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Chess Records' 2-disc set paying tribute to one of the giants of the Blues.

Dixon wasn't really a front-man - although there are a handful of his own releases here - but he wrote or co-wrote many of the classics of the Blues, and played double-bass on most of the selections here, until electric bass became pre-eminent.

Featured artists include Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Koko Taylor, Bo Diddley, Lowell Fulson, Otis Rush, Little Walter, & Sonny Boy Williamson II.

Those of you with a taste for late '60s UK Blues will recognise songs popularised by Cream, The Rolling Stones, and in particular Led Zeppelin. In fact, a lot of Zeppelin's first two albums are to be found here.

Great collection of great Blues.


AllMusic 5/5 stars.

Great choice, Tiggi. Mr. Dixon was a complete music man, not least in making sure other artists got the royalties they'd been screwed out of for decades...and went after plagiarists too. Not a man to mess with (Golden Gloves boxing champ). This box is the 1st of the box sets on Blues artists and a grand job it is. After 20+ years as writer/producer/sideman, the times passed him by in the US so he did the logical thing: put together groups to tour Europe to rapturous receptions everywhere. Some tunes (not all from the box):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-POnP8O2R0 << heard this one before, have you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyAY3DQkLj0 <<...And this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpxNJcNRwFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSc3wM8fakk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3E-70u4g0 << some sage advice. A back-porch-session piece
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTdjv0VjTU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTdjv0VjTU
[/URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvNn8ZHAMb0 << Stevie Wonder had an entirely different song with this title...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alNkcMrDP90
BONUS: A full concert--be amazed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_aXT0WsC1U