The Dixon House Band was a prog-rock/pop group based in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

 in the late 1970s. It issued one album on New York City-based Infinity Records

Infinity Records

Infinity Records was a short-lived subsidiary of MCA Records established in New York City in 1977. The label was conceived by MCA president Sidney Sheinberg as a way for the Los Angeles-based entertainment conglomerate to improve its presence on the East Coast...

 in 1979 entitled Fighting Alone and had a minor chart hit with the song "Sooner Or Later".

The band got its name from the founder and keyboard player/lead vocalist, Dixon House. The band's sound was a cross between the vocal sound and melodic hooks of Styx

Styx (band)

Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater....

 combined with some of the musical prowess and lyricism of Kansas

Kansas (band)

Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on Album-Oriented Rock charts, and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"...

, but with heavier guitars using a thinly compressed sound. It also had a female guitarist like Seattle counterpart Heart

Heart (band)

Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...

. Like many rock groups of its day at the dawn of the 1980s, it suffered from poor promotion and record company support.

Members of the band were:

• Dixon House on keyboards and vocals,
• Chrissy Shefts on guitars,
• Chuck Gardner on guitars,
• Fred Zeufeldt on drums and
• James Kenfield on bass guitar.

Discography

The Dixon House Band released one album. Most of the words and music were written by Edward Dixon House. Dixon House was a well known popular band leader and singer in Victoria who moved to Vancouver in 1974 to pursue a recording career originally with Mushroom Records and producer Mike Flicker, who also was the producer for Heart before the band abandoned Vancouver for Seattle. In Seattle, Dixon House Band was supported and promoted by Heart's producer for the production of the album Fighting Alone.

Fighting Alone

(Infinity 1979) Produced by Mike Flicker

Mike Flicker

Mike Flicker is an American producer in Los Angeles who has numerous credits on music and film projects. He is critically acclaimed for his work with Heart.- Early career :...

1. Sooner or later
2. Crusader
3. Turn around
4. Angela
5. Who's gonna love you tonight?
6. Fighting
7. Feelin' no pain
8. Runnin' scared
9. Saracen ride
10. The promise
11. Fighting alone

E. Dixon House

(Edward) Dixon House (1950-) is currently a classical playwright and works in concunction with Stuart Joseph Johnston (1951-).

His solo work includes:

Masked Madness

(1981)

1. Just one kiss (House & Leese
   Howard Leese
   Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years...
   
   )
2. Wait for the night
3. Green light
4. Our love
5. Too late, Belinda
6. Masked madness
7. If you wanna go the distance (beat them to the punch)
8. Layanna (House & Leese
   Howard Leese
   Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years...
   
   )
9. Automatic Pilot
10. All too clear

Other work

• Jealousy (1982), words and music by R Meisner
  Randy Meisner
  Randy Herman Meisner is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of Poco and the Eagles...
  
  , D House and H Leese
  Howard Leese
  Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer and musical director who played with Heart for 22 years...
  
  
• It ain't no mystery (1985), by Stuart Joseph Johnston & Edward Dixon House
• The face of the dove (1988), screenplay by Stuart Joseph Johnston & Edward Dixon House