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Book Review: When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) But he was a man who came to know and work with many of his mentors and compatriots like Magic Sam, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson II, John Lee Hooker, and Guy's longtime partner, Junior Wells. He knew the ins and outs of the ...
Black L.I. police official settles bias suit New York Daily News Willie Dixon was the first black assistant chief in the history of the Hempstead Police Department, but was says he ws treated like a second-hand citizen. Dixon, 62, was forced to retire at a lower rank despite being cleared of a slew of unfounded ...
Lionel Young opens Orange City summer series Sioux City Journal The classically-trained Young will bring his distinctive brand of blues on the electric violin, playing originals plus interpretations of blues classics by T Bone Walker, Willie Dixon, Freddy King, Sam Cooke, and more.
Nobody Gets Out of Here Without Talking 'Bout the Blues. And Race. And Gender. Patch.com By Casey Cora It's been a long time since blues legend Willie Dixon said that, and the country has made many strides in equality, music and social justice. But what about within the world of blues music? That's one of the main questions to be discussed ...
Theater Review: 'It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues' is a solid crowd-pleaser OregonLive.com Rayford's delivery of the Willie Dixon blues standard "Hoochie Coochie Man," was all undulation and shimmy. But "Crawlin' King Snake," performed with guitar by Chic Street Man, brought new meaning to undulation in a sassy, sensual, ...
Freedom Creek - all blues, all day The Commercial Dispatch "I was Jimmy Lee's band director for years; I played with Little Walter a lot, and Willie Dixon for about three years," he cited. "I guess you'd say my music has the feeling of everybody I played with." That list includes West Point native Howlin' Wolf ...
Other albums: May 25 Scottish Daily Record Blues rock guitar favourite Bonamassa covers epic artists, including Tom Waits, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf and Bill Withers. The return of The Cult after a lengthy absence and ahead of a tour with 80s contemporaries The Mission and Killing Joke.
Relix Premiere: Little Feat "Rooster Rag" Relix ... material since 2003's Kickin' It at the Barn, the album is comprised of 10 brand new songs including four collaborations with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter plus two blues classics, one from Mississippi John Hurt and one from Willie Dixon.
Buddy Guy on "When I Left Home" Minnesota Public Radio Sometimes he takes a jab: Songwriter Willie Dixon was stingy about sharing credit, guitarist Albert King was a tightwad, label owner Leonard Chess never paid royalties or recorded him at his extroverted best. He has fonder memories of the young white ...
"My Babe" Has Gospel Roots KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest Willie Dixon was nothing if not a shrewd songwriter, able to tap into the sound of the moment. In 1955, just days after Ray Charles re-worked the gospel song “It Must Be Jesus” into the hit “I Got A Woman”, Dixon took Little Walter into the studio to ...
