Willie Dixon (1915 -1992), Original 5" by 3" Autograph Card, SIGNED BY Willie Dixon; with 8.5" by 11" digital b & w print. Bassist, vocalist, and prolific songwriter, Willie Dixon, with Muddy Waters, was the most influential pioneer of the Chicago Blues sound. His many compositions, including Little Red Rooster, Spoonful, Hoochie Coochie Man, and I Just Want To Make Love To You, were covered by all the great blues artist of his era, in the peak years of Chess Records; and then by a new generation of 60's rock musicians, including the Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. The autograph sheet and photograph are fine, clean and unmarked; the original autograph in blue ink is fine without loss or fading. Autograph provenance, the comprehensive blues collection of the late Walter Glenn. J2272
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