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Blind Willie McTell is tagged as: blues, delta blues, classic blues, country blues, folk

Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901 - August 15, 1959) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. He was born in Thomson, Georgia and died in Milledgeville, Georgia.
McTell was a twelve-string finger picking guitarist and singer who recorded from 1927 to 1955. One of his most famous songs, “Statesboro Blues” has been covered by many artists including Taj Mahal and The Allman Brothers Band. In 1983, Bob Dylan recorded a tribute song for McTell, using the folk melody of “St. James Infirmary Blues,” although the track went unreleased until 1991. In 1993, Dylan paid further tribute to McTell by recording McTell’s song “Broke Down Engine.”
Blind from late childhood and an adept reader of Braille, McTell showed an inherent proficiency in music from an early age and learned to play the six-string guitar as soon as he could. His father left the family when McTell was still young, so when his mother died in the 1920s, he left his hometown and became a wandering busker. He began his recording career in 1927 for Victor Records of Atlanta.
In the years before World War II, he recorded prodigiously, for a wide variety of labels under an equal variety of names, but his style was singular: a form of country blues, bridging the gap between the ...
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Top 10 Blind Willie McTell Songs
Delia
Statesboro Blues
Southern Can Is Mine
Broke Down Engine Blues
Dark Night Blues
Travelin' Blues
Georgia Rag
Drive Away Blues
Low Rider's Blues
Dying Crapshooter's Blues
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Top 10 Blind Willie McTell Albums
Best of Blind Willie McTell: Classic Recordings of the 1920's & 30's
The Essential
The Early Years (1927-1933)
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (disc 1)
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (disc 2)
Statesboro Blues
Atlanta Twelve String
The Best of Blind Willie McTell
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell
Atlanta Strut
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