extensive subsequent covers, include:
"29 Ways" – Marc Cohn, Willie Dixon, The Blues Band
"300 Pounds Of Joy" – Howlin' Wolf, Tom Jones & Jools Holland
"After Five Long Years" – Willie Dixon
"As Long as I Have You" – Led Zeppelin
"Back Door Man"[9] – Howlin' Wolf, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Shadows of Knight, Bob Weir
"Big Boss Man" – Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley, The Animals, The Grateful Dead
"Bring It on Home" – Sonny Boy Williamson II, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Dread Zeppelin, Johnny Thunders
"Built for Comfort" – Howlin' Wolf, Canned Heat, UFO
"Crazy For My Baby" – Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Willie Dixon
"Crazy Love" – Buddy Guy
"Crazy Mixed Up World" – Little Walter
"Close to You" – Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors
"Dead Presidents" – Little Walter, The J. Geils Band
"Diddy Wah Diddy" – Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, The Blues Band
"Do Me Right" – Lowell Fulson
"Do the Do" – Howlin' Wolf
"Don't Go No Farther" – Muddy Waters
"Don't Tell Me Nothin´" – Willie Dixon – used in the movie The Color of Money
"Down in the Bottom" – Howlin' Wolf, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
"Earthquake and Hurricane" – Willie Dixon
"Eternity" – Grateful Dead
"Everybody Needs Something" – Little Walter
"Everything But You" – Jimmy Witherspoon
"Everything's Got a Time" – Willie Dixon
"Evil" – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart, Monster Magnet, Derek and the Dominos, Gary Moore, Cactus, The Faces, Steve Miller, Koko Taylor
"Flamin' Mamie" – Willie Dixon
"Help Me" – Sonny Boy Williamson II
"Gone Daddy Gone" - the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano incorporated elements of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" into his track; the former was later covered by Gnarls Barkley
"Grave Digger Blues" – Willie Dixon
"Groanin' the Blues" – Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton
"Hidden Charms" – Howlin' Wolf, Link Wray
"Hoochie Coochie Man"[6] – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Shadows of Knight, Eric Burdon, The Nashville Teens, Dion, The Allman Brothers Band, Alexis Korner, Steppenwolf, Chuck Berry, Motörhead, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Manfred Mann
"Howlin' For My Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood
"I Ain't Superstitious" – Howlin' Wolf, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Megadeth, The Jeff Beck Group, Chris Spedding
"I Can't Quit You Baby" – Little Milton, Otis Rush, Willie Dixon, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Led Zeppelin, Gary Moore, Dread Zeppelin, Nine Below Zero
"I Can't Understand" – Los Lobos (co-written with Cesar Rojas)
"I Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Willie Dixon
"If the Sea Was Whiskey" – Chris Thile
"I Got What It Takes" – Koko Taylor
"I Just Want To Make Love To You"[6] – Muddy Waters, The Animals, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Shadows of Knight, Mungo Jerry, Grateful Dead, Foghat, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, Van Morrison, Paul Rodgers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, April Wine, Robben Ford, Meat Puppets, Cold Blood
"I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love" – Muddy Waters, Willie Nelson
"I'm Ready"[6] – Muddy Waters, Humble Pie, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, Long John Baldry, Eric Burdon, George Thorogood, Albert King
"Insane Asylum" – Koko Taylor, Kathy McDonald and Sly Stone, Diamanda Galás, Asylum Street Spankers, The Detroit Cobras, Oxbow feat. Marianne Faithful
"I Don't Play" – Robben Ford
"I Got My Brand on You" – Muddy Waters
"It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)" – Styx
"I Want To Be Loved" – Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones
"Let Me Love You Baby" – Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, B. B. King
"Little Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, The Rolling Stones
"Little Red Rooster"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Luther Allison, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Big Mama Thornton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Love, Life & Money" – Johnny Winter
"Mellow Down Easy" – Little Walter & His Jukes, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Black Crowes, Carey Bell, ZZ Top, Jimmy Reed, Holly Golightly
"Million Dollar Baby" – Dizzy Gillespie
"My Babe"[6] – Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Spencer Davis Group, John P. Hammond, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fire and Drum Band
"My Baby's Sweeter" – Little Walter, Fleetwood Mac
"My Captain" – Muddy Waters
"My John the Conqueror Root" – Muddy Waters
"Nervous" – Willie Dixon
"Oh Baby" – Little Walter
"One More Chance With You" – Little Walter
"Pain In My Heart" – Willie Dixon, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Grateful Dead
"Pie in the Sky" – Willie Dixon
"Pretty Thing" – Bo Diddley, Pretty Things, Canned Heat
"Seventh Son" – Willie Mabon, Mose Allison, Bill Haley, Johnny Rivers, Sting, Climax Blues Band, Long John Baldry
"Same Thing" – The Band
"Sin And City" – Buddy Guy
"Shake For Me" – Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Sit and Cry (The Blues)" – Buddy Guy (co-written with Buddy Guy)
"Spoonful"[6] – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Dion, Paul Butterfield, Cream, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Ten Years After, The Who, Etta James Salty Dog
"Study War No More" – Willie Dixon
"The Same Thing" – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, George Thorogood, The Allman Brothers Band, Sue Foley, Marc Ford, Grateful Dead
"The Seventh Son" – Willie Dixon
"Study No More" – Willie Dixon
"Third Degree" – Eddie Boyd, Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton, Leslie West
"Tollin' Bells" – Lowell Fulson, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Robert Cray
"Too Late" – Little Milton, Little Walter
"Too Many Cooks" – Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Mick Jagger
"Violent Love" – Otis Rush, The Big Three, Oingo Boingo, Dr. Feelgood
"Walkin' The Blues" – Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, John Kay
"Wang Dang Doodle"[6] – Koko Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Grateful Dead, Savoy Brown, Box Tops, PJ Harvey, Rufus Thomas, The Pointer Sisters, The Blues Band, Widespread Panic
"Weak Brain, Narrow Mind" – Willie Dixon, Widespread Panic
"When My Left Eye Jumps" – Buddy Guy
"When The Lights Go Out" – Jimmy Witherspoon, Kim Wilson
"Who" – Little Walter
"Wigglin' Worm" – Willie Dixon
"You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At Its Cover" – Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Cactus, The Yardbirds, Beat Farmers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tim Hardin, The Merseybeats, Elliott Murphy, Long John Baldry, The Monkees, Eric Clapton, Roy Buchanan.
"You Don't Love Me" – Booker T. & the M.G.s, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
"You Know My Love" – Otis Rush, Gary Moore
"You'll Be Mine" – Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dr. Feelgood
"You Need Love" – Muddy Waters, Mick Clark Band
"Whole Lotta Love" – Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" was appropriated, without credit, from Dixon's "You Need Love". Although the main guitar riff was composed by Jimmy Page himself, Robert Plant based the lyrics on Dixon's song. Dixon and his music publisher received credit and royalties, after a 1985 lawsuit was settled out of court.
"You Need Loving" recorded by The Small Faces in 1965, is another uncredited loose version of the song
"You Shook Me"[9] – Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin, Dread Zeppelin
"Young Fashioned Ways" – Muddy Waters
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Earthquake & Hurricane
Willie Dixon Lyrics
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A mighty earthquake and a hurricane
The earth cracked open and was breathing fire
Everybody's running none ready to die
Some going crazy some insane
Saying save me from the mighty hurricane
People scrambling and on the run
Some lay cripple some lay lame
Just save me from the mighty hurricane
Rich folks falling down on their knees
Begging lord have mercy if you please
Take all of my money I don't need a thing
Just save me from the mighty hurricane
The Willie Dixon song 'Earthquake and Hurricane' talks about the effects of a devastating storm that hit people like an earthquake. The lyrics depict the terror of people running for their lives and the destruction that the storm caused. The lines "The earth cracked open and was breathing fire" paints a vivid picture of the disaster tearing the ground apart. The effect of the storm is such that it leaves people scrambling for aid, losing their sanity, and crying out for help. The people, regardless of their wealth or social status, come to beg for their lives as they feel helpless before nature's wrath.
The song is a poignant reminder of the unpredictability of nature and the impact it can have on human life. It portrays the feeling of despair and hopelessness that people experience when faced with overwhelming natural calamities. Willie Dixon's 'Earthquake and Hurricane' song is a metaphorical representation of people's struggle to survive amidst any storms that come their way.
Line by Line Meaning
Hurricane hurricane
The singer announces the hurricane's looming presence twice over to emphasize its power.
A mighty earthquake and a hurricane
There is a feeling of devastation that magnifies as the mention of an earthquake compounds the hurricane's impact.
The earth cracked open and was breathing fire
The image of the earth breathing out fire reinforces the severity of the situation at hand.
Everybody's running none ready to die
The realization of their mortality in the face of such natural disaster has caused everyone to flee and seek refuge.
Some going crazy some insane
Some cannot handle the stress and are breaking down mentally under the strain.
Saying save me from the mighty hurricane
Regardless of who they are or where they come from, everyone is experiencing the same fear and pleading for salvation.
People scrambling and on the run
The desperation and panic is causing people to frantically search for a safe haven.
Like they were hit with the atom bomb
The effects of the hurricane are likened to the devastation of an atomic bomb to paint a picture of widespread destruction.
Some lay cripple some lay lame
The physical toll of the hurricane has left many injured and unable to move.
Just save me from the mighty hurricane
The rallying cry continues, as everyone wishes to escape the disaster unscathed.
Rich folks falling down on their knees
Even the wealthy and privileged have been humbled by the hurricane and are now begging for mercy.
Begging lord have mercy if you please
Their status and wealth mean nothing in the face of such destruction, and they turn to prayer for guidance and protection.
Take all of my money I don't need a thing
The realization of what truly matters in life hits home as the wealthy offer all their money in exchange for salvation.
Just save me from the mighty hurricane
Once again, the chorus repeats as everyone's shared desire for survival overrides all other differences.
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Written by: WILLIE DIXON
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G L
Bought this album without listening to it when it was brand new. I was a young teen then and felt the magic just holding it. It’s a masterpiece I still play very loud…
Ronald James
What a masterpiece, how can it be that just now, after a long life of looking for brilliant music, I here this record on here ?
I don't want to talk crap about other Blues artists making records back then, but this is so much better.
Thanks for putting this on here, I've got something to look forward to, to holding this record in my hands !
James Allard
This LP needs a full on high end remaster. And attention, lots and lots of attention.
Fernando Alle
0:00 Earthquake And Hurricane
4:20 It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)
8:45 After Five Long Years
12:28 Everything's Got A Time
16:41 Wigglin' Worm
20:17 Flamin' Mamie
24:20 Grave Digger Blues
28:25 Pie In The Sky
Jamie Warrior Warlord McCallum
good album from the legend willie dixon. is this from a movie no idea. anyway a great album from the blues master. everyone on this album is magic.
CROM
Once upon a time an old guitar man caught me drinking whiskey alone in my garage, cursing demons. I was 19. I gave the old man a nip. It was neither rich nor rare; he dragged me to his house. The old guitar man sat me down. He amped up. Analog stereo high decibels, clean in my face. Melting my brain, he showed me the blues. Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, Canned Heat, RL Burnside, Captain Beefheart...Fire, Fire, Fire... and then he let me go. Stumbling back into the world. I never saw him again, the old guitar man who drank all my whiskey. But I never left. I wonder if he's still there.
fenwayify
Good album my ass-this is a GREAT album! Willie laying 'em down and knockin' 'em out! I saw Willie once in Rochester, NY. He was a bit long in the tooth at the time, but still a presence on the stage. The blues gave us some legends: BB, Wolf, Waters, Hound Dog, Taj, Robert Johnson, Sonny and Brownie, and on and on-but Willie was right up there...
RC Metanoia
30 years with me, THANKX !!!!!!! 12:28 MY FAVORITE !!!
Cora Visser
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IT.
Tony Frascella
God damn 1972 I heard this album I dug the blues before this when I heard this album God damn that's it