I'm fortunate to be the guy who re-claimed/remastered these recording's ( now on Rhino Records as The Blues Master's) The producer asked me if there was any value in "these old tapes" & I got to transfer 27 hours of performance from 1967 recorded over 3 days in the main studio at CBC in Toronto, Canada. The 2" tapes were laid back from a 2" AMPEX tape desk in 1995 to a digital format. I re-mastered the audio on a Dyaxsis work station. Very rare performances - Willie, Muddy, Sunnyland, & more.
They showed the show you're talking about on CBC archives one night on TV. It was Barry Callaghan who narrated it and it was an incredible show. It was from a show called From The Vault and it was on a Wed. night on the CBC History Channel. Lucky you, Thx. for sharing.
You want to know the secret of how Willie was such a great bass player? Don't watch his hands, look at his face. He's having the time of his life there. If you're not having fun playing, you won't ever be great no matter how much you practice. He loved it, and that's why he was the man.
I'm an upright bassist, a crap one at best but a bassist none the less. Can't preach enough how much this guy revolutionised the way Bass was seen, probably one of the first blues musicians ever to go on a big stage and slap an upright like that
When I was a kid my mom, who worked at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga , Ca) said, " there's someone playing this weekend you might want to see. I can get you tickets, his name is Dirty River". I said , "Mom you mean Muddy Waters?" . I got to see Willie Dixon, Pine Top Perkins, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, James Cotton... Johnny Winter came out and played, too.
At almost 75 I am learning to play bass. 3 yrs of private lessons and - so far - 2nd semester of playing with a youth jazz group. What a discovery for me to find Willie Dixon. This version is exciting and gives me some ideas. The 1st minute or so reminds me of the boogie-woogie bass line in Duke Ellington's "Saratoga Swing".
"Blues are the roots, everything else is the fruits." - Willie Dixon :) Sure, Blues is just essence of life into a musical context. And everything in music come from life, so from the blues.
great bassist, producer, writer and all around musician. i live in chicago so i went to the former Chess records building which is now a blues museum, learned a hell of alot about him there
Haaa el maestro del blues. aquel blues de esos tiempos contrabajo un buen piano y unas percuciones exlentes :D y por supuesto que buenos musicos muy buenos diria yo.
This must be what you get from years of playing with duos and trios with no drummer for a room full of great dancers....amazing, it's just like breathing to him. Sunnyland Slim is wonderful here too.
It’s amazing the among Willie’s amazing musical talents and arguably the best bassist to ever play, he was a Golden Gloves boxing champ and Joe Louis’s sparring partner. So Willie must have been a beast with his hands, yet the nice, gentle guy.
music is all about a feeling ,everyone has them now the expressions used to convey them to the masses, well thats the talent of the great musiciansand vocalist through the years tribal, operas orchestras,jazz,r&b,rock, and country their all about expressions???? all music has soul thats where it come from!!!!!can you say express yourself,thats what they do;
Man Willie is just the best, he was like the conducter of the blues movement back then and he's an amazing musician, just look at his hands move around!
Man this one of the most impressive bass playing I have ever seen. I play the bass and after viewing Willie, I know what it will be to be the best. God rest your soul Willie. I loved this.
The godfather of the blues! His songs are blues and rock history! The most famous musicians of the 20th century covered his songs. The list of bands that have covered his songs is long and significant. Dixon deserves greater credit for his influence on music over the last century.
Great direction setting up the shot so that Willie's hands and the pianist's are visible in the same shot - from two directions. Somebody knew how to film musicians.
Andrew Luandrew on the piano. went by the name -Sunnyland Slim Willie Dixon??? one of a few who can/could say - I am the blues without anyone contesting THX for this gem, ragbaken! gl2all
You can find a live record of this song, recalled "rocking and rolling the house", with Memphis Slim on piano, "live in Paris" Enjoy! In my opnion, that's Sunnyland Slim playing piano there.
You can find a great live version on 'Memphis Slim Aux 'Trois Maille -:- Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon'. One of my all time favourite live blues albums. Enjoy.
@ItzhakWoolf I'm very grateful that Willie's music provided cover inspiration for Foghat, Zepp and the Doors; of which they in turn paid serious justice to the maestro in the form of their arrangements, along with hundreds of others musicians. The evolution of music is the grandest of things until you run into artists that don't 'get it;' of which everyone can name a few covers that represent that catagory
I'm fortunate to be the guy who re-claimed/remastered these recording's ( now on Rhino Records as The Blues Master's) The producer asked me if there was any value in "these old tapes" & I got to transfer 27 hours of performance from 1967 recorded over 3 days in the main studio at CBC in Toronto, Canada. The 2" tapes were laid back from a 2" AMPEX tape desk in 1995 to a digital format. I re-mastered the audio on a Dyaxsis work station. Very rare performances - Willie, Muddy, Sunnyland, & more.
That's awesome! You may not be around 7 years later but do you know if any of these went from cd's to vinyl?
Yo no entendí nada,pero okey..(¿?)
