Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues [Full DVD].mp4
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2012
- Willie Dixon (né le 1er juillet 1915 et mort le 29 janvier 1992) était un musicien, contrebassiste, compositeur, arrangeur, producteur et chanteur de blues américain. Son influence artistique chez Chess Records, autant que son rôle au début de la carrière de Chuck Berry et de Bo Diddley, ont été prépondérants. Par ses multiples talents, il a largement contribué à façonner une bonne partie du Chicago blues de l'immédiate après-guerre.
Il est né William James Dixon à Vicksburg dans le Mississippi. Au cours de son enfance, il se frotte à plusieurs reprises avec la justice ce qui l'amène à quitter le Mississippi pour Chicago en auto-stop.
Là bas, grâce à sa carrure imposante, il devient boxeur et parvient même à gagner le titre Golden Gloves dans la catégorie poids-lourd en 1936. Parallèlement à cela, Dixon apprend la contrebasse mais ses progrès sont arrêtés quand il résiste à un recrutement pour la Seconde Guerre mondiale et est emprisonné pour dix mois.
Après la guerre, il retrouve son professeur, Leonard Baby Doo Caston, avec qui il forme le Big Three Trio et enregistre pour Columbia Records. Dans la foulée, Dixon signe pour Chess Records comme musicien de studio jusqu'en 1951 où il devient employé à plein temps du label. Ses relations avec Chess sont alors parfois tendues mais il laisse son empreinte sur le label de 1948 au début des années 1960.
Dans les années 1970 et 1980, sa santé se détériore en grande partie à cause du diabète qu'il avait depuis plusieurs années et qui le contraindra par la suite à être amputé d'une jambe. Il remporte un Grammy Award du Meilleur disque de Blues traditionnel en 1989. C'est également à cette époque que Willie Dixon est promu au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Willie Dixon meurt à la suite d'une défaillance cardiaque à Burbank en Californie le 29 janvier 1992 et est enterré au Burr Oak Cemetery à Alsip dans l'Illinois.
L'influence de ses années chez Chess reste prodigieuse. Il ira même jusqu'à affirmer une fois "I am the blues" (je suis le blues). Il est en effet une des influences majeures du genre que ce soit à travers son écriture originale et variée, ses performances scéniques, ses enregistrements ou son vaste travail de production.
Son jeu de contrebasse était de grande qualité. On peut l'entendre par exemple sur les premiers enregistrements de Chuck Berry qui font le lien entre le blues et la naissance du rock 'n' roll.
Le génie de Dixon en tant que compositeur, tient dans sa capacité à transformer des thèmes musicaux archaïques du sud en des arrangements contemporains. Cela donne des chansons avec des fondations de blues et la légèreté de la musique pop. Les groupes de rhythm and blues britanniques des années 1960 par exemple se sont beaucoup inspirés du catalogue de chansons de Dixon.
Willie Dixon reste célèbre pour son travail comme producteur pour Chess Records à Chicago et est considéré comme un des personnages clés dans la création du Chicago blues. Il travailla notamment avec Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon et Memphis Slim.
Par la suite, un de ses grands succès fut de réunir de célèbres musiciens de blues pour créer des ensembles de Chicago blues qu'il envoyait tourner en Europe.
Without Willie, there would not be a Led Zeppelin. His writing is legendary
No Rolling Stones also perhaps!
Had the terrific good fortune to visit Chess Studios a few years ago...
"on duty" was Willie's grandson---amazingly he brought out the original "bass fiddle" for us to see...and hold!!
Still amazed at the music history that instrument must have witnessed!
He was such a cool dude, he let me hold it too and was like I just remember him as my grandfather who got me kicked out of preschool for fighting 🤣🤣 it was cool for the descendent of one of the all time greats to be keeping the spirit alive… he also told us a story about being drank under the table by bb king 🤣🤣
Merci infiniment pour cette histoire formidable d'un musicien incroyable et quelle classe! même s'il chante des chansons sexy!
J'aime beaucoup le blues , et l'histoire du blues , ces racines ... beaucoup de respect !
super
He should have statue in Chicago the man was Special very Special ❤
we saw him the last time he played Chicago@tge Park West---awesome to say the least!!!!
