I Am the Blues

Occupation

I Am the Blues is a Chicago blues album by Willie Dixon, in 1970 released on Columbia / Legacy.

General

To name an album I Am the Blues, may sound immodest, but in this case it is no exaggeration. Willie Dixon is one of the musicians who formed the Chicago blues. He was, particularly in the years that he worked at Chess Records, the main songwriter and producer of the Chicago blues. From his pen came some of the classic titles of the genre. On this album, Dixon gathered nine of his songs from the 1950s and 1960s - years and took it with a studio band of major Chicago blues musicians like Walter Horton scratch.

The album was reissued on CD in a digitally edited version in 2008, earlier there were some re-releases. The new edition is part of the Legacy Roots N 'Blues series.

Title list

Original performers

  • Howlin ' Wolf: Back Door Man (1961 ), Spoonful (1960 ) I Is not Superstitious, The Little Red Rooster (1961 )
  • Muddy Waters You Shook Me ( 1962 ) ( I'm Your ) Hoochie Coochie Man (1954 ) The Same Thing ( 1964)
  • Willie Mabon: The Seventh Son (1955 )
  • Otis Rush: I Can not Quit You, Baby ( 1956)

Critics votes

  • Bruce Eder AMG - none of the performances here are likely to make you forget the hits by Howlin 'Wolf, Muddy Waters and others. ( None of the performances you can here the hits of Howlin 'Wolf, Muddy Waters and forget the others. )
  • Jazz Times: [T ] he LP HAS to air of relaxed informality about it, thanks to the way it showcases Dixon reinterpreting a selection of what had, by did time, become self- penned blues standards ... " ( The LP has a, the Blue standards have become touch of looseness, which is due to the way Willie Dixon interprets a selection. )
Record label Big Walter Horton
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