- blues
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Bluesville
Willie's Blues is Willie Dixon's debut album, released in 1959. 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.
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Character
Classical in form, character-led, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings2.5/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Nervous3:15
- A2Good Understanding2:15
- A3That's My Baby3:22
- A4Slim's Thing3:24
- A5That's All I Want Baby2:15
- A6Don't You Tell Nobody2:09
- A7Youth to You3:24
- B1Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues3:23
- B2Built for Comfort2:32
- B3I Got a Razor4:14
- B4Go Easy5:52
- B5Move Me3:20
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim
- Label
- Bluesville
- Released
- 1960
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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