I play bass and revere Willie Dixon. His bass line of Johnny B Goode is amazing. Always fit in.
I was fortunate to see Willie Dixon at the Long Beach Blues Festival back in 1983. To me he’s right up there with Robert Johnson.
He's known as the poet laureate of the blues ...!
So LUCKY to see this tour at THE Commodore In Vancouver B.C. Made me love the Blues even more.
His son was playing the electric bass Lil' Willie on harp, so many GODS onstage at once!
Love This !!!!!!!!! Every Since I Was A Little One... Upon Arriving in Chicago at 10 yrs Old -- First hand lessons from these cats was an amazing experience and a Blessing.. My Times Fly !
They're all Blues Men. Willie Dixon is the second performer.
Had the pleasure of meeting him while he was touring, promoting the book.
What a lineup Willie had with this band. Holy cow...
Great post and wonderful video. Thank you! I was lucky enough to see him in the 70's. He stood in for BB King. People left the audience when they announced he was the replacement...they missed the show of a lifetime. He arrived in a huge, old, car on the stage...maybe even pink. He rocked the place down. I'm so glad I missed BB for once. It gave me the chance of a lifetime. Thanks for the great music & fun memories. My best, Moppet
Ouahhh !!!!Lucky you, thank you for having shared this story!!
Butch Dixon on piano, Clifton James on drums and Mike Morrison on bass.
Tenk'mister'dixon😊
Homenagem ao meu irmão que partiu
Ten likes 👍 for these men, true bluesmen !
The blues are the roots to the tree of music, and without the blues, being the powerful roots that they are the fruit that the tree bears will not be good. The blues is the blues. It is life every day honesty every day feelings every day the blues are the greatest form of music.
Wonderful ! Thanks for sharing !
Willie Dixon (1 de julho de 1915 - 29 de janeiro de 1992) foi um músico, baixista, compositor, arranjador, produtor e cantor de blues americano. A sua influência artística na Chess Records, bem como o seu papel no início das carreiras de Chuck Berry e Bo Diddley, foram preponderantes. Através de seus múltiplos talentos, ele contribuiu amplamente para moldar grande parte do blues de Chicago do período imediato do pós-guerra.
Ele nasceu William James Dixon em Vicksburg, Mississippi. Durante sua infância, ele teve vários problemas com a lei, o que o levou a deixar o Mississippi e ir para Chicago pedindo carona.
Lá, graças à sua constituição imponente, tornou-se boxeador e ainda conseguiu conquistar o título Luvas de Ouro na categoria peso pesado em 1936. Ao mesmo tempo, Dixon aprendeu contrabaixo, mas seu progresso foi interrompido quando resistiu ao recrutamento para a Guerra Mundial. II e ficou preso por dez meses.
Após a guerra, ele se reuniu com seu professor, Leonard Baby Doo Caston, com quem formou o Big Three Trio e gravou para a Columbia Records. Dixon posteriormente assinou com a Chess Records como músico de estúdio até 1951, quando se tornou funcionário em tempo integral da gravadora. Suas relações com o xadrez foram por vezes tensas, mas ele deixou sua marca na gravadora de 1948 até o início dos anos 1960.
Nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, a sua saúde deteriorou-se em grande parte devido à diabetes que sofria há vários anos e que posteriormente o forçou a amputar uma das pernas. Ele ganhou um Grammy de Melhor Disco de Blues Tradicional em 1989. Foi também nessa época que Willie Dixon foi promovido ao Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Willie Dixon morreu de insuficiência cardíaca em Burbank, Califórnia, em 29 de janeiro de 1992 e está enterrado no Cemitério Burr Oak em Alsip, Illinois.
A influência de seus anos no xadrez continua prodigiosa. Ele chegou ao ponto de dizer uma vez "Eu sou o blues". Ele é de facto uma das maiores influências do género, seja através da sua escrita original e variada, das suas actuações em palco, das suas gravações ou do seu extenso trabalho de produção.
Seu contrabaixo era de alta qualidade. Podemos ouvi-lo, por exemplo, nas primeiras gravações de Chuck Berry que fazem a ligação entre o blues e o nascimento do rock 'n' roll.
