Sunday Morning Blues Playlist: 7/1/2012

July 1, 2012 12:05 PM

Marie Dixon, widow of blues legend Willie Dixon, shows off a display case of her husband’s memorabilia. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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We had to begin the show this week with a little birthday tribute to the late Willie Dixon: master songwriter, bass player and stalwart of the Chess Studios and Chess label.

The giant of the blues was born on July 1st 1915 and died in ’92, leaving behind dozens of blues classics that rival any catalogue of songs by any writer, even the immortal Robert Johnson.

We also said Happy birthday to harmonica master James Cotton, who is very much alive and well! Also, thank you Dan Seferian from Reading for the CHOOSE YOUR BLUES list of classic bluesmen. You get a Sunday morning blues T-shirt that tremendous playlist!

Back Door man
Willie Dixon
I Am the Blues

Hootchie Cootchie man
Idlewild South
Allman Brothers Band

The Same Thing
Fathers and Sons
Muddy Waters

Seventh Son
Jools holland: Big Band Rhythm & Blues
Jools Holland and Sting

Crazy for My Baby
Chess Box
Willie Dixon

The Supernatural
Hard Rock Cafe: Modern Blues
John Mayalls Bluesbreakers

Dislocated Boy
Driving Towards the Daylight
Joe Bonamassa

Mr. Blues
Mem Shannon
Mem Shannon

Source of Misunderstanding
The B’ Set…
Roadkill Orchestra

How Long Can a Fool Go Wrong?
35th Anniversary Jam
James Cotton & Shemekia Copeland

Creeper Creeps Again
100% Cotton
The James Cotton Band

I Found Out
The Blues Rolls on
Elvin Bishop with James Cotton & John Nemeth