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Jazz Musician of the Day: Willie Dixon
All About Jazz is celebrating Willie Dixon's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Willie DixonWillie Dixon - acoustic bass, guitar, vocal, composer (1915 - 1992) Willie Dixon was a prolific blues songwriter with more than 500 compositions to his credit. Born and raised in Mississippi... more ...
Howlin' Wolf: Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964
by Mike Perciaccante
Through the years, Howlin' Wolf's 1964 performances in Germany have reached legendary status. Many different recordings of these concerts have surfaced in many different configurations. Rockin' The Blues: Live in Germany 1964 remained previously unreleased in the United States, until now. This Acrobat Music set was recorded in Bremen at The American Folk Blues ...
John Lee Hooker, Jr. in Essen, Germany
by Phillip Woolever
John Lee Hooker, Jr. Zeche Carl Essen, Germany March 29, 2009 John Lee Hooker, Jr. brought his slick, blues-based revue to a small corner of the Rhineland and proved that a true artist knows no boundaries. The son also rises,indeed. The location had to be among the most out-of-the-way ...
The Best Live Recordings: Rock and Beyond...
by C. Michael Bailey
Original Preface, 2004 Okay, Okay. I noted that I had said that I would conclude my list of The Top Ten Live Rock Recordings with a list of five rather than ten other live discs to be considered. I love live music and that is why I hedged. Here are a couple more recordings deserving some ...
Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music
by Mark Corroto
The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...
Wille Dixon's Big Three Boogie
By Willie Dixon
Label: Catfish Records (UK)
Released: 2001
Track listing: Appetite Blues / If the Sea Was Whiskey / Since My Baby Been Gone / 88 Boogie / You Sure Look Good To Me / Big Three Boogie / I Feel Like Steppin' Out / No One To Love Me / No More Sweet Potatoes / Big Three Stomp / I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man / Signifying Monkey / Just Can't Let Her Be / Reno Blues / Tell That Woman / Ebony Rhapsody / Hard Notch Boogie Beat / Money Tree Blues / After While / I'll Be Right Someday
Willie Dixon: Wille Dixon's Big Three Boogie
by Joe Milazzo
What remains to be written about Willie Dixon? He will most likely never be known much for his bass playing, but rather because he was arguably the preeminent blues lyricist of the post-war era, an activist and agitator for the rights of musicians of the folk tradition, and the guiding spirit of one of this country's ...
Confessin' the Blues
Label: Chess
Released: 1974
Track listing: It Ain't Right; Rocker; I Got To Find My Baby; Lights Out; One More Chance With You; Crazy Legs; Temperature; I Got To Go; Crazy Mixed-Up World; Quarter To Twelve; Confessin' The Blues; The Toddle; Up The Line; Rock Bottom; Mean Old Frisco.
