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Willie Dixon es, sin mucha discusión, uno de los más grandes músicos del siglo XX. Sus canciones las han cantado todos. De Eric Clapton a los Rolling Stone pasando por Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin o Tina Turner.Aquel tipo negro, que había sido boxeador de éxito, llegó a Chicago en 1936 escapando del racismo y la pobreza del sur de los EEUU y allí, escribiendo y produciendo para Muddy Waters o Howling Wolf reinventó el blues, ese blues que acabaría cambiando el rock americano de los años sesenta.Esta semana rendimos tributo a Willie Dixon y lo hacemos recordando un disco que bien define a este tipo I Am The Blues, una colección de canciones que muestra el alcance de su obra. Con este álbum, Dixon se reafirmó y sacó pecho, pero con los años su nombre ha quedado marginado en la escena y poco a poco se va olvidando el legado de este bajista, productor, compositor, arreglista y también cantante que puso los cimientos sobre los que luego se construyó el rock de los años sesenta.Para recordar la obra de Dixon esta semana nos acompaña el periodista Manuel Recio y Lucía Taboada con sus reportajes.

Phish's three-night run at Alpine ValleyLarry Mishkin features a Grateful Dead concert at a "funky" venue on July 29, 1994, at Buckeye Lake, Ohio.  The Grateful Dead opened with "Rain" by the Beatles, reflecting their admiration for the Beatles' music. "Rain," primarily written by John Lennon, was a song exploring themes of reality and illusion and was notable for its use of reverse audio effects. The Grateful Dead incorporated several Beatles songs into their performances, demonstrating their appreciation for the band.The conversation touches on the Grateful Dead's setlist, which included several opening songs like "Feel Like a Stranger" and "Bertha." The speakers recall personal experiences and the excitement of attending these concerts, sharing memories of Buckeye Lake as a vibrant venue despite unpredictable weather. The conversation transitions to "Wang Dang Doodle," a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and performed by artists like Howlin' Wolf and Koko Taylor. The Grateful Dead's affinity for blues music and their ability to blend various musical influences into their performances is highlighted. Larry changes his focus and shifts to a discussion about the band Phish, detailing a recent three-night run at Alpine Valley. He express his excitement and nostalgia for the venue, sharing experiences of attending concerts there over the years. The recap of Phish's performances includes a detailed analysis of the setlists, noting songs like "46 Days," "Moma Dance," "Cities," "Cavern," "Axilla," "Down with Disease," "Bathtub Gin," and a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times." Larry's enthusiasm is evident as he recount the energy and musicianship of Phish, highlighting the unique experience of attending their concerts and the connection it fosters among fans.  Grateful DeadJuly 29, 1994  (30 years ago)Buckeye Lake OhioGrateful Dead Live at Buckeye Lake Music Center on 1994-07-29 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive  INTRO:                                 Rain                                                Track #1                                                :26 – 2:10 John Lennon wrote most of "Rain." It was his first song to get really deep, exploring themes of reality and illusion - after all, rain or shine is just a state of mind.Written by John “about people moaning about the weather all the time” as he was becoming more in tune with his role as a social leader – as is evidenced by the lines “I can show you” and “Can you hear me”Played 29 timesFirst:  December 2, 1992 at McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO, USALast:  June 30, 1995 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA  SHOW No. 1:                    Wang Dang Doodle                                                Track #4                                                4:03 – 5:43 "Wang Dang Doodle" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon. Music critic Mike Rowe calls it a party song in an urban style with its massive, rolling, exciting beat.[1] It was first recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960 and released by Chess Records in 1961. In 1965, Dixon and Leonard Chess persuaded Koko Taylor to record it for Checker Records, a Chess subsidiary. Taylor's rendition quickly became a hit, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard R&B chart and number 58 on the pop chart.[2] "Wang Dang Doodle" became a blues standard[3] and has been recorded by various artists. Taylor's version was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2023. In 1995, Taylor's rendition was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classics of Blues Recording – Singles or Album Tracks" category.