Along with early Mississippi migrants Muddy Waters, Son House, and Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon was a key figure and an early pioneer in the formation of the Chicago blues sound by the 1940s.

This summer outdoor blues concerts are taking place on a site considered hallowed ground by blues fans. Next to the legendary Chess Records building on South Michigan Ave. sits Willie Dixon’s Blues ...

FAIRFIELD >> Anyone who knows anything about the blues knows that the late Willie Dixon, as a bass player, songwriter, producer and A&R guy for Chess Records, was about as influential and revered as ...

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