Giant of the Blues (2008)

About this title: When Willie Dixon left his native Mississippi and traveled north to Chicago, he almost single-handedly dragged the blues with him into the modern era, giving the country blues a hard, new sheen with his deft songwriting, sturdy bass playing and his considerable talents as a producer and arranger. This two-disc, 47 track set catches Dixon wearing all of his hats, with the first disc featuring Dixon in the studio and in concert (including several live tracks with Johnny Winter) and the second spotlighting his bass playing and production work with the likes of Robert Nighthawk, Eddie Boyd, Muddy ... read more

Tracks:

1. You Sure Look Good to Me [Caston]
2. Signifying Monkey [Dixon]
3. Reno Blues
4. Violent Love [Dixon]
5. Cool Kind Woman [Dixon]
6. Wang Dang Doodle [Dixon]
7. So Long [Dixon]
8. Walking the Blues [Dixon]
9. Crazy for My Baby [Dixon]
10. This Pain in My Heart [Dixon]
11. Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby's Door) [Dixon]
12. All the Time [Dixon]
13. Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues [Live] [Dixon]
14. Spoonful [Live] [Dixon]
15. I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Live] [Dixon]
16. Chicago Here I Come [Live] [Dixon]
17. Tore Down [Live] [Thompson]
18. You Know It Ain't Right [Live] [Johnson/Mosely]
19. Mean Mistreater/Baby What You Want Me to Do (Medley) [Live] [Reed/Morganfield]
20. Roach Stew [Live] [Winter]
21. Killing Floor [Live] [Burnett]
22. My Sweet Lovin' Woman [McCollum]
23. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) [Whittaker]
24. Third Degree [Dixon/Boyd]
25. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
26. I'm Ready [Dixon]
27. I Just Wanna Make Love to You [Dixon]
28. Don't Go No Further [Dixon]
29. I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love [Dixon]
30. My Babe (Mercy Babe) [Dixon]
31. (I Love You So) Oh Baby [Dixon/Jacobs]
32. Crazy for My Baby [Dixon]
33. Sloppy Drunk [Carr]
34. When the Lights Go Out [Dixon]
35. I Can't Make It with You [Dixon]
36. Do Me Right [Dixon]
37. Loving You [Dixon]
38. Tollin' Bells [Dixon]
39. Diddy Wah Diddy [Dixon/McDaniel]
40. Pretty Thing [Dixon]
41. Seventh Son [Dixon]
42. Evil (Is Going On) [Dixon]
43. Shake for Me [Live] [Dixon]
44. Little Red Rooster [Live] [Dixon]
45. Wang Dang Doodle [Live] [Dixon]
46. Built for Comfort [Live] [Dixon]

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