Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane

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Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane
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Studio album by
Willie Dixon
Released1984
StudioUniversal, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Blues
Length32:05
Label Pausa
Producer Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon chronology
What Happened to My Blues
(1976)		Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane
(1984)		Willie Dixon: Live (Backstage Access)
(1985)

Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane is an album by the American blues musician Willie Dixon, released in 1984 by Pausa Records. [1] [2] It was his first album since What Happened to My Blues, in 1976. [3] Dixon supported the album with a North American tour. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded in California, with most of it finished by 1982. [5] [6] Dixon is backed by his Chicago All-Stars. [7] Dixon wrote and produced all of the songs on the album. [8] Typical of Dixon's writing, the album addresses topical issues such as religious dogma ("Pie in the Sky") and nuclear war ("It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace"). [9] Dixon called the latter song his favorite of all the ones that he had written. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Quad-City Times B− [13]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the music, with the honky-tonk flourishes of piano player Lafayette Leak, and the solemn wail of harmonica player Billy Branch, is consistently engaging." [9] The Quad-City Times opined that the album "lacks the reckless spontaneity of his better groups." [13] Cash Box called it "a fine album from an American original." [14]

AllMusic's Bill Dahl deemed Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane a "decent modern album by the prolific legend." [11]

Cover versions

Soon after the album's release, Tina Turner added a cover version of the title track to her live set. [9] "Flamin' Mamie" was covered by Koko Taylor on Queen of the Blues , released in 1985. [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Willie Dixon.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Earthquake and Hurricane"4:20
2."It Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)"4:25
3."After Five Long Years"3:43
4."Everything's Got a Time"4:13
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Wigglin' Worm"3:35
2."Flamin' Mamie"4:01
3."Grave Digger Blues"4:04
4."Pie in the Sky"3:44
Total length:32:05

References

  1. ↑ Inaba, Mitsutoshi (November 19, 2011). Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810869936.
  2. ↑ "Bug Buddies". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 38. October 6, 1984. p. 58.
  3. ↑ "East Coastings" (PDF). Cash Box . March 17, 1984. p. 11 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Perry, Jonathan (August 23, 1984). "Blues legend coming to town". Daily Hampshire Gazette. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Floyd Jr., Samuel A., ed. (1999). International Dictionary of Black Composers. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN   1884964273.
  6. ↑ "End of the (touring) road nears for blues great Willie Dixon". Courier News. January 29, 1982. p. B2.
  7. ↑ Pareles, Jon (January 30, 1992). "Willie Dixon, Musician, 76, Dies; Singer and Writer of Classic Blues". The New York Times. p. B9.
  8. ↑ "Billboard Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . April 21, 1984. p. 60 – via World Radio History.
  9. 1 2 3 Lacey, Liam (August 23, 1984). "Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane Willie Dixon and the Chicago All-Stars". The Globe and Mail. p. E5.
  10. ↑ Garabedian, Steven (July 2015). "'It Don't Make Sense': Willie Dixon, the Blues, War, and Peace". Peace & Change. 40 (3): 287. doi:10.1111/pech.12131.
  11. 1 2 "Mighty Earthquake & Hurricane". AllMusic.
  12. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 37.
  13. 1 2 "Willie Dixon Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane". Quad-City Times. Go!. May 17, 1984. p. 21.
  14. ↑ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box . June 30, 1984. p. 14 – via World Radio History.
  15. ↑ Salter, Rosa (August 16, 1985). "Koko Taylor's Mainstream Blues". The Morning Call. p. D1.
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