[17] The Foundation noted that the song was the last blues single produced by Dixon to reach the record charts, and "became Koko Taylor's signature crowdpleaser, inspiring singalongs to the 'all night long' refrain night after night".[17]Taylor's version of "Wang Dang Doodle" was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2023.[18]Chuck Berry, Bruce Hornsby, John Popper, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and Willie Dixon's daughter, Shirley Dixon, performed "Wang Dang Doodle" in tribute to Willie Dixon at the 1994 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.In his autobiography, I Am The Blues, Willie Dixon says;Wang Dang Doodle meant a good time. Especially if a guy came in from the South. A wang dang meant having a ball and a lot of dancing, they called it a rocking style so that's what it meant to wang dang doodle. Wang Dang Doodle was first performed by the Grateful Dead in August 1983. The song was played only a few times each year through the rest of the 1980's. From 1991 onwards it was performed more often averaging about 15 performances a year through to 1995.  Played: 95 timesFirst:  August 26, 1983 at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USALast:  July 8, 1995 at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, USA  MUSIC NEWS: Phish shows, Friday and Saturday night at Alpine ValleyRIP – John Mayall  SHOW No. 2:                    Althea                                                Track #7                                                9:40 – end                                                 INTO                                                 Eternity                                                Track #8                                                0:00 – 1:39 Co-writing a song with one of your personal heroes—that seems like a dream come true.Willie Dixon (1915-1992) was one of the preeminent blues songwriters and performers of all time. The Grateful Dead covered a fairly lengthy list of his songs, attesting to his influence on the band: “Down in the Bottom,” “I Ain't Superstitious,” “I Just Want to Make Love To You,” “Little Red Rooster,” “The Same Thing,” “Spoonful,” and “Wang Dang Doodle.” Plus a couple they only played once, or only in soundcheck.The song was written during the sessions for Rob Wasserman's Trios album. “Guitar Player” magazine ran an interview with Weir in 1993:I had this chord progression and melody that I wanted to run by Willie to see if he liked it .... he did, so he started dashing off words. He wanted me to run a certain section by him again and stuff like that, and we started working on a bridge. Then he dashes off this sheet of lyrics and hands it to me. Now I'm really stoked to be working with the legendary Willie Dixon and I'm prepared for just about anything.He hands these lyrics to me and I'm reading through them. And they seem, you know, awfully simplistic. Like there wasn't a whole lot to them........Now he wants me to read through it and sing the melody I have and see if they fit. And so I started singing through these simplistic lyrics, and that simplicity takes on a whole other direction.By the time I had sung through them, it's like my head is suddenly eons wide. I can hear what's happening just sort of echoing around in there and I'm astounded by the simple grace of what he has just presented to me. I'm sitting there with my mouth open literally, and Willie's laughing. He's just sitting there laughing, saying, 'Now you see it. Now you see it. That's the wisdom of the bluesPlayed:  44 timesFirst:  February 21, 1993 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USALast:  July 8, 1995 at Soldier Field, Chicago, IL, USA  SHOW No. 3:                    I Want To Tell You                                                Track #11                                                0:00 – 1:35 "I Want to Tell You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was written and sung by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. After "Taxman" and "Love You To", it was the third Harrison composition recorded for Revolver. Its inclusion on the LP marked the first time that he was allocated more than two songs on a Beatles album, a reflection of his continued growth as a songwriter beside John Lennon and Paul McCartney.When writing "I Want to Tell You", Harrison drew inspiration from his experimentation with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. The lyrics address what he later termed "the avalanche of thoughts that are so hard to write down or say or transmit".