{"product_id":"i-am-the-blues-the-willie-dixon-story-9780306804151","title":"I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Willie Dixon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Soul \u0026amp; R\u0026amp;B\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work - as songwriter, bassist, producer, and arranger - with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry which shaped the definitive Chicago blues sound of Chess Records; and his legal battles to recapture the rights to his historic catalog of songs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355735023767,"sku":"9780306804151","price":1783.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780306804151.webp?v=1767308971","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/i-am-the-blues-the-willie-dixon-story-9780306804151","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}