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Willie Dixon wore a lot of hats. He sang gospel as a young man, was a boxer for a time, and was even imprisoned as a draft dodger. He was also a versatile musician -- a bass player, songwriter, producer, and arranger -- and without him, modern blues might well not exist. This wonderfully conceived four-disc, 100-track box set covers all the dimensions of Dixon's musical career, with a disc each devoted to Dixon as a performer, session musician, and songwriter, with a final disc that shows him as a general all-around fix-it man for Chess and Cobra Records. Writing "Spoonful" alone would have assured Dixon a place in the blues story, but as this set shows, he did so much more than that. ~ Steve Leggett

Tracks

1. It's Just the Blues - Four Jumps of Jive
2. Sweet Louise - Five Breezes
3. Signifying Monkey - Big Three Trio
4. Walking the Blues - Dixon, Willie
5. I Got a Razor - Memphis Slim
6. My Love Will Never Die - Big Three Trio
7. Built for Comfort - Memphis Slim
8. Minute and Hour Blues - Five Breezes
9. No One to Love Me - Big Three Trio
10. Pain in My Heart - Dixon, Willie
11. Unlucky - Memphis Slim
12. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man - Big Three Trio
13. Swinging the Blues - Five Breezes
14. Move Me - Memphis Slim
15. Big Three Boogie - Big Three Trio
16. Roll and Tumble - Memphis Slim
17. 29 Ways - Dixon, Willie
18. Violent Love - Big Three Trio
19. Just a Jitterbug - Five Breezes
20. Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
21. Don't Let That Music Die - Big Three Trio
22. Go Easy - Memphis Slim
23. You Sure Look Good to Me - Big Three Trio
24. Crazy for My Baby - Dixon, Willie
25. If the Sea Was Whiskey - Big Three Trio

1. Ebony Rhapsody - Howard, Rosetta
2. Sweet Black Angel - Nighthawk, Robert
3. How I Got Over - Ballinger, Robert
4. Hoodoo Man - Wells, Junior
5. Maybellene - Berry, Chuck
6. Got My Mojo Working - Waters, Muddy
7. Mona (I Need My Baby) - Diddley, Bo
8. Tomorrow Night - Wells, Junior
9. Meet Me in Your Hometown - Reed, Jimmy
10. Fattening Frogs for Snakes - Williamson, Sonny Boy
11. Can't This Be Mine - Hall, Freddie
12. Mannish Boy - Waters, Muddy
13. Be Careful What You Do (I Would Hate to See You Go) - Brim, John
14. 'Bout the Break of Day - Wells, Junior
15. Try to Quit You Baby - Guy, Buddy
16. Last Night - Little Walter
17. Sincerely - Moonglows
18. I Could Cry - Wells, Junior
19. 24 Hours - Boyd, Eddie
20. This Train - Ballinger, Robert
21. Mellow Chick Swing - Williamson, Sonny Boy
22. Soap and Water Blues - Washboard Sam
23. Lovey Dovey Lovey One - Wells, Junior
24. Walking by Myself - Rogers, Jimmy
25. Johnny B. Goode - Berry, Chuck

1. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Waters, Muddy
2. The Seventh Son - Mabon, Willie
3. My Babe - Little Walter
4. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
5. Sit and Cry (The Blues) - Guy, Buddy
6. Hidden Charms - Clark, Charles
7. Close to You - Waters, Muddy
8. Pretty Thing - Diddley, Bo
9. Cha Cha Cha in Blue - Wells, Junior
10. Killer Diller - Everett, Betty
11. Do Me Right - Fulson, Lowell
12. I'm Ready - Waters, Muddy
13. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
14. Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
15. Diddy Wah Diddy - Diddley, Bo
16. I Can't Hold Out (Talk to Me Baby) - James, Elmore
17. Fishin' in My Pond - Jackson, Lee
18. Just Make Love to Me - Waters, Muddy
19. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
20. Third Degree - Boyd, Eddie
21. Tollin' Bells - Fulson, Lowell
22. Two Headed Woman - Wells, Junior
23. When the Lights Go Out - Witherspoon, Jimmy
24. Young Fashioned Ways - Waters, Muddy
25. Wang Dang Doodle - Howlin' Wolf

1. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Rush, Otis
2. Love Me with a Feeling - Magic Sam
3. The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
4. Have a Good Time - Horton, Walter
5. Keep on Loving Me Baby - Rush, Otis
6. Crying the Blues - Foster, Little Willie
7. All My Whole Life - Magic Sam
8. Forty Four - Howlin' Wolf
9. When I Find My Baby - Stidham, Arbee
10. It Takes Time - Rush, Otis
11. It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
12. All Night Long - Magic Sam
13. Row Your Boat - Clark, Charles
14. You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty
15. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
16. Sit Down Baby - Rush, Otis
17. My Life Depends on You - Everett, Betty
18. 21 Days in Jail - Magic Sam
19. Need My Baby - Horton, Walter
20. Satisfied - Burrage, Harold
21. I Can't Quit You Baby - Rush, Otis
22. Little Girl - Foster, Little Willie
23. Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty
24. My Love - Everett, Betty
25. All Your Love - Magic Sam