Willie Dixon

See also: Dixon

Willie Dixon (born on July 1st 1915 and dead the January 29th 1992) was a Musicien, Bassiste, Chanteur and Compositeur of American Blues .

Biography

It was born William James Dixon with Vicksburg in the the Mississippi. During its childhood, it rubs on several occasions with justice what leads it to leave the Mississippi for Chicago in Auto-stop.

There low, thanks to its imposing breadth, it becomes Boxe ur and even manages to gain the title Golden Gloves in the category weight-heavy in 1936. Parallel to that, Dixon learns the double bass but its progress is stopped when it resists a recruitment for the Second world war and is imprisoned for ten months.

After the war, it finds its professor, Baby Doo Caston, with which it forms the Big Three Trio and records for Columbia Records. In the tread, Dixon signs for Chess Records as Musicien of studio until in 1951 where it becomes employed full-time label. Its relations with Chess then are sometimes tended but it leaves its print on the label of 1948 at the beginning of the Années 1960.

In the Years 1970 and 1980, its health worsens mainly because of the diabetes which it had had for several years and which will force it thereafter to be amputee of a leg. It gains a Grammy Award of the Best disc of traditional Blues. It is also at that time that Willie Dixon is promoted with the Rock-and-roll Hall off Famed.

Willie Dixon dies following a heart failure with Burbank in California the January 29th 1992 and is buried with the Burr Oak Cemetery with Alsip in the Illinois.

Career

The influence of its years at Chess remains extraordinary. It will go even until affirming " once; I amndt the blues " ( I am the blues ). It is indeed one of the major influences of the kind that it is through its original and varied writing, its scenic performances, its recordings or its vast work of production.

Double bass player

Its play of Contrebasse was of great quality. One can hear it for example on the first recordings of Chuck Berry which establish the link between the Blues and the birth of the Rock “roll.

Type-setter

The genius of Dixon as a type-setter, makes a point in his capacity of transforming antiquated musical topics of the south into contemporary arrangements. That gives songs with foundations of blues and the lightness of the Pop music. The groups of Rythm and British blues of the Années 1960 for example took as a starting point much the catalog of song of Dixon.

Producer

Willie Dixon remains famous for its work as producer for Chess Records with Chicago and is regarded as one of the characters - keys in the creation of the Chicago blues. He worked in particular with Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sony Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon and Memphis Slim.

Thereafter, one of its great successes was to bring together famous musicians of blues to create whole of Chicago blues which it sent to turn in Europe.

Songs

Dixon wrote many songs of blues by producing them and by playing the part of double bass when they were recorded for the first time. Among those one can quote:

References

  • British Hit Individual - 8th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-941-2
  • The Blues - From Robert Johnson To Robert CRAY - ISBN 1-85868-255-X

See too

Bond external

  • a biography of Willie Dixon with a photograph. recopied without authorization of the site of Maxime Edrei as explained here

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