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Willie Dixon's life and work was virtually an embodiment of the progress of the blues, from an accidental creation of the descendants of freed slaves to a recognized and vital part of America's musical heritage.Willie Dixon's life and work was virtually an embodiment of the progress of the blues, from an accidental creation of the descendants of freed slaves to a recognized and vital part of America's musical heritage.Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, and others find their most commercially successful voices.He also studied music with a local carpenter, Theo Phelps, who taught him about harmony singing.With his bass voice, Dixon later joined a group organized by Phelps, the Union Jubilee Singers, who appeared on local radio.The two formed a duo playing on street corners, and later Dixon took up the bass as an instrument.They later formed a group, the Five Breezes, who recorded for the Bluebird label.In 1945, however, Dixon was back working with Caston in a group called the Big Three Trio, with guitarist Bernardo Dennis (later replaced by Ollie Crawford).Aristocrat (later Chess), they hired him, initially as a bassist on a 1948 session for Robert Nighthawk.The Chess brothers liked Dixon's playing, and his ski |
