Willie Dixon - I Am the Blues.

Well, at least he's the real fellow and not a third-generation pretender coming out of a music conservatory or something.

Chas - you are ornery today!

geez chas, mr. dixon probably made a more than deserved payday on the columbia album, as opposed to the chess stuff. i saw willie with the 'big three trio' once and he was great...chas and grimice...nice systems!!!

Yeah Grimace, I have an ornery-ness problem! Sorry. I do that...

Jaybo I agree completely. Willie Dixon is a bona-fide blues genius. For the post-war period his lyrics, basslines, and melodies are the pinnacle of the idiom. If anyone deserves a payday guys like him (and Wolf, Muddy, Little Walter, etc) certainly have earned whatever they got. In my opinion they should have gotten much much more. In fact I think Willie Dixion should have gotten the recognition of a Gershwin or Bernstein.

I agree. Good music and well recorded.
Makes me wish for another SPOONFUL!!!

I agree that it's a wonderful album. I've been trying to sell my second (new) copy for awhile with no takers. Where are the blues vinyl fans hiding? I also agree that Muddy's I'm Ready is great, as are most of Taj Mahal's on Columbia. Start with the self-titled first album featuring Jesse Ed Davis & Ry Cooder.