They showed the show you're talking about on CBC archives one night on TV. It was Barry Callaghan who narrated it and it was an incredible show. It was from a show called From The Vault and it was on a Wed. night on the CBC History Channel. Lucky you, Thx. for sharing.
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we love you Brian! thanks!
I wish more people played bass like this. He wrote great songs, too.
All that matters is one.
Eu rambem queria.
You want to know the secret of how Willie was such a great bass player? Don't watch his hands, look at his face. He's having the time of his life there. If you're not having fun playing, you won't ever be great no matter how much you practice. He loved it, and that's why he was the man.
I know nothing about playing stand up bass, but come on, man, Willie is absolutely rippin' it up.
I'm an upright bassist, a crap one at best but a bassist none the less. Can't preach enough how much this guy revolutionised the way Bass was seen, probably one of the first blues musicians ever to go on a big stage and slap an upright like that
@@isetta4083 he revolutionized it along with pops foster
When I was a kid my mom, who worked at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga , Ca) said, " there's someone playing this weekend you might want to see. I can get you tickets, his name is Dirty River". I said , "Mom you mean Muddy Waters?" . I got to see Willie Dixon, Pine Top Perkins, Willie "Big Eye" Smith, James Cotton... Johnny Winter came out and played, too.
lol @ Dirty River
At almost 75 I am learning to play bass. 3 yrs of private lessons and - so far - 2nd semester of playing with a youth jazz group. What a discovery for me to find Willie Dixon. This version is exciting and gives me some ideas. The 1st minute or so reminds me of the boogie-woogie bass line in Duke Ellington's "Saratoga Swing".
I started playing bass when I was 45 years old!
RESPECT !!!!
I'm 59, thank you for the inspiration.
Willies whole demeanor is " another day at the office" while he changes the weather on that bass.....love it !!!!
one of the best double bassist ever ...
and blues song writer ...
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Damn, that percussive slapping while still plucking away a steady groove. Gotta love it
Greatest Blues bass player...
a true talent...
The Original Slap Bass. The man is Funkin" it up.
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"Blues are the roots, everything else is the fruits." - Willie Dixon :)
Sure, Blues is just essence of life into a musical context.
And everything in music come from life, so from the blues.
Really liked this quote
If you discount classical and baroque music and the invention of polyphony and everything before the 20th century, yeah blues are the roots
everything else is fruits of classic music...
@@oscartravis5740 roll over Beethoven
@@Wolf-ds6es and tell Tchaikovsky the news
great bassist, producer, writer and all around musician. i live in chicago so i went to the former Chess records building which is now a blues museum, learned a hell of alot about him there
Without Willie Dixon , so much music that we know would not exist . He truly was the backbone on so many levels.
This inspired me to pick up my bass!
how are you verified with 212 subs?
Did you pick it, if you did, how much you progressed?
This one man did so much for popular music!
Haaa el maestro del blues. aquel blues de esos tiempos contrabajo un buen piano y unas percuciones exlentes :D y por supuesto que buenos musicos muy buenos diria yo.
Willie Dixon is the most mysterious and underrated bluesman!
Wrote most of blues influential hits lol, that's why sued zeppelin and won! Because of all the songs melodies he wrote.. man was a genius.
I was fortunate to have seen at the old Fillmore, in one show, Willie Dixon, Clifton Chenier, and Buddy Guy. Life has never been the same
This must be what you get from years of playing with duos and trios with no drummer for a room full of great dancers....amazing, it's just like breathing to him. Sunnyland Slim is wonderful here too.
The kind of footage that jazz lovers swoon over. I’m swooning. 😊
But it's the blues?
It’s amazing the among Willie’s amazing musical talents and arguably the best bassist to ever play, he was a Golden Gloves boxing champ and Joe Louis’s sparring partner. So Willie must have been a beast with his hands, yet the nice, gentle guy.
Yep.
I was going to say something like, “He must have incredible eye-hand coordination” but then I realised he doesn’t look at the strings.
Legend !
jacquelineandron Exactly, he never looks down ! I love watching stand-up bass players, but he's in a different league.
Greatest songwriter ever !!!
and bass player too !!!!!
That was some of the best bass playing that I've ever heard and seen.
Wow!!! What a privilege to hear! Priceless! Thanks!
How could a 6' 5'' boxer could produce such delicate music beats me.A true gem.
Amazing! Had the privilege of seeing him live early 80’s
music is all about a feeling ,everyone has them now the expressions used to convey them to the masses, well thats the talent of the great musiciansand vocalist through the years tribal, operas orchestras,jazz,r&b,rock, and country their all about expressions???? all music has soul thats where it come from!!!!!can you say express yourself,thats what they do;
Man this is assome !!
I'm guitar player but what bass can do on blues is just stunning :D
He's wailing on that thing, without frets. Mind blown
This is the best music in the world!!!
I've only resently discovered Willie Dixon and i'm hooked.
Thanks Mr. Dixon for your Brilliant work.
