Comments on: Willie Dixon: I Am The Blues

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:47:28 +0000

My education continues. I had heard of Willie Dixon, seen his name on cheat books, never got the whole story.

What a great and rare man he must have been. Instead of just beating his own drum and pushing his own music he spent his life supporting other artists.

Thanks for posting about this man who is an inspiration to us all.

By: Hermitbiker

Hermitbiker — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:34:47 +0000

…. another fantastic review and post from the Blues Blogger…. “Willie Dixon: I Am The Blues”…. What more need be said !!

By: Howard

Howard — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:33:05 +0000

Hi my friend,

You have hit a nerve again?

Willie Dixon one of my favorites and that album I have owned and treasured for many years. I have introduced many people to Willie Dixon through it !!!

I enjoy it each time I play it…

Cheers, keep up the great work here..
Howard.

By: mvr

mvr — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:10:10 +0000

This album was remaindered in the mid-late 70s and I played it a lot for a while. The songs are mostly classics. What is interesting is that generally other people turned out the definitive versions of these songs — often with WD playing bass for them. The versions here seem a bit tamer than the ones that became hits for others. Which partly shows that some people are just genius song-writers, as opposed to vocal performers. But it is hard to cut Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf on a song, even one you wrote yourself. And it shows how much of being a great blues performer is taking a song and making it your own as well.

Still, I played this a lot in the 70s. It is a good record with great songs and also an education to pay attention to.

By: asheville jazz band

asheville jazz band — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:19:35 +0000

I had a strange evening with Willy Dixon’s son at a party in Boulder, CO. in 1998. Just to add to the mystique.