Willie Dixon: The Chicago Blueprint Behind Britain’s Rock Revolution

The episode traces how Willie Dixon’s songwriting for Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and others fed the riffs that powered British bands from the Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin and Iron Maiden. It explores the Chess Records studio sessions, the 1960s UK touring circuit, legal disputes over riff borrowing, and how Dixon’s chord structures became a global rock DNA.

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