Blues Heaven Foundation

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The Blues Heaven Foundation is an American nonprofit organization founded by blues musician Willie Dixon. Its primary mission is to support destitute blues performers and provide scholarships to aspiring young musicians. Willie Dixon, a highly influential figure in post-World War II Chicago blues, was a prolific songwriter, bassist, and producer whose compositions were recorded by legendary artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He established the Blues Heaven Foundation to ensure the well-being of blues artists and to foster the next generation of talent in the genre.1

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Willie Dixon
…was the founder of the Blues Heaven Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to benefit destitute blues performers and provide scholarships to young musicians. His autobiography is entitled I Am the Blues (1989). Dixon was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and into the Rock and Roll Hall…
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…was the founder of the Blues Heaven Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to benefit destitute blues performers and provide scholarships to young musicians. His autobiography is entitled I Am the Blues (1989). Dixon was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980 and into the Rock and Roll Hall…
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