Willie Dixon - Vicksburg, MS
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kwashnak
N 32° 20.886 W 090° 53.022
15S E 699156 N 3580989
Mulberry and South Streets, Vicksburg, MS
Part of the Mississippi Blues Trail
Waymark Code: WMGQM8
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2013
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon, often called "the poet laureate of the blues," was born in Vicksburg on July 1, 1915. AS a songwriter, producer, arranger, and bass player, Dixon shaped the sound of Chicago blues in the 1950s and '60s with songs such as "Seventh Son," "little Red Rooster," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "My Babe," and "Wang Dang Doodle." Dixon traced many of his works back to poems and songs he heard or wrote as a youth in Vicksburg.
Date Installed:: 2010/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Blues Commission
Related Website:: [Web Link]
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