriter Willie Dixon was the man behind some of the most beloved and influential songs in blues history, inspiring a whole generation of musicians. Dixon - centre - with BB King and John Lee Hooker. It was there before anything else. When Willie Dixon finished writing his autobiography in the late 80s, he came up with the simple but extremely effective title I Am The Blues. While it might have seemed like a piece of braggadocio worthy of his greatest work for Muddy Waters – I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man – who could honestly deny him such a well-deserved title? The highly recommended I Am The Blues: The Willie Dixon Story by Willie Dixon with Don Snowden is published by Da Capo Press. The issue of The Blues Magazine that this article first appeared in.

Everything Blues: The Singer, The Writer, The Producer (1954-1962). Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Filippo Tirincanti, Claudio Citarella, Soulmama. 2014 Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks. Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate.

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I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work - as songwriter, bassist, producer, and arranger - with Muddy Waters, Howlin'. The format of this book is quite interesting, with Don Snowden contributing contextual background, then allowing Willie Dixon and others to speak for themselves. While this biography does not read as much like a novel as some others (particularly those co-written by the excellent David Ritz), the organization of the chapters provided a strong historical chronology of not only Willie Dixon's life, but the panorama of Blues history in the 20th century.