IT DON'T MAKE SENSE IF YOU CAN'T MAKE PEACE
WILLY DIXON
SONGWRITER:
MÁRIO DE VASCONCELOS SÁ
COUNTRY:
U. S. A.
ALBUM: IT DON’T MAKE SENSE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1984
Dixon was born in Vicksburg,
Mississippi, on July 1, 1915. He was one of
fourteen children. His mother, Daisy, often rhymed things she said, a habit her
son imitated. At the age of seven, young Dixon became an admirer of a band that
featured pianista Little Brother Montgomery. He sang
his first song at Springfield Baptist Church at the age of four Dixon was first
introduced to blues when he
served time on prison farms in Mississippi as a young teenager. Later in his
teens, he learned how to sing harmony from a local carpenter, Theo Phelps, who
led a gospel quintet, the Union Jubilee Singers, in which Dixon sang bass; the
group regularly performed on the Vicksburg radio station WQBC. He began
adapting his poems into songs and even sold some to local music groups.
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915 –
January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was
proficient in playing both the upright
bass and the guitar, and sang with a
distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific
songwriters of his time. Next to Muddy
Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential
person in shaping the post–World War
II sound of the Chicago blues.
Dixon's
songs have been recorded by countless musicians in many genres as well as by
various ensembles in which he participated. A short list of his most famous
compositions includes "Hoochie Coochie Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You",
"Little Red Rooster", "My Babe",
"Spoonful",
and "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".
These songs were written during the peak years
of Chess Records,
from 1950 to 1965, and were performed by Muddy
Waters, Howlin'
Wolf, Little
Walter, and Bo Diddley;
they influenced a generation of musicians worldwide.
Dixon was an important link between the blues
and rock and roll,
working with Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, his songs were adapted by numerous rock
artists. He received a Grammy
Award and was inducted into the Blues
Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the
Songwriters Hall of Fame.
You have made great
planes to span the skies
You gave sight to the blind with other men's eyes
You even made submarines stay submerged for weeks
But it don't make sense you can't make peace
You take one man's heart and make another man live
You even go to the moon and come back thrilled
Why you can crush any country in a matter of weeks
But it don't make sense you can't make peace
You can make a transfusion that can save a life
Why you can change the darkness into broad daylight
You make the deaf man hear and the dumb man speak
But it don't make sense you can't make peace.
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