Floyd Dixon, 1929-2006
I admired an advertisement for the Long Beach Blues Festival in OC Weekly as I sat in an Orange County motel room ten days ago. Bettye Lavette! Rickie Lee Jones! Jerry Butler! Floyd Dixon! In a time when very few original blues legends remain, it's rare to see such a savvy and intriguing blend of talent. A few minutes later, I picked up the Los Angeles Times and discovered Dixon's obituary. This is a decent re-record of one of Dixon's best known hits for a 1996 release on Alligator Records.
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