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WILLIE DIXON - I AM THE BLUES
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About the DVD
Director: ROBERT SCHWARTZFormat: PAL
Language: ENGLISH
Region: All
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Number of Discs: 1
Rating: E
DVD Release Date: 10/09/2003
Run Time: 60 mins
Genre(s):
Special features
- Selected Discography
- Umbrella Propaganda
Synopsis
Some, such as Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry, owe Willie Dixon a chunk of nearly every dime they ever made, and an earful of nearly every ovation they ever received.
If there’d been no Willie Dixon, Chess Records wouldn’t have been as mighty a force as it was in shaping the great post-war blues explosion, and in helping to build the foundation of rock ‘n’ roll and a lot of Led Zepplin fans would still have their full hearing.
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.
We heard Cream’s strut-and-shout cover of “Spoonful” but it was written for Howlin’ Wolf who had a blues hit with it in 1960. “Little Red Rooster” was perfect for the Rolling Stones, but it was another Dixon song written for Howlin’ Wolf, who recorded it in 1961. Led Zepplin performed monster covers of “You Need love” and “You Shook Me” but Dixon had written them for Muddy Waters, who recorded them in 1962.
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.
“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It’s better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on. The blues will always be, because the blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.” Willie Dixon.
TRACK LISTING
1. I Just Want To Make Love To You (W.Dixon)
2. I Got The Blues (W.Dixon)
3. Wang Dang Doodle (W.Dixon)
4. Seventh Son (W.Dixon)
5. Peace (W.Dixon)
6. Sandy Field (W.Dixon)
7. Built For Comfort (W.Dixon)
8. Jungle Song (W.Dixon)
If there’d been no Willie Dixon, Chess Records wouldn’t have been as mighty a force as it was in shaping the great post-war blues explosion, and in helping to build the foundation of rock ‘n’ roll and a lot of Led Zepplin fans would still have their full hearing.
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.
We heard Cream’s strut-and-shout cover of “Spoonful” but it was written for Howlin’ Wolf who had a blues hit with it in 1960. “Little Red Rooster” was perfect for the Rolling Stones, but it was another Dixon song written for Howlin’ Wolf, who recorded it in 1961. Led Zepplin performed monster covers of “You Need love” and “You Shook Me” but Dixon had written them for Muddy Waters, who recorded them in 1962.
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.
“The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It’s better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on. The blues will always be, because the blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.” Willie Dixon.
TRACK LISTING
1. I Just Want To Make Love To You (W.Dixon)
2. I Got The Blues (W.Dixon)
3. Wang Dang Doodle (W.Dixon)
4. Seventh Son (W.Dixon)
5. Peace (W.Dixon)
6. Sandy Field (W.Dixon)
7. Built For Comfort (W.Dixon)
8. Jungle Song (W.Dixon)
