When the Blues Came to Town... FREDDIE DIXON's Childhood Home

TALKIN BLUES WITH SIXX and Freddie Dixon. Freddie Dixon grew up in a house of the blues with blues dignitaries dropping by every time they were in Chicago; T-Bone Walker, Washboard Sam, Roosevelt Sykes, Lightnin' Hopkins,  Queen Victoria Spivey, Koko Taylor, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis Slim, Buddy Guy, Sonny Boy Williamson ll, and more. 

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