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Willie Dixon – Victoria Spivey Presents The All Star Blues World Of Maestro Willie Dixon And His Chicago Blues Band
Label: Spivey Records – LP 1016 Released :1973 Format: Mp3@320  Victoria Spivey  Victoria Spivey was one of the more influential blues women simply because she was around long enough to influence legions of younger women and men who rediscovered blues music during the mid-'60s U.S. blues revival, which had been brought about by British blues bands as well as their American counterparts, like Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop. Spivey could do it all: she wrote songs, sang them well, and accompanied herself on piano and organ, and occasionally ukulele. Spivey began her recording career at age 19 and came from the same rough-and-tumble clubs in Houston and Dallas that produced Sippie Wallace. In 1918, she left home to work as a pianist at the Lincoln Theater in Dallas. In the early '20s, she played in gambling parlors, gay hangouts, and brothels in Galveston and Houston with Blind Lemon Jefferson. Among Spivey's many influences was Ida Cox, herself a sassy blues woman, and taking her cue from Cox, Spivey wrote and recorded tunes like "TB Blues," "Dope Head Blues," and "Organ Grinder Blues." Spivey's other influences included Bobby "Blue" Bland, Sara Martin, and Bessie Smith. Like so many other women blues singers who had their heyday in the '20s and '30s, Spivey wasn't afraid to sing sexually suggestive lyrics, and this turned out to be a blessing nearly 40 years later given the sexual revolution of the '60s and early '70s. She recorded her first song, "Black Snake Blues," for the OKeh label in 1926, and then worked as a songwriter at a music publishing company in St. Louis in the late '20s. In the '30s, Spivey recorded for the Victor, Vocalion, Decca, and OKeh labels, and moved to New York City, working as a featured performer in a number of African-American musical revues, including the Hellzapoppin' Revue. In the '30s, she recorded and spent time on the road with Louis Armstrong's various bands. By the '50s, Spivey had left show business and sang only in church. But in forming her own Spivey Records label in 1962, she found new life in her old career. Her first release on her own label featured Bob Dylan as an accompanist. As the folk revival began to take hold in the early '60s, Spivey found herself an in-demand performer on the folk-blues festival circuit. She also performed frequently in nightclubs around New York City. Unlike others from her generation, Spivey continued her recording career until well into the '70s, performing at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1973 with Roosevelt Sykes. Throughout the '60s and '70s, she had an influence on musicians as varied as Dylan, Sparky Rucker, Ralph Rush, Carrie Smith, Edith Johnson, and Bonnie Raitt. In 1970, Spivey was awarded a BMI Commendation of Excellence from the music publishing organization for her long and outstanding contributions to many worlds of music. After entering Beekman Downtown Hospital with an internal hemorrhage, she died a short while later in 1976. Victoria Spivey is buried in Hempstead, New York. Willie Dixon  Willie Dixon's impact on the blues world may not have been as immediate as that of friends and contemporaries like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, but his role in shaping the future of the blues is no less vital. Arguably the first professional blues songwriter, artists like Waters, Wolf, Little Walter and Koko Taylor had hits with Dixon's songs. Dixon also made his mark as a session bassist and a producer, working with talents like Bo Diddley and Otis Rush. Dixon began writing songs as a teen, selling them to local bands in Mississippi. Dixon made his way to Chicago in 1936, not as a bluesman but rather as a boxer, winning the Illinois State Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship. He hung up his gloves and turned to music instead, playing with his first group, The Five Breezes. When Dixon refused to honor his draft notice, declaring himself a conscientious objector, he spent a year in prison. After prison, Dixon returned to playing in the clubs, striking a friendship with Muddy Waters that led to an introduction to the Chess brothers, and a job as a talent scout for their new record label. During the 1950s, he wrote material for virtually every Chess artist, played bass as part of the label's house band, and began producing sessions for the label. In between, he would record his own songs, but Dixon experienced little success on the charts. Dixon left Chess in the mid-60s when his upright bass playing fell out of style. He began working with a European concert promoter, organizing music festivals while continuing to perform and record his own material. His songs found favor with a rock audience, bands like Cream and Led Zeppelin covering his material. However, Dixon received little in the way of royalties on his songs, many of which had become blues standards. After settling a court cases against his former publisher, Dixon regained the rights to his songs, and finally received some royalties. He formed the Blues Heaven Foundation, helping other artists recover royalties that were due them. In 1989, Dixon published his biography I Am The Blues. Tracklist 01 - Willie Dixon Band - Intro Maestro 3:10 02 - Buster Benton - I Must Have A Hole In My Head 4:36 03 - Lafayette Leake - Leake's Trouble Trouble 3:25 04 - Larry Johnson - My Hoodoo Doctor 2:00 05 - Victoria Spivey - I'm Taking Over 3:55 06 - Carey Bell - When The Evening Sun Goes Down 5:05 07 - Buster Benton - Every Day I Have The Blues 3:00 08 - Lafayette Leake - Fine Little Girl 3:24 09 - Larry Johnson - Put It All In There 3:05 10 - Carey Bell - One Day You're Going To Get Lucky 3:25 11 - Victoria Spivey - It's A Mighty Poor Rat That Ain't Got But One Hole 4:15 12 - Buster Benton - The Thrill Is Gone 4:20 Personell ; Willie Dixon – vocals, bass Victoria Spivey – vocals Carey Bell – vocals, harmonica Buster Benton – vocals, guitar Lafayette Leake – vocals, piano Professor Buddy King – drums Larry Johnson – vocals Recorded in New York and Chicago 1973 Sharing Widget |