Giant of the Blues [PA] [Digipak]

Performer: Willie Dixon
Artist: The Big Three Trio
Producer: Alfie Falckenbach (Compilation)
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist

Notes: Personnel: Willie Dixon (vocals); Ollie Crawford (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Bernardo Dennis, Jimmy Rogers , Johnny Winter, Lowell Fulson, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, Bo Diddley (vocals, guitar); Howlin' Wolf (vocals, harmonica); Eddie Boyd, Leonard Caston, Willie Mabon (vocals, piano); Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Dave Myers, Lee Cooper, Hubert Sumlin, Jody Williams, Louis Myers, Luther Tucker, Robert Lockwood, Jr. (guitar); Little Willie Smith, Little Walter, Shakey Horton, Billy Boy Arnold (harmonica); Earl Singers Brown (alto saxophone); Eddie Chamblee, Little Sax Crowder, Harold Ashby (tenor saxophone); Ernest Lane, Lafayette Leake, Lloyd Green, Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim (piano); Clifton James, Earl Phillips, Francis Clay, Fred Below, Percy Walker, Charles Saunders, Elgin Evans, Al Duncan , Frank Kirkland (drums); Jerome Green (maracas). Liner Note Author: Alfie Falckenbach. Recording information: Bremen, Germany; Liberty Hall, Houston, TX. Author: Willie Dixon. When Willie Dixon left his native Mississippi and traveled north to Chicago, he almost single-handedly dragged the blues with him into the modern era, giving the country blues a hard, new sheen with his deft songwriting, sturdy bass playing, and his considerable talents as a producer and arranger. This two-disc, 47-track set catches Dixon wearing all of his hats, with the first disc featuring him in the studio and in concert (including several live tracks with Johnny Winter) and the second spotlighting his bass playing and production work with the likes of Robert Nighthawk, Eddie Boyd, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Lowell Fulson, Bo Diddley, Willie Mabon, and Howlin' Wolf. What emerges is a well-rounded portrait and introduction to one of the major architects of the modern blues sound. ~ Steve Leggett

Chicago blues legend Willie Dixon was both house bassist and songwriter for the seminal Chess label in the 1950s through the early 1960s, providing material and/or accompaniment for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Koko Taylor, et al. His songs have left an indelible mark on the identity of urban blues. His many classics are known primarily in their renditions by other stellar blues luminaries, but his fully engaged manner lit up his own studio work as well.

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