ABSTRACT
As a house producer for Chess Records beginning in 1954-responsible for writing, arranging, producing, and playing bass on the recordings of Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, Howlin’Wolf, Little Walter, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and others-Dixon was a key force in the development of the post-World War II Chicago blues scene. Many of his compositions have become blues standards, including “Back Door Man,” “I Can’t Quit You Baby,” “I Just Want to Make Love to You,” “I’m Ready,” “I Ain’t Superstitious,” The Red Rooster,” “The Seventh Son,” and “Wang Dang Doodle.”
