This veteran bass-man played on some of Muddy Waters' first records, but was never a permanent part of the Chess set up.

No. This fantastic Chicago bass player backed Little Walter on the club scene back in the day, but Chess Records was long gone when Willie started his own recording career.

Correct. Willie was hired by Leonard and Phil Chess when they first established Chess Studios for his bass playing and arranging skills, but he pushed a broom and packed a lot of records in the early days too. Later Willie wrote and played on dozens of classic Chicago Blues songs.

No. Ransom played bass for many classic Chicago Blues stars from the mid-30s onwards, including The Harlem Hamfats, Big Boy Crudup, adding tuba, or 'brass bass' to Doc Clayton's 'Pearl Harbor Blues' in 1942 and dozens more.

No. 'Homesick' did play bass on many of his cousin Elmore's big Chicago hits, but they were for the Vee-Jay and Fire labels.