Willie Dixon
Subtitle: preacher of the blues
By: Mitsutoshi Inaba.
Series: African American cultural theory and heritage
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780810869936; 9780810869943
Subjects: Dixon, Willie, -- 1915-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation; Blues (Music) -- History and criticism; Blues (Music) -- Analysis, appreciation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dixon's youth : the cultural basis for the new interpretation of Dixon's compositions; title: Dixon's early musical experiences; title: Willie Dixon's early groups; title: Willie Dixon and Chess Records; title: Willie Dixon's compositions in the first Chess Records period (1953-1956); title: Cobra Records period; title: The second Chess Records period.