Willie Dixon was one of the best blues songwriters to ever walk the planet -- the songs he wrote affected the entire course of blues music, not to mention rock and roll. His deep bass voice and acoustic bass playing were not initially focused on when Dixon began working with Chess Records, but rather his down-to-earth songs such as "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Spoonful" and "Little Red Rooster." It was later in his career that Dixon became a performer as well as writer, singing gritty o...  [+]