Poet of the Blues (1998)

About this title: Columbia/Legacy's Poet of the Blues is a fine 16-track collection that spotlights Willie Dixon's own recordings of such blues standards as "Back Door Man," "I Can't Quit You Babe," "Spoonful," "The Little Red Rooster" and "I Ain't Sperstitious," plus some lesser-known originals like "If the Sea Was Whiskey," "O.C. Bounce," "Money Tree Blues," "Juice-Head Bartender" and "Signifying Monkey." Many of these songs were recorded with his early trio, the Big Three, and while they're of historical interest, they're not quite as good as his Chess recordings. Nevertheless, this is a good, concise ... read more

Tracks:

1. Back Door Man [Dixon]
2. I Can't Quit You Baby [Dixon]
3. The Seventh Son [Dixon]
4. Spoonful [Dixon]
5. I Ain't Superstitious [Dixon]
6. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
7. Little Red Rooster [Burnett/Dixon]
8. Big 3 Stomp [Dixon/Caston/Crawfo]
9. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man [Dixon/Caston]
10. It's All over Now [Caston]
11. If the Sea Was Whiskey [Caston/Dixon]
12. O.C. Bounce [Crawford]
13. Money Tree Blues [Dixon]
14. Cool Kind Woman Blues [Dixon]
15. Juice-Head Bartender [Crawford]
16. Signifying Monkey [Dixon]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.