WILLIE DIXON - I Am The Blues - 1970

 

WILLIE DIXON - I Am The Blues - Vinyl Album/Columbia 1970

Track-list :

1. Back Door Man 
2. I Can't Quit You, Baby 
3. The Seventh Son 
4. Spoonful 
5. I Ain't Supertitious 
6. You Shook Me 
7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
9. The Same Thing 

Willie Dixon – vocals, bass
Walter Horton – harmonica
Sunnyland Slim – piano
Johnny Shines – guitar
Clifton James – drums

Les groupes de rock ont largement puisé dans le blues originel, celui du prolétariat noir américain, qui traverse toute la première moitié du XXème siècle jusqu'à, en gros, la fin des années 60.

La contribution de Willie Dixon est immense.

 

Dans cet album, sommet de l'iceberg de son influence sur le blues, Willie Dixon reprend 9 de ses plus grands classiques écrits à différentes époques pour d'autres, comme Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush ou Muddy Waters.

Auteur, compositeur, arrangeur brillant et doué, il est un de ceux qui a fait l'évolution du blues des années 40 et jusqu'aux années 80.

Comme à d'autres bluesman de légende, le rock lui doit beaucoup comme on peut en juger, par exemple,  à travers les covers des titres de cet album par les plus grands. 

“Back Door Man” – The Doors.
“I Can’t Quit You” – Led Zeppelin.
The Seventh Son” – Sting
“Spoonful” – Cream.
“I Ain’t Superstitious” – The Yardbirds.
“You Shook Me” Led Zeppelin
“I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man” – Muddy Waters.
“The Little Red Rooster” – The Rolling Stones.
“The Same Thing” – Muddy Waters

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BIO DE WILLIE DIXON  ICI

Discographie sélective

Willie's Blues	1959	Original Blues Classics
Nervous Good Understanding That's My Baby Slim's Thing That's All I Want Baby Don't You Tell Nobody Youth To You Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues Built For Comfort I Got A Razor Go Easy Move Me
I Am The Blues	1970	Legacy Recordings
Back Door Man I Can't Quit You, Baby The Seventh Son  Spoonful I Ain't Superstitious You Shook Me I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man The Little Red Rooster  The Same Thing  Personnel: Willie Dixon (vocals, bass); Johnny Shines (guitar); Walter "Shakey" Horton (harmonica); Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake (piano); Clifton James (drums).
Chess Box	1988	Chess
Coffret 2 CD's DISC 1: My Babe - (with Little Walter) Violent Love - (previously unreleased, with The Big Three) Third Degree - (with Eddie Boyd) Seventh Son - (with Willie Mabon) Crazy For My Baby - (previously unreleased) Pain In My Heart - (previously unreleased) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - (with Muddy Waters) Evil - (with Howlin' Wolf) Mellow Down Easy - (with Little Walter) When The Lights Go Out - (with Jimmy Weatherspoon) Young Fashioned Ways - (previously unreleased, with Muddy Waters) Pretty Thing - (with Bo Diddley) I'm Ready - (with Muddy Waters) Do Me Right - (with Lowell Fulson) I Just Want To Make Love To You - (with Muddy Waters) Tollin' Bells - (with Lowell Fulson) 29 Ways - (previously unreleased) Walkin' The Blues DISC 2: Spoonful - (with Howlin' Wolf) You Know My Love - (with Otis Rush) You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover - (with Bo Diddley) I Ain't Superstitious - (with Howlin' Wolf) You Need Love - (previously unreleased, with Muddy Waters) Little Red Rooster - (with Howlin' Wolf) Back Door Man - (with Howlin' Wolf) Dead Presidents - (previously unreleased, with Little Walter) Hidden Charms - (with Howlin' Wolf) You Shook Me - (with Muddy Waters) Bring It On Home - (with Sonny Boy Williamson) 300 Pounds Of Joy - (with Howlin' Wolf) Weak Brain, Narrow Mind - (previously unreleased) Wang Dang Doodle - (with Koko Taylor) Same Thing, The - (with Muddy Waters) Built For Comfort - (with Howlin' Wolf) I Can't Quit You Baby - (with Little Milton) Insane Asylum - (with Koko Taylor)
Poet Of The Blues	30 juin 1998	Columbia
Back Door Man I Can't Quit You Babe Seventh Son, The Spoonful I Ain't Superstitious I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man Little Red Rooster, The 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 Juice Head Bartender Signifying Monkey
Dixon, Willie - Boss Of The Chicago Blues	16 août 2005	Fuel 2000 Records
I Can't Quit You Baby I Don't Care Who Knows - (with Harold Burrage) Hidden Charms - (with Charles Clark) Too Many Cooks - (with Jessie Fortune) Axe And The Wind - (with George "Wild Child" Butler) Just Got Some - (with Willie Mabon) Easy Baby - (with Magic Sam) Fishin' In My Pond - (with Lee Jackson) WTwo-Headed Woman - (with Junior Wells) Have A Good Time - (with Walter "Shakey" Horton) Sit And Cry - (with Buddy Guy) My Love - (with Betty Everett) Spider In My Stew - (with Buster Benton) Satisfied - (with Harold Burrage) My Babe - (with Mickey Gilley) All Night Long - (with Magic Sam) She's A Sweet One - (with Junior Wells) My Love Will Never Die - (with Otis Rush)