‘Hoochie Coochie Man’: Behind Muddy Waters’ Classic Blues Song

‘Hoochie Coochie Man’: Behind Muddy Waters’ Classic Blues Song

Willie Dixon was the undisputed Poet Laureate of post-war Chicago blues music. His undoubted talent as a wordsmith probably stemmed from the fact that, as a youngster growing up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he heard his mother recite poetry that she had written. But music wasn’t Dixon’s first calling. He enjoyed several years as a moderately successful heavyweight boxer before he switched careers. His big break was landing a job at Chicago’s Chess…