Talk:Willie Dixon

message: I do not believe that Willie Dixon ever played "bass guitar."  I think he was strictly a stand-up bass player.
Of course, if you have a source, I would stand corrected.199.233.178.253 00:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I only ever recall seeing pictures of Dixon with an upright, acoustic bass, never with an electric one.  He may have adopted their use after his classic era, though. Alcuin 14:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't "Hoochie Coochie Man" a Muddy Waters Tune covered by Dixon and not vice versa?
:I'm afraid you are wrong.  Whilst Muddy Water's version of the tune is perhaps the definitive, the words and music were composed by Willie Dixon.  Try this website (among many others for verification - http://www.lyricsdownload.com/jimi-hendrix-i-m-your-hoochie-coochie-man-lyrics.html)
:Derek R Bullamore 19:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Willie Dixon played bass on Waters' classic recordings, and I believe many of these songs were written for and first recorded by Waters or Howlin' Wolf. Alcuin 14:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Willie should get more credit for his lyrical genius. He is the principal wordsmith of the Chicago blues canon. Hoochie Coochie Man, My Babe, Wang Dang Doodle, Little Red Rooster, Back Door Man, Spoonful, Hen Or The Egg, etc. Oh, man.
Vampire of the Blues? Isn't that a pretty strong damnation to appear in a Wikipedia article ... with no more evidence than a second hand story told by a second rate rocker? I tried a google on the phrase and the Wikipedia is the only place where the phrase is seen online. I think we need a stronger case against Mr Dixon before we openly accuse him, and posthumously, of scamming songwriters and then plagiarizing their work! 216.185.253.130 16:11, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoochie Who? 

message: "Big Boss Man" - usually credited to Luther Dixon and Al Smith.  It's not listed in Dixon's autobiography.
"You Don't Love Me" - Booker T. and Kooper versions (along with those by Magic Sam, Junior Wells, Allman Bros., et al.) are credited to Willie Cobbs (although it appears he got it from Bo Diddley's "She's Fine She's Mine;" Diddley's "You Don't Love Me" is a different song).  The Big Three Trio recorded "You Don't Love Me No More" which is a different song.  Also not listed in his autobiography.
"As Long as I Have You" -  Several songs share this title.  Led Zep covered Garnett Mimms' version (which is usually credited to Jerry Ragovoy & Bob Elgin).  Dixon is credited with the version Little Walter recorded (although again it's not listed in his autobiography).
Ojorojo (talk) 17:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dixon songs? 

message: Although Dixon was better known for his songwriting and producing than his own singing, I've added a discography of his performances.  I've omitted reissues, re-releases, compilations (unless they include unreleased material), tributes and covers, at the suggestion of MOS:DISCOG.  I've tried to list the earliest instance of each album, many of which have been in and out of print several times under different labels.  Chuckiesdad/Talk/Contribs 04:46, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice job, too! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 22:49, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography 

message: It claims Dylan covered a Willie Dixon song, yet of all the songs listen on the page, Dylan is not listed as covering one. The sentence also says bands, but Dylan is not a band. I bring this up because it is possible someone snuck Bob in there. 24.0.60.105 (talk) 11:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dylan? 

message: Where is the evidence that Willie Dixon originally signed with Chess as a recording artist?  He appears to have played on one session for the predecessor to Chess, Aristocrat.  After that, I don't know of any Chess session he played on till 1952.  He was identified on the label as the bandleader behind the El-Rays in 1954, and didn't record as a leader till 1955.-RLCampbell (talk) 00:05, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the source for that was Don Snowden's liner notes for The Chess Box (1997) MCA Records, Inc., you may want to check that. I'd imagine his book, I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story, would have more details, but I don't have a copy. dissolvetalk 05:04, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dixon signing as recording artist?

message: The song titled "Who," recorded by Little Walter in 1955, is not by Willie Dixon.  It was credited on the original release to Bernard Roth (who also wrote "Just to Be with You" and "Forty Days and Forty Nights" for Muddy Waters.  So I've taken it off the list.-RLCampbell (talk) 20:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Who

message: I think we can all agree that Willie Dixon is a blues artist, not a jazz artist.  I removed the WikiProject Jazz designation.  --Archaeolojae (talk) 14:26, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Jazz?

message: (This is the first time I've signed on to the Discussion area of Wikipedia, so I hope I'm doing this correctly.)
In the section on Willie Dixon's Adulthood, it states:
Dixon, whose initial attempts at his vocation as a boxer were now dubious, began performing around Chicago and with Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, who convinced him to move towards a musical career.[5]  In 1939, was a founding member of the Five Breezes, with Caston, Joe Bell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Willie Hawthorne. 
The link to Jimmie Dale Gilmore goes to current singer and Flatlanders member Jimmie Dale Gilmore. I really doubt that this is the right Gilmore. Although he would probably be proud to have sung with Willie Dixon in Mississippi in the late 1930's, he wasn't even born until 1945 (in Texas). 
I don't want to edit the Willie Dixon page because I have no idea who the people are supposed to be. Just pointing this out to whoever wrote the article.
Hope this is where I type four tildes.
Futurepast11 (talk) 23:54, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I unlinked it. dissolvetalk 00:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adulthood Section - Links To The Wrong Jimmie Dale Gilmore 

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thread_title:  Possible copyright problem 

message: I can't tell what Willie Dixon was doing while growing up... What did Willie Dixon do while growing up? ANSWER PLEASE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loblaster (talk • contribs) 18:05, 22 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Here are a couple of bios you may want to check. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:06, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Growing up? 

message: I reworded the previous version ("proficient . . . as a vocalist") because it seems to me that he was not proficient as a singer. Dixon is not notable for his singing—he was notable for other reasons, as the article states. I hope "capable" does not sound too much like faint praise. Jwicklatz (talk) 22:00, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, capable sounds better. Anyway, "proficient" seems to be more often used for musical instruments. —Ojorojo (talk) 15:53, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A capable singer"