Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xxv
Chapter 1 Dixon's Youth: The Cultural Basis for the New Interpretation of Dixon's Compositions 1
Chapter 2 Dixon's Early Musical Experiences 15
Chapter 3 Willie Dixon's Early Groups 27
Chapter 4 Willie Dixon and Chess Records 57
Chapter 5 Dixon's Compositions in the First Chess Records Period (1953-1956) 71
Chapter 6 The Cobra Records Period (1956-1958) 155
Chapter 7 The Second Chess Records Period (1958-1971) 183
Postscript 293
Appendix A Dixon's Compositional Procedure: Songwriting, Teaching Songs to Featured Artists, Arrangements, and Production 303
Appendix B Recording Sessions Attended by Willie Dixon and Recording Chronology of Willie Dixon's Compositions 315
Bibliography 407
Subject Index 423
Song Index 437
About the Author 445