The Chess Box (Willie Dixon album)

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The Chess Box
Willie Dixon's compilation album

Publication
(s)

1988

Label (s) Chess Records

Format (s)

2 CD

Genre (s)

Blues , Chicago blues

Title (number)

36

occupation u. a.

Muddy Waters , Bo Diddley , Koko Taylor , Howlin 'Wolf , Sonny Boy Williamson II , Little Walter

The Chess Box is an album that gives an overview of Willie Dixon's work as a musician, producer and songwriter. It was released on November 22, 1988 by Chess Records . In addition to some of his own songs, the double CD box contains all the essential songs that identify Willie Dixon as the most important songwriter of the Chicago blues, such as Hoochie Coochie Man , Spoonful , I'm Ready , Wang Dang Doodle , Little Red Rooster , I. Ain't Superstitious and I Just Want to Make Love to You . The recordings of the songs include Muddy Waters , Howlin 'Wolf , Sonny Boy Williamson II , Little Walter and Bo Diddley . In addition to the CDs, the box also contains a 16-page booklet with detailed liner notes and data on the individual songs. In 1990 the album was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

After listening to the CDs, one buyer commented: "I've always liked Willie Dixon, but I didn't know how influential he was." The album documents that influence.

Track list

Chess Box Songs DISC 1 :

  1. My Babe - Little Walter
  2. Violent Love - The Big Three
  3. Third Degree - Eddie Boyd
  4. Seventh Son - Willie Mabon
  5. Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon
  6. Pain in My Heart - Willie Dixon
  7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
  8. Evil - Howlin 'Wolf
  9. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
  10. When the Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon
  11. Young Fashioned Ways - Muddy Waters
  12. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley
  13. I'm Ready - Muddy Waters
  14. Do Me Right - Lowell Fulson
  15. I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters
  16. Tollin 'Bells - Lowell Fulson
  17. 29 Ways - Willie Dixon
  18. Walkin 'the Blues - Willie Dixon

Chess Box Songs DISC 2 :

  1. Spoonful - Howlin 'Wolf
  2. You Know My Love - Otis Rush
  3. You Can't Judge a Book by It's Cover - Bo Diddley
  4. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin 'Wolf
  5. You Need Love - Muddy Waters
  6. Little Red Rooster - Howlin 'Wolf
  7. Back Door Man - Howlin 'Wolf
  8. Dead Presidents - Little Walter
  9. Hidden Charms - Howlin 'Wolf
  10. You Shook Me - Muddy Waters
  11. Bring It on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
  12. 300 pounds of Joy - Howlin 'Wolf
  13. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind - Willie Dixon
  14. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
  15. The Same Thing - Muddy Waters
  16. Built For Comfort - Howlin 'Wolf
  17. I Can't Quit You Baby - Little Milton
  18. Insane Asylum - Koko Taylor

Criticism

  • Dixon is regarded as something of an elder statesman, composer, and spokesperson of American blues. Bruce Eder
  • ... its only disappointment is that its label-centricity excludes Dixon's work for Cobra with then-youngsters Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. Ted Drozdowski
  • ... but since he didn't write anything for Chuck Berry, that side of Dixon's history is left out, despite his having played bass on most of Berry's early recordings. Bruce Eder

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blues Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blues.org
  2. ↑ http://www.cduniverse.com
  3. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000959770
  4. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Box-Willie-Dixon/dp/B000002P8I/ref=cm_cr_pr_orig_subj#moreAboutThisProduct
  5. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000198333