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I do not believe that Willie Dixon ever played "bass guitar." I think he was strickly a stand-up bass player.
Of course, if you have a source, I would stand corrected.199.233.178.253 00:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)David Keith Johnson, Seattle, WA
- I only ever recall seeing pictures of Dixon with an upright, acoustic bass, never with an electric one. He may have adopted their use after his classic era, though. Alcuin 14:45, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hoochie Who?
Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't "Hoochie Coochie Man" a Muddy Waters Tune covered by Dixon and not vice versa?
- I'm afraid you are wrong. Whilst Muddy Water's version of the tune is perhaps the definitive, the words and music were composed by Willie Dixon. Try this website (among many others for verification - http://www.lyricsdownload.com/jimi-hendrix-i-m-your-hoochie-coochie-man-lyrics.html)
- Derek R Bullamore 19:10, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Willie Dixon played bass on Waters' classic recordings, and I believe many of these songs were written for and first recorded by Waters or Howlin' Wolf. Alcuin 14:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Willie should get more credit for his lyrical genius. He is the principal wordsmith of the Chicago blues canon. Hoochie Coochie Man, My Babe, Wang Dang Doodle, Little Red Rooster, Back Door Man, Spoonful, Hen Or The Egg, etc. Oh, man.
Vampire of the Blues? Isn't that a pretty strong damnation to appear in a Wikipedia article ... with no more evidence than a second hand story told by a second rate rocker? I tried a google on the phrase and the Wikipedia is the only place where the phrase is seen online. I think we need a stronger case against Mr Dixon before we openly accuse him, and posthumously, of scamming songwriters and then plagiarizing their work! 216.185.253.130 16:11, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Diddy Wah Diddy
The version of Diddy Wah Diddy sung by Ry Cooder is not the same song as the Willie Dixon song. It's a cover of a Blind Blake song recorded in the late 1920s or early 1930s
- The All Music Guide website is usually fairly accurate. However, the Blind (Arthur) Blake page has the song title as "Diddie Wa (or Wah) Diddie" [1]; whilst the Ry Cooder page quotes the title as "Ditty Wah Ditty" from Cooder's Paradise and Lunch album; although the songwriter credit does name the self same Arthur Blake [2]. Either way, it is clearly not dear old Willie's memorable song.
- Derek R Bullamore 20:21, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
I think Whole Lot of Love by Led Zeppelin should be added to the list of songs penned by the man. Though he never recieved songwriting credit on an album sleeve, he sued the band for stealing his song, and Zeppelin settled with him, more or less acknowledging that it was his song. Rileydog22 02:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- It already is mentioned under "You Need Love" by (Muddy Waters) !
- Derek R Bullamore 12:27, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
