Wolf Pack

Howlin' Wolf, in tribute and spirit

"...their righteous rewards, like the mighty Muddy Waters. King Willie Dixon. Shouter Esther Phillips. The sly Jimmy Reed. Harp..."

June 1, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Reissues

"...then there was darkness, until 1970 when Al met Willie Mitchell in Midland, Texas. Says Howard Grimes, who along..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...Sahm's The Last Real Texas Blues Band (1994) and Willie Nelson's Milk Cow Blues (2000); member of the mysterious..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hitman’s Bodyguard

I will always love you

"...Bluesy R&B tracks by tunesmiths ranging from Leadbelly and Willie Dixon to Chuck Berry and Lionel Richie pump the..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cadillac Records

The story of the birth of Chicago blues is well-told through this ensemble portrait of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James, Little Walter, and their label, Chess Records.

"...is held together by a somewhat scattershot narration by Willie Dixon (Cedric the Entertainer), who wrote so many of..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues is a blues primer covering every variation on the form, and in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production its lessons are driven home with verve and fervor and musical excitement

"...1)," slyly played for deadpan menace by Allen Robertson; Willie Dixon's "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," sold with serpentine..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

A Lege Too Far

With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker

"..."I ask for water," sang the great blues poet Willie Dixon. "She brings me gasoline." Texas school superintendents can..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...names meld seamlessly with Chicago favorites like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Buddy Guy and Southern favorites like Jimmy..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Etta James The Chess Box (MCA/Chess)

"...tune with Fuqua, and the two team again on Willie Dixon's "Spoonful." James' voice would become too sultry within..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...that I first heard a Muddy Waters record with Willie Dixon on bass, and it rocked my world. I..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

From the Vaults

Twenty Years of Live Music on Local Stages: Photos by John Carrico

"...Willie Dixon, Club Foot, 1983 He was one of the..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Feature

Hubert Sumlin

"...he is, after all, the man blistering guitar on Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" and playing with the mighty..."

March 11, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

SXSW Live Shot: The Strypes

Wake Joe Strummer, Ireland Calling

"...Jeff Beck’s Yardbirds, the Pretty Things – plus the Willie Dixon catalog and first generation punk rock. They take..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Diddley Daddy

'Bo Knows Not to be Stupid'

"...Who were your favorite songwriters? You covered a few Willie Dixon songs...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sue Foley Love Comin' Down (Shanachie)

"...swagger has been tempered by time, and classics like Willie Dixon's "Same Thing," "You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree,"..."

June 16, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Blood and Memories

"...know material such as "Wall of Denial," "Superstition," and "Willie the Wimp" as standard radio fare. "Everything we recorded..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Antone's Home of the Blues

DVDnds

"...a parade of the faithful: B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle..."

June 9, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Remembering Clifford Antone, who gave Austin a home of the blues

"...of blues and R&B legends: Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Fats Domino, Buddy Guy, Junior..."

May 26, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Howlin' Wolf Does Not Wear Panties

Walter Daniels' punk blues stirs up a whole new generational ilk, like Black Joe Lewis

"...punk funk or alt-soul. For Jack O'Fire, that meant Willie Dixon as well as Joy Division, Booker T. and..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 is

"...43 of 300 on Shake Your Ass Records. Blind Willie McTell's "Don'tcha Let Nobody Turn You Around," the Stranglers'..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...Thornton's "Ball and Chain" and Cream's blistering version of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful."..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...man Steve Jordan to help get things started on Willie Mitchell's brooding "Love Gone to Waste." Though the overall..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Live Shots

The Barkers

"...by the W.C. Handy All-Stars (Pinetop Perkins on piano, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, drums, and Ronnie Earl on guitar..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature

Angela Strehli's Comeback Ace of Blues Revives Antone's Records

"At Antone's down in Texas, my friends call me the queen"

"...speakeasy ambience that touches off an intimate, after-hours electricity. Willie Dixon's "I Love the Life I Live" beams Waters'..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Johnny Nicholas

"...and later Nicholas' resonator guitar echoes canyon deep on Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man." Some is rote ("Blues Time,"..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Talk That Music Talk: Passing on Brass Band Music in New Orleans the Traditional Way

Coffeetable book on New Orleans? Dense ethnography and oral history of Crescent City brass bands!

"...Like blues poet Willie Dixon famously proclaimed, you can't judge a book by..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Sonics

"...and Eighties-era Kinks ("The Hard Way") get covered alongside Willie Dixon ("You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover")..."

May 1, 2015 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Led Zeppelin

Reissues

"...Joan Baez/Anne Bredon ("Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You") and Willie Dixon ("Whole Lotta Love") steamrolled by songcraft and sonics..."

July 18, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Strypes

"...living. Judicious covers of Bo Diddley ("I Can Tell"), Willie Dixon ("You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover"),..."

July 18, 2014 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Big Head Todd & the Monsters

"...nod "Hubert's Dream," while "I Get Smooth" turns to Willie Dixon for licks. (Sat., Hill Country stage, 10:30pm)..."

April 11, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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