Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon
Aside from Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon was perhaps the greatest blues songwriter ever known. Schooled in the Delta Blues, Willie Dixon wrote a bunch of blues standards that have been covered by such artists as Johnny Winter, Cream , Led Zeppelin , Jeff Beck, The Doors , Allman Brothers , Steppenwolf and a host of others. He also was a session musician playing the stand-up “dog house” bass and recorded with the likes of Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf and Johnny Winter. He released the classic blues album on Columbia entitled “I Am The Blues”. He wrote such classics as “Built For Comfort” , “Hoochie Koochie Man” , “Spoonful”, “I Ain’t Superstitous”, “You Shook Me”, “I Can’t Quit You Baby”, “Backdoor Man”, “Little Red Rooster”, “The Same Thing” and “Wang Dang Doodle”. He died in poverty of natural causes at the age of 76 on January 29th , 1992.