Willie Dixon – I Am The Blues (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1981

I Am The Blues is an LP by Willie Dixon from 1981 released on the CBS label.

About this album

I Am the Blues is one of Willie Dixon’s essential albums, bringing his role as a songwriter, bassist and bandleader into sharp focus. Issued in 1970, it collects material associated with the Chicago blues sound Dixon helped define at Chess Records, where his writing shaped classics later made famous by Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Otis Rush and others. With its tough rhythms, clipped bass lines and direct lyrical themes, the album underlines why Dixon became one of the most influential figures in postwar blues. It is a vital portrait of a writer whose songs became standards across generations and genres.