DIXON, WILLIE JAMES. Bluesman ( in Vicksburg, Mississippi). He was attracted to the blues as a child when he heard performances of Little Brother
Eurreal Montgomery. In 1935 he settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he entered professional boxing. But he began singing with
Baby Doo
Leonard Caston
, and about 1939 he left boxing to sing and play bass fiddle in local clubs, at first in the Big Three Trio with Caston and Ollie Crawford. He first recorded in 1949...