Willie's Blues

Willie's Blues
Studio album by Willie Dixon
Released 1959
Recorded December 3, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length 39:25
Label Prestige Bluesville : BVLP-1003
Willie Dixon chronology
— Willie's Blues
(1959)		 Blues Every Which Way
(1960)
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Willie's Blues is the debut of Willie Dixon album, released in 1959.[1] Given almost equal credit on the album was his piano accompanist, Memphis Slim, who played on all of the tracks, and wrote the two numbers that were not penned by Dixon.[2]

The album was issued on the Prestige Bluesville record label in the vinyl format.[3] According to the original liner notes, the album was recorded during a two-hour recording span, in between flights.[1][2] It was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.[2]

The album was re-issued on CD in June 1992 on Charly - catalog reference CDCHD 349.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Nervous" 3:15
  2. "Good Understanding" 2:15
  3. "That's My Baby" 3:22
  4. "Slim's Thing" (Memphis Slim) 3:24
  5. "That's All I Want Baby" 2:15
  6. "Don't You Tell Nobody" 2:09
  7. "Youth to You" 3:24
  8. "Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues" 3:23
  9. "Built for Comfort" 2:32
  10. "I Got a Razor" 4:14
  11. "Go Easy" (Memphis Slim) 5:52
  12. "Move Me" 3:20[1]

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stephen Cook (1959-12-03). "Willie's Blues - Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  2. 1 2 3 Liner notes from BVLP-1003 - original vinyl album
  3. 1 2 Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. p. 277. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  4. ↑ "Willie's Blues - Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim | Credits". AllMusic. 1959-12-03. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
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