Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album) explained

Hidden Charms
Type:studio
Artist:Willie Dixon
Cover:Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album).jpg
Released:1988
Studio:Ocean Way, Hollywood
Genre:Blues
Label:Bug/Capitol Records
Producer:T Bone Burnett
Prev Title:Willie Dixon: Live (Backstage Access)
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Ginger Ale Afternoon
Next Year:1989

Hidden Charms is a blues album by Willie Dixon, released in 1988 on Bug/Capitol Records.[1] [2] It won a 1989 Grammy Award.[3]

Production

The album was produced by T Bone Burnett. The band was made up of Cash McCall and Burnett on guitars, Sugar Blue on harmonica, Red Callender on bass, Lafayette Leake on piano, and Earl Palmer on drums. "Study War No More" was cowritten by Dixon's grandson.[4]

Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the band is excellent - rootsy and tough but not overpowering - and, while Dixon's hardly a mesmerizing singer, his gruff grandfatherly voice has a plaintive soulfullness that suits his more recent songs."[5] The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "Leake's unique playing is alone worth the price of the album."[6]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a solid if unspectacular outing." Paste deemed it "a collection of overlooked Dixon gems."[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Willie Dixon; except where indicated

  1. "Blues You Can't Lose" 5:44
  2. "I Don't Trust Myself" 4:23
  3. "Jungle Swing" (Willie Dixon, Leonard Caston) 5:27
  4. "Don't Mess With The Messer" 7:10
  5. "Study War No More" (Willie Dixon, Alex Dixon) 4:33
  6. "I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)" 3:11
  7. "I Cry For You" 4:40
  8. "Good Advice" (Willie Dixon, J.B. Lenoir) 5:13
  9. "I Do The Job" 6:22

Personnel

Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Willie Dixon and the Blues--One of the Last From the Past. December 3, 1988. Los Angeles Times.
  2. Web site: Hidden Charms - Willie Dixon - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 28 November 2018.
  3. Book: Steve Shorter. Roots to Rock: Part 2 - Blues. 978-1468954456. 2015. Booktango . Dixon was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and won a Grammy Award in 1989 for his album, Hidden Charms.
  4. Dixon hasn't stopped singing the blues . Calgary Herald . 22 Dec 1988 . C5.
  5. Dafoe . Chris . INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP Hidden Charms Willie Dixon . The Globe and Mail . 15 Dec 1988 . C13.
  6. Burliuk . Greg . Short Cuts . The Kingston Whig-Standard . 24 Dec 1988 . 1.
  7. Web site: Forgotten Giants: Willie Dixon - The Poet Laureate of Chess Records. September 25, 2018. pastemagazine.com.

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