Willie Dixon & Friends - The Poet Of The Blues (2011)

Ciento treinta kilos. Una voz de barítono que no necesita micrófono para hacerse oír. Era Willie Dixon, una de las leyendas vivientes del blues, el músico que añadió otro término a la palabra blues: «rhythm». Su personalidad está sintetizada en una estrofa de uno de sus temas: «Tengo el blues, pero soy condenadamente cauteloso si he de llorar.» Y, en efecto, no se encuentran rastros de inútiles lloriqueos en sus canciones, sino auténticas crónicas urbanas.
Nacido en Vicksburg, Misisipi, su nombre completo es William James Dixon. Fue el productor musical de la compañía discográfica de Chicago Chess Records, siendo considerado uno de los exponentes principales en la creación del Chicago blues. Trabajó, entre otros, con artistas como Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon, Memphis Slim, Washboard Sam y Jimmy Rogers.
El conjunto de 10 CDs Willie Dixon & Friends - The Poet Of The Blues ofrece una amplia visión de conjunto de sus actividades musicales. Desde el principio con los "Big Three Trio" a sus álbumes increíbles con Memphis Slim, desde su temprano álbum en solitario "Willie's Blues" a su éxito con y para Howlin 'Wolf, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Magic Sam o Ike Turner.




Label: Membran
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues
Quality: Mp3 (covers)
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 397:37 Min
Total Size: 976 Mb



CD1: THE BIG THREE TRIO


1. Big 3 Boogie - 2:32
2. If The Sea Was Whiskey - 3:04
3. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man - 2:58
4. 88 Boogie - 2:33
5. Money Tree Blues - 2:45
6. Big 3 Stomp - 3:05
7. Since My Baby Gone - 3:00
8. Hard Notch Boogie Beat - 2:45
9. No One To Love Me - 2:50
10. Don't Let That Music Die - 2:29
11. It's All Over Now - 2:37
12. Tell That Woman - 2:37
13. Got You On My Mind - 2:54
14. You Don't Love Me No More - 2:20
15. Come Here Baby - 2:25
16. Signifying Monkey - 2:53

TRACKS 1,2,4, 5, 7, 8, 16 -1947, TRACK 3, 6,9, 10, - 1949
TRACKS 11, 12 - 1951, TRACKS 13- 15 -1952



CD2:HOWLIN' WOLF


1. Evil - 2:54
2. Shake For Me - 2:16
3. The Red Rooster - 2:26
4. You'll Be Mine - 2:28
5. Who's Been Talkin' - 2:22
6. Wang-Dang-Doodle - 2:24
7. Little Baby - 2:46
8. Spoonful - 2:46
9. Going Down Slow - 3:24
10. Down In The Bottom - 2:11
11. Back Door Man - 2:51
12. Howlin' For My Baby - 2:35
13. Tell Me - 2:58

TRACK 1 - 1954, TRACKS 5, 13 - 1957, TRACKS 6, 12 - 1959,
TRACKS 2 - 4, 7 -11 -1960



CD3:LITTLE W, MUDDY WATERS, JIMMY WITHERSPOON AND MORE


1. Little Walter - My Babe - 2:41
2. The Big Three - Violent Love - 2:21
3. Eddie Boyd - Third Degree - 3:15
4. Willie Mabon - Crazy For My Baby - 2:49
5. Willie Dixon - Pain In My Heart - 3:19
6. Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - 2:46
7. Little Walter - Mellow Down Easy - 2:41
8. Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Ligths Go Out - 2:50
9. Muddy Waters - Young Fashioned Ways - 2:59
10. Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing - 2:49
11. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready - 3:02
12. Lowell Fulson - Do Me Right - 2:55
13. Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You - 2:51
14. Lowell Fulson - Tollin' Bells - 3:05

TRACKS 2,5 - 1951,TRACK 3 - 1953, TRACKS 6,7,11,13 - 1954 TRACKS 9,10 - 1955,
TRACK 14 - 1956, TRACK 12 - 1959



CD4:WILLIE DIXON, OTIS RUSH, HOWLIN' WOLF, CHUCK BERRY


1. Willie Dixon - 29 Ways - 2:09
2. Willie Dixon - Walkin' The Blues - 3:03
3. Otis Rush - You Know My Love - 2:40
4. Howlin' Wolf - I Ain't Superstitious - 2:50
5. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business - 2:55
6. Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours - 3:04
7. Chuck Berry - Roly Poly - 2:50
8. Chuck Berry - No Money Down - 2:58
9. Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man - 2:17
10. Chuck Berry - Berry Pickin' - 2:31
11. Chuck Berry - Together - 2:37
12. Chuck Berry - Havana Moon - 3:07
13. Chuck Berry - Downbound Train - 2:49
14. Chuck Berry - Drifting Heart - 2:50

