Poet of the Blues

by Willie Dixon

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:32
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection honouring the Chicago bassist and songwriter behind many of Chess Records' defining blues sides. Dixon's own performances sit alongside the songs he wrote for Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, bluesy, acoustic, soulful, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Back Door Man (6:07)
  2. I Can't Quit You Baby (6:39)
  3. The Seventh Son (4:15)
  4. Spoonful (4:56)
  5. I Ain't Superstitious (4:03)
  6. You Shook Me (4:15)
  7. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (4:48)
  8. Little Red Rooster (3:36)
  9. The Same Thing (4:40)
  10. Big 3 Stomp (3:03)
  11. Tell That Woman (2:36)
  12. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man (2:56)
  13. It's All Over Now (2:36)
  14. You Don't Love Me No More (2:18)
  15. If The Sea Was Whiskey (3:02)
  16. O.C. Bounce (2:17)
  17. Money Tree Blues (2:42)
  18. No One To Love Me (2:49)
  19. Cool Kind Woman Blues (2:18)
  20. Juice-Head Bartender (2:44)
  21. Signifying Monkey (2:52)

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