Willie Dixon (born July 1, 1915, Vicksburg, Miss., U.S.-died Jan. 29, 1992, Burbank, Calif.) was a U.S. musician who influenced the emergence of electric blues and rock music. In 1936 Dixon moved from his native Mississippi to Chicago, won an Illinois Golden Gloves boxing championship, and began selling his songs. He played double bass in several bands before joining Chess Records. His lively compositions, which he sold for as little as $30, included “Little Red Rooster...
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Willie Dixon has had 14 concerts.
Willie Dixon is most often considered to be Singer-Songwriter, Jazz, Blues, Electric Blues, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, and Jump Blues.
The last Willie Dixon concert was on October 16, 1990 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States. The bands that performed were: Bonnie Raitt / Gregg Allman / Warren Haynes / Joe Cocker / Bo Diddley / Johnny Winter / Mick Fleetwood / albert collins / Charlie Musselwhite / Willie Dixon / John Lee Hooker / James Cotton / George Porter Jr. / Ry Cooder / Al Kooper.
The songs that Willie Dixon performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the January 24, 1974 concert at The Quiet Knight in Chicago, Illinois, United States:
