{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Traveling Boy","provider_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure","author_name":"Tim E. Mattox","author_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/author\/tim\/","title":"Remembering Willie Dixon - Traveling Boy","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"M6LNE8NyHC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/remembering-willie-dixon\/\">Remembering Willie Dixon<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/remembering-willie-dixon\/embed\/#?secret=M6LNE8NyHC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Remembering Willie Dixon&#8221; &#8212; Traveling Boy\" data-secret=\"M6LNE8NyHC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Wiilie-Dixon.jpg","thumbnail_width":360,"thumbnail_height":224,"description":"I miss Willie Dixon. I had the tremendous good fortune to sit and talk with him on several occasions during the 1980\u2019s, and he never failed to amaze, entertain and enlighten me. During those years you couldn\u2019t go into a Southern California club, blues venue or attend a music festival without seeing the man surrounded by an entourage of adoring friends and fans. He was finally acknowledging his role as blues ambassador and accepting it with his natural ease and grace. Willie Dixon had become everybody\u2019s favorite uncle; the elder statesman whose dues had all been paid."}