[1] In combination with the song's philosophical message, Harrison's stuttering guitar riff and the dissonance he employs in the melody reflect the difficulties of achieving meaningful communication. The recording marked the first time that McCartney played his bass guitar part after the band had completed the rhythm track for a song, a technique that became commonplace on the Beatles' subsequent recordings.George Harrison wrote "I Want to Tell You" in the early part of 1966, the year in which his songwriting matured in terms of subject matter and productivity.[2] As a secondary composer to John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Beatles,[3] Harrison began to establish his own musical identity through his absorption in Indian culture,[4][5] as well as the perspective he gained through his experiences with the hallucinogenic drug LSD.[6] According to author Gary Tillery, the song resulted from a "creative surge" that Harrison experienced at the start of 1966. In his autobiography, I, Me, Mine, Harrison says that "I Want to Tell You" addresses "the avalanche of thoughts that are so hard to write down or say or transmit".[1][12] Authors Russell Reising and Jim LeBlanc cite the song, along with "Rain" and "Within You Without You", as an early example of the Beatles abandoning "coy" statements in their lyrics and instead "adopt[ing] an urgent tone, intent on channeling some essential knowledge, the psychological and/or philosophical epiphanies of LSD experience" to their listeners.[13] Writing in The Beatles Anthology, Harrison likened the outlook inspired by his taking the drug to that of "an astronaut on the moon, or in his spaceship, looking back at the Earth. I was looking back to the Earth from my awareness." Played: 7 timesFirst:  July 1, 1994 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USALast:  May 24, 1995 at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, WA, USA MJ NEWS  SHOW No. 4:                    Standing On The Moon                                                Track #19                                                7:23 – 9:00 Garcia/Hunter tune from Built To Last (1989) Played:  76 timesFirst:  February 5, 1989 at Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, USALast:  June 30, 1995 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA  OUTRO:                               Quinn The Eskimo                                                Track #21                                                2:28 – 4:17 "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions. The song's first release was in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" in a version by the British band Manfred Mann,[4] which became a great success. It has been recorded by a number of performers, often under the "Mighty Quinn" title.The subject of the song is the arrival of Quinn (an Eskimo), who prefers a more relaxed lifestyle [" jumping queues, and making haste just ain't my cup of meat"] and refuses hard work ["Just tell me where to put 'em and I'll tell you who to call"], but brings joy to the people.Dylan is widely believed to have derived the title character from actor Anthony Quinn's role as an Eskimo in the 1960 movie The Savage Innocents.[5] Dylan has also been quoted as saying that the song was nothing more than a "simple nursery rhyme". A 2004 Chicago Tribune article[6] said the song was named after Gordon Quinn, co-founder of Kartemquin Films, who had given Dylan and Howard Alk uncredited editing assistance on Eat the Document.Dylan first recorded the song in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions, but did not release a version for another three years. Meanwhile, the song was picked up and recorded in December 1967 by the British band Manfred Mann,[7] who released it as a single in the US on 8 January 1968 under the title "Mighty Quinn".[8] A UK single followed within a week.[8] The Manfred Mann version reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for the week of 14 February 1968, and remained there the following week.[9] It also charted on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 10, and reached No. 4 in Cash Box. Cash Box called it a "funky-rock track" with "a trace of calypso [to] add zest to a tremendous effort."  Played:  59 timesFirst: December 30, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USALast:  July 2, 1995 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA  .Produced by PodConx Deadhead Cannabis Show - https://podconx.com/podcasts/deadhead-cannabis-showLarry Mishkin - https://podconx.com/guests/larry-mishkinRob Hunt - https://podconx.com/guests/rob-huntJay Blakesberg - https://podconx.com/guests/jay-blakesbergSound Designed by Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/Recorded on Squadcast

