I Am the Blues

by Willie Dixon

Overview

I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work - as songwriter, bassist, producer, and arranger - with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry which shaped the definitive Chicago blues sound of Chess Records; and his legal battles to recapture the rights to his historic catalog of songs.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Columbia / Columbia/Legacy / Legacy
UPC:	0886972387222

Tracks

1. Back Door Man
2. I Can't Quit You, Baby
3. The Seventh Son
4. Spoonful
5. I Ain't Supertitious
6. You Shook Me
7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
8. The Little Red Rooster
9. The Same Thing

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Dixon   Primary Artist,Bass,Vocals

Technical Credits

Adam Block   Project Director
Mike Taylor   Composer
Abner Spector   Producer
David Mitson   Remastering,Digital Remastering
Joe Thomas   Composer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Chester Burnett   Composer
J.B. Lenoir   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Lawrence Cohn   Reissue Producer
Leonard Caston   Composer
Howard Biggs   Composer
Pete Welding   Liner Notes
Ollie Crawford   Composer
Big Mama Thornton   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Virginia Team   Cover Design
Hope Chasin   Packaging Manager