Champion Men’s Double Dry Short
Champion Men’s Double Dry Short
This Champion Double Dry Short is perfect for those tough workouts at the gym!
Customer Review: Too Short Shorts
These shorts are fine for exercising and running, except that I expected them to be a little longer so they would hide my skinny upper legs - they didn’t. A nice feature of these shorts are the pockets.
Customer Review: Good work out shorts
Not much to say really. These are very good work out shorts. I wear them to the gym on a regular basis and they are comfortable and functional. The pockets are nice.
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The Chess Box 
Best known for his work as a songwriter, producer, and talent scout, singer-bassist Willie Dixon essentially built Chicago’s Cobra and Chess labels with his sweat. Although this double-disc set does include five performances by the man from Vicksburg, Mississippi, himself, it’s really a testament to his songwriting prowess, packed with recordings that made his tunes classics of blues and early rock & roll. There’s Howlin’ Wolf tearing through “Spoonful,” “Little Red Rooster,” “Evil,” and “Back Door Man.” There’s Muddy Waters belting “You Shook Me,” “Hoochie Coochie Man,” and “I’m Ready.” There’s Bo Diddley delivering “You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” and Koko Taylor launching her career with “Wang Dang Doodle.” The set features excellent liner notes, and its only disappointment is that its label-centricity excludes Dixon’s work for Cobra with then-youngsters Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. –Ted Drozdowski
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Customer Review: Original recordings of Willie Dixon’s songs
Like many blues musicians, Willie Dixon had an interesting background. He was born, and spent his childhood, here in Vicksburg. He never had formal music education, but a local carpenter taught him harmony singing. Dixon sang bass in a local gospel quartet. Along the way, he served a couple stretches on Mississippi prison farms. He started his career as a heavyweight boxer in Chicago, but switched to music and played bass, part of the time as a house musician. Dixon started out as a studio bass player with Chess Records when it was a fledgling company started by the Chess brothers. The present set includes 36 songs written by Dixon, and performed by a variety of artists in addition to Dixon including Muddy Waters (Hoochie Coochie Man, etc.), Howlin Wolf (I Ain’t Superstitious, etc.), Bo Diddley (Pretty Thing, and You Can’t Tell a Book by its Cover), Koko Taylor (Wang Dang Doodle) and many others. The boxed set is a must addition for your collection if you have a serious interest in blues. It also makes a good gift. I would note that the Vicksburg Blues Society and others served as co-sponsors of the Willie Dixon Wang Dang Doodle Blues Festival held in Vicksburg in 2006. The City of Vicksburg has added a Willie Dixon mural to the murals on the Mississippi River floodwall near Catfish Row (the southern end of The Delta). The mursl, featuring the legendary Blue Room in the background, was painted by the noted mural artist Robert Dafford under the sponsorship of local blues patrons Ray and Nancy Neilsen.
Customer Review: A lesson in blues music
This set was my introduction to the *real* blues, and to not only Willie Dixon, but Muddy Waters and others featured in the set. For newcomers to the genre, it includes a wide array of rythms and styles in the blues category, showing its depth and richness. Lots of danceable selections, but more importantly, ALL genuine blues. Highly recommended!
Civil War Chess Set 
In this fun Civil War Chess Set traditional pieces are substituted with nicely detailed civil war pieces. Great gift for the collector of historic Americana. Board measures 14 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches. Alabaster.
