Music
Blues giant Willie Dixon spent the last decade of his life in Southern California, where he’d discovered a healthy following for the music he helped define in a 40-year career as a songwriter and performer.
March 22, 1992
Books
It’s appropriate that Willie Dixon’s autobiography should have been published first in Britain, for American blues musicians have long received more respect abroad than at home.
Oct. 21, 1990
Travel & Experiences
Goin’ Out in Style: In a bluesy, jazzy send-off, Chicago said goodby Wednesday to blues giant Willie Dixon with a funeral procession that was strictly New Orleans-style.
Feb. 7, 1992
BLUE DAY FOR BLUES: Blues legend Willie Dixon, who died Wednesday at 76 (A3), was excited about a scheduled appearance last summer at the Pacific Amphitheatre. . . .
Jan. 30, 1992
If you have listened to popular music during the past 40 years, you’ve almost certainly heard a Willie Dixon song.
June 6, 1991
Willie Dixon has walked the Earth for 73 years, been a professional musician for nearly 50 of those and been one of the prime movers of the blues for nearly 40.
Dec. 3, 1988
When Shirley Dixon was 13, a friend played her an album by Led Zeppelin, and something struck the girl as odd.
Oct. 8, 1994
One of the hundreds of songs written by the late blues pioneer Willie Dixon is called “I’m a Businessman.”
Nov. 11, 1994
The blues were always more for Willie Dixon than just tales of hard living and party-down good times.
Feb. 1, 1992
Television
Ted Willis, 74, credited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most prolific television scriptwriter.
Dec. 24, 1992