“You have to have a style, and that style should be named after you, and your best song should be named after that style. Like, Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley in the Bo Diddley style.”-Willie DixonI'm paraphrasing here because, I'm going from memory. This was told to me by Peter Case.
The story went something like this; Some time during the '80s, Case was in L.A. after his band, The Plimsouls, folded and working on solo stuff. During the same period, Willie Dixon was waiting for the Led Zeppelin money to come through and he was maintaining an office in town.
Some A&R whiz thought it would be a good idea to put the pair together to write some songs. As I recall, they didn't really accomplish much writing but Peter got to hear some great stories.
Speaking of story telling, what I'm missing here are all of Case's wonderful inflections and mannerisms which are artwork to themselves. If you get a chance to see him live you should do so.
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