TRACK 2 - 1955, TRACK 1 - 1956, TRACKS 5-14 - 1957, TRACKS 3,4 - 1960



CD5: OTIS RUSH, THE CLOUDS, SHAKEY HORTON AND MORE


1. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby - 3:48
2. Louis Myers And The Aces - Just Whalin' - 2:44
3. Otis Rush - Sit Down Baby - 1:52
4. The Clouds - Rock 'N' Roll Boogie - 2:35
5. Shakey Horton - Need My Baby - 2:16
6. Shakey Horton - Have A Good Time - 2:18
7. Otis Rush - My Love Will Never Die - 3:50
8. Otis Rush - Violent Love - 2:30
9. Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 - 3:02
10. Sunnyland Slim - It's You Baby - 2:21
11. Otis Rush - Groanin' The Blues - 3:03
12. Otis Rush - If You Were Mine - 3:05
13. Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues - 2:43
14. Little Willie Foster - Little Girl - 2:34
15. Harold Burrage - I Don't Care Who Knows - 2:26

TRACKS 1-10 AND 13-14 - 1956, TRACK 11-13 AND 15 -1957



CD6:MAGIC SAM, OTIS RUSH, HAROLD BURRAGE AND MORE


1. All Your Love - 2:56
2. Love Me With A Feeling - 2:08
3. Love That Woman - 3:00
4. Jump Sister Bessie - 2:34
5. Satisfied - 2:52
6. My Love - 2:17
7. Shake It - 2:26
8. Look Whactha Done - 2:12
9. Everything Gonna Be Alright - 2:54
10. Eli Toscana Blues - 1:45
11. Three Times A Fool - 2:50
12. She's A Good'un - 2:48
13. Ain't Gonna Cry - 2:00
14. All Night Long - 2:48
15. I Cry For You - 2:30
16. All My Life - 2:14

TRACK 10-1956, TRACKS 1-9, 11-13 1957, TRACKS 14-16 1958



CD7: OTIS RUSH (1958), BUDDY GUY AND HIS BAND, MAGIC SAM AND MORE


1. It Takes Time - 2:49
2. Checkin' On My Baby - 2:56
3. Row Your Boat - 3:13
4. Sit And Cry - 3:01
5. Try To Quit You Baby - 2:36
6. Easy Baby - 3:34
7. 21 Days In Jail - 2:42
8. Call Me If You Need Me - 3:03
9. Roll Your Moneymaker - 2:45
10. Double Trouble - 2:42
11. Keep On Loving Me - 2:31
12. This Is The End - 2:58
13. You Sure Can't Do - 2:38
14. All Your Love - 2:37
15. My Baby's A Good'un - 2:39
16. Down And Out - 3:07



CD8:WILLIE DIXON (1959)


1. Nervous - 3:16
2. Good Understanding - 2:16
3. That's My Baby - 3:22
4. Slim's Thing - 3:23
5. That's All I Want Baby - 2:16
6. Don't You Tell Nobody - 2:08
7. Youth To You - 3:21
8. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - 3:23
9. Built For Comfort - 2:33
10. I Got A Razor - 4:12
11. Go Easy - 5:51
12. Move Me - 3:19



CD9:WILLIE DIXON AND MEMPHIS SLIM (1960)


1. Choo Choo - 3:02
2. 4 O'Clock Boogie - 3:19
3. Rub My Root - 4:14
4. C Rocker - 3:20
5. Home To Mama - 4:59
6. Shaky - 3:38
7. After Hours - 3:50
8. One More Time - 2:49
9. John Henry - 2:34
10. Now Howdy - 5:54



CD10:MEMPHIS SLIM AND WILLIE DIXON (1960)


1. Joogie Boogie - 3:25
2. Stewball - 3:33
3. John Henry - 2:23
4. Kansas City No 1, 2 & 3 - 7:49
5. Have You Ever Been To Nashville - 2:28
6. Roll And Tumble - 2:56
7. Beer Drinking Woman - 2:30
8. Chicago House Rent Party - 4:58
9. 44 Blues - 2:32
10. Unlucky - 2:40





Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (1970)




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



Willie Dixon & Johnny Winter - Crying The Blues (1971)




01. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues 4:43
02. Spoonful 4:54
03. I Just Wanna Make Love To You 5:57
04. Chicago Here I Come 2:34
05. Tore Down 4:39
06. You Know It Ain't Right 4:22
07. Mean MistereaterBaby What You Want Me To Do 9:17
08. Roach Stew 5:42
09. Killing Floor 3:52

Willie Dixon - vocals,bass
Johnny Winter - guitar
Lee Jackson - guitar
Lafatette Leake - piano
Shakey Horton - harmonica