The Big Three Trio Signifying Monkey (LP)

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The Big Three Trio: Signifying Monkey (LP)

(1990/Dr.Horse) 18 tracks, recorded between 1940 and 1952

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Interpret: The Big Three Trio
Album titlle: Signifying Monkey (LP)
Genre R&B, Soul
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Label DR HORSE
Artikelart LP
EAN: 7392048708080
weight in Kg 0.21

Big Three Trio (Feat. Willie Dixon), The - Signifying Monkey (LP) LP 1
01	I'm Gonna Walk Your Log	The Big Three Trio
02	Since My Baby Been Gone	The Big Three Trio
03	Return, Gal Of Mine	The Big Three Trio
04	I Keep On Worrying	The Big Three Trio
05	Don't Let That Music Die	The Big Three Trio
06	If The Sea Was Whiskey	The Big Three Trio
07	Big Three Stomp	The Big Three Trio
08	It Can't Be Done	The Big Three Trio
09	She Got Something There	The Big Three Trio
10	Signifying Monkey	The Big Three Trio
11	Where Shall I Go	The Big Three Trio
12	You Don't Love Me No More	The Big Three Trio
13	Till The Day I Die	The Big Three Trio
14	It's Hard To Go Through Life Alone	The Big Three Trio
15	Got You On My Mind	The Big Three Trio
16	Cigareets, Whuskey And Wild Women	The Big Three Trio
17	Why Be So Blue	The Big Three Trio
18	Hard Notch Boogie Beat	The Big Three Trio

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"The Big Three Trio"

The Big Three Trio

After Awhile

Long before he emerged as one of the linchpins of post-war Chicago blues, giant-sized Willie Dixon was experimenting with a smoothly harmonized, pop-accessible approach to the genre with his Big Three Trio.

Born July 1, 1915 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, big Willie had a voice as low and resonant as his upright bass playing. He wrote songs and sang gospel prior to arriving in Chicago in 1936, intent on boxing as a heavyweight. That didn't last long, but he fortuitously hooked up with guitarist Leonard 'Baby Doo' Caston, who convinced him music was a better choice. "I had a tin can bass, one that I made at first when I started out," said the late Dixon. In 1939, Willie and Baby Doo formed a group called The Five Breezes, their blues buttressed by smooth vocal harmonies. "We did more giggin' around Chicago with that group than we did anything, 'cause we was just marchin' from door to door all up and down Madison Street, and all over the North Side," said Dixon. They debuted the next year on Bluebird.

After spending time in jail for evading the draft during World War II, Willie formed another group, The Four Jumps of Jive, with fellow ex-Breeze Gene Gilmore. They made two 1945 78s for Mercury before Dixon reunited with Baby Doo, now on piano, and guitarist Bernardo Dennis to form The Big Three Trio in '46. Their urbane sound was laced with tasty vocal harmonies. The trio made two singles for Jim Bulleit's Nashville-based Bullet label, notably Dixon's ribald Signifying Monkey, before Dennis was replaced by Ollie Crawford.

The Big Three Trio signed with Columbia in 1947. Their dates were usually produced by Lester Melrose, who had the Chicago blues recording scene sewn up. "Lester Melrose was one of the first guys that we recorded with, because he'd go down to Tampa Red's house. Lester Melrose used to hang out down there," said Dixon. "We used to write songs and he'd buy 'em from us, different songs for a small amount of money - $10 or $15, whatever we could get for 'em." The trio's You Sure Look Good To Me was a Top Ten R&B hit on Columbia in 1948. Caston sang his own After Awhile, a bouncy hybrid cut September 3, 1947 with Charles Saunders on drums and Dixon slapping his bass with the same gusto he brought to his vocals.

Although The Big Three Trio stayed together into 1951, Dixon was making inroads as a blues session bassist and prolific songwriter. He reigned as the bard of Chicago blues during the 1950s and '60s, writing seminal smashes for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor (he discovered her), and plenty more as well as working as an invaluable A&R man for Chess and Cobra. He died January 29, 1992, his legacy as a Chicago blues heavyweight a massive one. "Blues are the actual facts of life, expressed in words and songs and music," Dixon declared. No one could question his wisdom.

Bill Dahl

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