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A genialidade de Dixon como compositor reside em sua capacidade de transformar temas musicais arcaicos do sul em arranjos contemporâneos. Isso resulta em músicas com fundamentos de blues e a leveza da música pop. Grupos britânicos de ritmo e blues da década de 1960, por exemplo, basearam-se fortemente no catálogo de canções de Dixon.
Willie Dixon continua famoso por seu trabalho como produtor da Chess Records em Chicago e é considerado uma das figuras-chave na criação do blues de Chicago. Ele trabalhou com Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon e Memphis Slim.
Posteriormente, um de seus grandes sucessos foi reunir músicos de blues famosos para criar conjuntos de blues de Chicago que ele enviou em turnê pela Europa.
Willie ' I am the Blues Dixon'. R.I.P.
Jungle Swing. Beautiful! 🤩
"Wang Dang Doodle" is scary awesome. Peace. Out.
Some seem confused about who Willie Dixon really was. He played bass on just about every record produced at Chess Records it seems, including most of the Chuck Berry rock and roll classics. He was also a prolific song writer, with his compositions being recorded by everyone from Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Rivers to Muddy Waters.
Yes, he wrote most of Howlin wolf, Muddy Waters and little Walters etc etc ..'hits'
Excellent cour d'histoire Merci , jais le DVD il et super ♥♥♥
maravilhoso poder ouvir e ver novamente essa lenda do blues
The Master, Willie Dixon!!!
great band so much control, mellow down easy ❤
Du vrai Blues, j'aime
1. I Just Want to Make Love to You 0:00
2. Sandy Field 5:30
3. I Got the Blues 11:20
4. Built for Comfort 18:18
5. Seventh Son
6. Jungle Song
7. Peace
8. Wang Dang Doodle
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It's not Jungle Song, it's Jungle SWING
Rory Gallagher played "Seventh son" and "Wand Dang Doodle" during shows but didn't record them. I don't remember he named Willie Dixon among the blues men who influenced him, he payed homages to Bo Diddley but he could have done for Willie Dixon too. We found much things alike in Rory's cover of WDD
Wonderful blues thanks.
Love you Willie Dixon
GRACIAS !!!
Muito obrigado por postar esse grande show!!!
j'aime le blues
Wonderful!!
Great !!!
grande grande
These guys had nothing to undetrsand from Siostakovich, Shoenberg, Ravel and so on :
they are perfect in their own way !
Con ustedes..!!! El Señor Willie Dixon preparense a deleitar sus oidos y refrescar su alma...
Not sure what a Blues man LOOKS LIKE! Its the MUSIC and the VOICE that make the BLUES. Not their appearance!!!!!
Good music
Res enkratno, užitek!!!
The big boss
14:10 Carey Bell just bringin' it like a boss!
Setlist:
1. I Just Want to Make Love to You
2. Sandy Field
3. I Got the Blues
5. Seventh Son
6. Jungle Song
7. Peace
8. Wang Dang Doodle
Carrie Bell... on harp.
Jhon watkins on guitar
Merci pour la vidéo et sa description. Dommage quand même que les entrevues n'aient pas été sous-titrées en anglais et dans d'autres langues ; Même si les sous-titrages générés par UA-cam sont médiocres, ça aide à mieux comprendre les "discours", surtout quand le son manque de clarté.
You do know which one is Willie Dixon, right? I think the title says it all. He is the blues.
A blues diety
John lee Hoover
Best version of "I just wanna make love to you" or ?
He looks like a politician not a blues man. Appearance matters in the world of BLUES. THE SECOND GUY IS A TRUE BLUES MAN.
LOL
BBking is the blues... Sorry for that but its true... ;)
Datsik oh look you have an opinion. great.
+Datsik : The Blues (capital B) existed long before BB was born, and he was just a chapter in a much larger book, as great as he was. Willie Dixon is one of the Top Ten most influential Blues/Jazz musicians of all time, as is BB. Widen your vision, Sir.
BB King couldn't unlace Willie Dixon's boots. Get the Willie Dixon Chess box. Play his duet with Koko Taylor, 'Insane Asylum', and crank it. That will cure you of your BB King fixation, and you will know what's what.
Bb king was overrated
Saw Willie in Salt Lake City in 1982 with the Chicago All Stars Blues Band. He was using a cane to get around, but he really made that stand-up Bass purr!!!