About this title: These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'rollsongs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jeff Healey. I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Visksburg Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr
Date Published: 1990-08-21
ISBN-13:9780306804151ISBN:0306804158
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780306804151ISBN:0306804158
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Edition: First Softcover Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780306804151ISBN:0306804158
Description: Very Good. 8vo. (x) 264 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a map of Chicago. The Chapters are: I Am the Blues; Postscript; Appendix 1: Willie Dixon's Individual Recordings Albums Labels; Appendix 2: Willie Dixon's Songs; Appendix 3: Willie Dixon's Studio Work; Appendix 4: Sources; Appendix 5: Film and TV Appearances; and an index. Scans are available for all books. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: QUARTET., LONDON
Date Published: 1989
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by the legendary Chicago bluesman Willie Dixon on the front endpaper. Fine in dj. Producer & arranger, superb bassist, studio bandleader & perhaps above all else a song composer of the first rank. Willie Dixon's catalogue of blues standards is staggering, including "Little Red Rooster", "Spoonful", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I'm Ready", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Bringing It Back Home", "I Ain't Superstitious, "Wang Dang Doodle", and "My Babe. " ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Quartet Books
Date Published: 01/09/1995
ISBN-13:9780704302532ISBN:0704302535
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Quartet Books: London & NY
Date Published: 1989
Description: Photos, 9.5 x 6, cloth like boards, 260 pp, extremities lightly bumped and worn else a nice copy in a rather worn and edge bumped dust jacket. FIRST ED. read more
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