Q: What do Muddy Waters,
Howlin’ Wolf, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Steppenwolf, the Allman Brothers,
Otis Rush, Gary Moore, Koko Taylor, Canned Heat, the Stones, Steve Miller, the
Animals, Tom Petty, Sam Cooke, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Elvis, and the Everly
Brothers all have in common?
A: Willie Dixon. They all recorded Willie Dixon songs, per
Gibson’s 10 Great Willie Dixon Songs.
Oh, and Paul Butterfield,
Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, Etta James, the Pointer Sisters, Jeff Beck, James
Cotton, Hendrix, Megadeth and the White Stripes.
That’s quite a list. A hall of fame, who’s-who, Desert Island,
best-ever-playlist kind of list.
You can make your case for
Robert Johnson, or Muddy or B.B. as the most influential blues musician of all
time, but when it comes to blues songwriting, no one else comes close. It’s Willie Dixon that make the world wanna
know what this all about.
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