[1] In the mid-1990s, he secured a contract with Alligator Records, releasing the critically acclaimed album Wake Up and Live!
[1] On June 1 and 2, 2006, Dixon hosted a concert with Pinetop Perkins and Henry Gray, celebrating the intergenerational aspect of blues piano.
The band was led by Kid Ramos and included Larry Taylor and Richard "Bigfoot" Innes.
Kim Wilson, Fred Kaplan (from the Hollywood Blue Flames) and Lynwood Slim also performed.
[5] Dixon died of kidney failure in Orange County, California, in July 2006, at the age of 77, having suffered from cancer.