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Tag: Willie Dixon

  • The Led Zeppelin Controversy: Who Wrote The Songs?

    The Led Zeppelin Controversy: Who Wrote The Songs?

    It is easy now to look at the relative fortunes of the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones – who doubtless regularly bathe in asses milk and feast on panda and swan – with the poor, early blues pioneers who struggled to scrape a living, as evidence that the British bands exploited /…

  • A Visit To Chess Records…And When Muddy Waters Met The Rolling Stones

    A Visit To Chess Records…And When Muddy Waters Met The Rolling Stones

    2120 South Michigan Avenue was immortalised in song by the Rolling Stones in their 5×5 EP (recently re-released on Record Store Day) and was the headquarters and recording studio of Chess Records. It is worth listing just a few of the songs recorded at this studio, because that list is like a lesson in American…