Together, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon electrified and spread all over the world the music known as The Blues!In this episode, we return to the Profiles In The Blues series with the story of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, both key figures in the Chicago Blues scene, tracing back to their Mississippi roots. The Imbalanced Boys gauge their impact in their own time, as well as the future of Rock & Roll!Other characters come to play in this story: Leonard Chess, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter among them. Top up your drinks, and kick back for a fine ride!During this episode, the guys mention the following links/sources:-Willie Dixon on loudersound.com-I Am The Blues piece on Willie on PastePlease check out our sponsors:Boldfoot Socks   https://boldfoot.comCrooked Eye Brewery   https://crookedeyebrewery.com/Don't forget that you can find all of our episodes, on-demand, for free right here on our web site: https://imbalancedhistory.com/

Together, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon electrified and spread all over the world the music known as The Blues!In this episode, we return to the Profiles In The Blues series with the story of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, both key figures in the Chicago Blues scene, tracing back to their Mississippi roots. The Imbalanced Boys gauge their impact in their own time, as well as the future of Rock & Roll!Other characters come to play in this story: Leonard Chess, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter among them. Top up your drinks, and kick back for a fine ride!During this episode, the guys mention the following links/sources:-Willie Dixon on loudersound.com-I Am The Blues piece on Willie on PastePlease check out our sponsors:Boldfoot Socks   https://boldfoot.comCrooked Eye Brewery   https://crookedeyebrewery.com/Don't forget that you can find all of our episodes, on-demand, for free right here on our web site: https://imbalancedhistory.com/

Show #901 African American Music Appreciation Month This last show of June is filled with music by African American artists. 01. Toronzo Cannon - Come On (3:40) (Leaving Mood, Delmark Records, 2011) 02. Denise Lasalle - Love Is A Five Letter Word (5:05) (Trapped By A Thing Called Love, Westbound Records, 1972) 03. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson: Wonderful Time [1947] (3:05) (The Original Sonny Boy, Saga Blues, 2004) 04. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:38) (Five Long Years, Fontana Records, 1966) 05. Lurrie Bell - West Side Woman (3:11) (Mercurial Son, Delmark Records, 1995) 06. Trudy Lynn - I Sing The Blues (5:41) (Blues Keep Knockin', Connor Ray Music, 2018) 07. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Cool Cool Blues [1951] (2:45) (Down And Out Blues, Not Now Music, 2010) 08. Freddie King - Texas Flyer (3:45) (Burglar, Polydor Records, 1974) 09. Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues [1946] (2:50) (Ambassador Of The Blues, Indigo Records, 2002) 10. Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire - Can't Do It Like We Do (4:20) (Grown Ass Woman, Delmark Records, 2016) 11. Tia Carroll - Move On (4:46) (You Gotta Have It, Little Village Foundation, 2021) 12. Willie Dixon - The Same Thing (4:42) (I Am The Blues, Columbia Records, 1970) 13. Alex Dixon's Vintage Dixon - A Real McCoy (3:13) (The Real McCoy, Dixon Landing Music, 2020) 14. Bette Smith - Don't Skip Out On Me (4:22) (The Good, The Bad And The Bette, Ruf Records, 2020) 15. Collins, Cray & Copeland - Blackjack (6:25) (Showdown!, Alligator Records, 1985) 16. Jimmy Burns - Stranded In Clarksdale (4:04) (Back To The Delta, Delmark Records, 2003) 17. JB Lenoir - Good Advice [1965] (Vietnam Blues, Evidence Records, 1995) 18. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind [1967] (2:36) (Chess Chartbusters Vol. 1, Chess Records, 2008) 19. Big Bill Morganfield - Stop This Mess (3:45) (Single, Black Shuck Records, 2020) 20. Albert King - As The Years Go Passing By (3:46) (Born Under A Bad Sign, Atlantic Records, 1967) 21. Michael Burks - Empty Promises (6:15) (Iron Man, Alligator Records, 2008) 22. Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram - Empty Promises (Live) (7:42) (Single, Alligator Records, 2020) 23. BB King & Robert Cray - Playin' With My Friends (5:18) (Blues Summit, MCA Records, 1993) 24. Gerald McClendon - Funky Stuff (3:25) (Let's Have A Party, Delta Roots Records, 2021) 25. Melvin Taylor - Chitlins Con Carne (10:03) (Blues On The Run, Isabel Records, 1982) Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. Any amount is much appreciated, no matter how small. Thank you.

I take it way back in this weeks episode, and as you listen to me say a lot about nothing, please enjoy the great, late, Willie Dixon. Dixon, who is truly one of the most important songwriters in American history, inspired entire generations of musicians to play the blues, or at least a version of the blues. The album is called "I Am The Blues" and that is not an exaggeration by any means, since Willie is part of just a handful of musicians (like literally 4 or 5) most important to American roots music, Sit back, ease your mind, and enjoy.