He was a real bass machine. I'm watching and learning and hope to have that kind of power in my right hand when I play for years to come.
All hail the greatest bass player of all time.
Thanks for posting this. Lest we forget what a great blues bass man Willie Dixon was! He was the MAN.
Willie's intonation is fantastic
and muddy the king of blues and well really the best of the best he helped shape the music we know today for sure
such calm, grace, and little effort in the fingers. Awesome!
Man Willie is just the best, he was like the conducter of the blues movement back then and he's an amazing musician, just look at his hands move around!
Wow, what a bass player, fantastic!
Thank you Mr. Dixon.
Man this one of the most impressive bass playing I have ever seen. I play the bass and after viewing Willie, I know what it will be to be the best. God rest your soul Willie. I loved this.
Big Wheelin'' Willie D👍🏼🎸💥💥💖🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏼✨💪🏼🔥⭐🌟
Gr8 bass player and that yamaha piano sounds beautiful.
I got Willie's "I Am The Blues" on vinyl when it came out in 1970. I was just a pup. TItle says it all. He is the blues. R.I.P. Mr. Dixon.
Now that's some kind of talent - I hope we as the human race can get blessed by God and have a million more years on planet Earth.
effortless !!! thats amazing ! i love it
That's real music !
Superbe musique 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😜😜😜😜👴🏻
Acoustic bass, very rare in blues. I had the chance to shook is wonderful hand one day, in Mexico. Chicago blues forever!
Pocas veces se oye a un bajo como protagonista, este señor era un gran maestro..., deberían hacerse mas canciones de este estilo.
The godfather of the blues! His songs are blues and rock history! The most famous musicians of the 20th century covered his songs. The list of bands that have covered his songs is long and significant. Dixon deserves greater credit for his influence on music over the last century.
Thank you for posting this. This is stuff every bass player should be familiar with.
He is the man!
all those great songs he wrote
and no one plays his songs better than him
Willie Dixon- Jul 1 1915- Jan 29, 1992.
RIP
Emperor of the chicago blues +etc.
Today....still the best
Bass, and percussion, and front man, all one guy.
Masterwork they played all with great talent.(rip) but this music we keep it alive.
I cant even play any instrument but playing a contrabass is my dream...gotta do smth about it before 40s...
Very Good Music,So Nice Blues !! Wooowo!!
Great direction setting up the shot so that Willie's hands and the pianist's are visible in the same shot - from two directions. Somebody knew how to film musicians.
this is fantastic...
Willie Dixon, the quintessential 'behind the scenes' bluesman. This is sensational!!
Amazing.
I miss you Willie Dixon. RIP. Willie will inspire generations to come.
I ' m a non professional bass player and this video is a real treasure ... Thanks for share ..
Super Legend!!!! LOVE!!!!!
I have his CD "I Am The Blues"
it's an awesome recording of his greatest hits
Highly recommended if you like this
I bought that CD at a flee market in the mid 80,s. I still play it all the time.
So cool Mr Dixon
Terrific Bass playing.
Happy Birthday Willie.
Thanks so much for saving these
And that... Is what bass is about. Awsome post.
just great i loVe him
Andrew Luandrew on the piano.
went by the name -Sunnyland Slim
Willie Dixon???
one of a few who can/could say -
I am the blues
without anyone contesting
THX for this gem, ragbaken!
gl2all
never been a huge willie Dixon fan, but this video has made me rethink that position.
I saw Willie in Mexico City. Gerat concert, great bass player!!
everything comes from this right here, even the stuff that came before this came from this
wonderful!
What a creativity!!!! What a TALENT!!!!!
Amazing!. Thanks for sharing!. This man was amazing!.
You can find a live record of this song, recalled "rocking and rolling the house", with Memphis Slim on piano, "live in Paris"
Enjoy!
In my opnion, that's Sunnyland Slim playing piano there.
I am so jealous of his hands! They're HUGE!!
Great!!!
I love it ,it is so beautifull what a great talent he was,and for ever whe keep it alive.
wow... amazing!
now that slap, thump, pluck, and pop....old school
grazie per la divulgazione della musica!
THIS IS SIMPLY AWESOME
So fluid and clean! Love the below the bridge part.
qué maravilla ,,, amo a Dixon
You can find a great live version on 'Memphis Slim Aux 'Trois Maille -:- Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon'. One of my all time favourite live blues albums. Enjoy.
he's wearing a sweater... and not sweating. he's one of my absolute favorites.
stumbled on to this through rockabilly bass slap. LOVE IT.
@ItzhakWoolf
I'm very grateful that Willie's music provided cover inspiration for Foghat, Zepp and the Doors; of which they in turn paid serious justice to the maestro in the form of their arrangements, along with hundreds of others musicians.
The evolution of music is the grandest of things until you run into artists that don't 'get it;' of which everyone can name a few covers that represent that catagory
its like the drums and bass at some parts.....epic.
Fenomenal 😃👍
William James "Willie" Dixon (July 1, 1915 - January 29, 1992)
RIP Bro
Look at the flame on that bass neck!