🎩 Willie Dixon: Prophet or Pirate? by Dark Side Johnny 🔥 DarkSideJohnnyRocks.blogspot.com 🔥 “The blues are the roots. The rest are the fruits.” — Willie Dixon Every now and then, you stumble across a soul whose name is inked so deep into the music that it’s hard to tell where the man ends and the myth begins. Willie Dixon is one of those names. If you flip through the credits of rock and blues records from the ‘50s and ‘60s — especially those pouring outta Chess Records — you’ll see him everywhere . Bassist. Producer. Songwriter. Shaman. Shadow. Sometimes even a question mark. But here's the rub: Was Willie Dixon the prophet who preserved the spirit of the blues for generations to come… or the pirate who planted his flag in land already claimed by the voices of juke joints and cotton fields? ⚓ The Pirate Case: Let’s not sugarcoat it — a lotta folks whisper that Dixon took credit for songs already bouncing around the South long before microphones were plugg...
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