Playlist: Easy Baby, Never Going Back To Memphis, The Alchemystics, Shine, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Wolf At The Door, Consider The Source, Many Words Of Disapproval, Two Timer, 5 Dollars, Ivor S. K., Help Poor Me, Mark Wenner, Walking By Myself, Jeff Jensen, Brunette Woman, In Layman Terms, Don’t Even Try, Jeff Chaz, I Am The Blues, Brauninger McDaniel, Let’s Get The Kinks Worked Out, Harper & Midwest Kind, It’s All In The Game, Debbie Bond, Rainbow, The Mighty Mojo Prophets, Crazy Love, Tess Henley, Daydreaming, Brothers Brown, Hurricane, Darrell Nulisch, Breaking Out, Val Starr & The Blues Rocket, The Blues Is Not A Color, Papermoon Gypsys, Little Town, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Brothers Keeper, Mike Zito, Little Red Corvette, Slam Allen, Purple Rain, Brian Charette, Late Night Tv, Mojomatics, Soy Baby Many Thanks To: We here at the Black-Eyed & Blues Show would like to thank all the PR and radio people that get us music including Frank Roszak, Rick Lusher ,Doug Deutsch, Alive Natural Sounds, Ruf Records, Vizztone Records,Blind Pig Records,Betsie Brown, Blind Raccoon Records, Miss Jill at Jill Kettles PR, Alive Natural Sounds and all of the Blues Societies both in the U.S. and abroad. All of you help make this show as good as it is weekly. We are proud to play your artists.Thank you all very much!

Bob Eike grew up in Texas and is a self-taught guitar player. Throughout his youth, he had a passion for the Blues and Americana music. His musical talents gained him recognition by ‘Guitar Player’ magazine, featuring him as “an undiscovered great.”  After moving to Chicago, he discontinued recording and performing live...until now.  Bob just released "happy little songs about futility and despair," and he will join me to talk about his journey and the new album. Carolyn Fe was born in Quezon City, Philippines. She has been a professional contemporary dancer, an actor and, of course, a singer.  Her band is called Carolyn Fe Blues Collective and they have been recognized with nominations for their work over the years and were the winners of the 2012  Quebec's Lys Blues Best Blues & Associated Styles Album for Original Sin. Their latest album is entitled Taboo. Carolyn will join me to talk about her incredible career and the new music. TWO COUCH KIDS NEW MUSIC SEGMENTS First, Peter Novelli comes back withsomgs from his album which has not even been mastered!  A true World premier for this music, other than if you've seen him performing the ongs live during his recent tour. Then Michael Packer returns with Part Two of his I Am The Blues, his gritty, honest collection of songs and stories that has earned him 3 Grammy Award nominations this year. Michael and I will talk about the music onthis fantastic album. "Musicians You Should Know"

This 'cast continues to explore the influences of Widespread Panic's music.Michael Stanley's second solo album, Friends and Legends, is featured prominently this time around. The band Stanley was playing with on this album was a who's who of mid-seventies rock; Dan Fogelberg, Richie Furay, David Sanborn, Bill Szymczyk, and Joe Walsh (AND his band Barnstorm). J. Geils even got in on the act by producing the saxophone tracks. It also was produced in my current stomping grounds of Colorado... Let's Get the Show on the Road is one of my favorite Panic covers and Funky is the Drummer is a crazy jam/rap that JB has slipped into a couple of times.I really had alot of fun putting this one together - turn it up and invite the friends over... and tear the roof of the sucker!Let's Get the Show on the RoadMichael Stanleyfrom the album "Friends and Legends"She Caught the KatyAlbert Kingfrom the album "Lovejoy"Funky is the DrummerMichael Stanleyfrom the album "Friends and Legends"Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof of the Sucker)Parliamentfrom the album "Mothership Connection"Wang Dang DoodleKoko Taylorfrom the album "The Earthshaker"Can't Find My Way HomeBlind Faithfrom the album "Blind Faith"Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and BurningHot Tunafrom the album "First Pull Up, The Pull Down"Knocking 'round the ZooJames Taylor and the Original Flying Machinefrom the album "James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine"Shouldn't Have Took More than You GaveDave Masonfrom the album "Alone Together"TipitinaProfessor Longhairfrom the album "New Orleans Piano"John's OtherHot Tunafrom the album "First Pull Up, The Pull Down"Just Like a WomanBob Dylanfrom the album "Blonde on Blonde"SpoonfulWillie Dixonfrom the album "I am the Blues"GladTrafficfrom the album " John Barleycorn Must Die"Let's Get it OnMarvin Gayefrom the album "Let's Get it On"DOWNLOAD the cast here(right click to save to hard drive):Everyday Companion Podcast #69Click here to subscribe through iTunes.