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Blind Willie McTell

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Born
5 May 1901
Born In
Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, United States
Died
19 August 1959 (aged 58)
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charley Patton. McTell embodied a vari… read more
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came t… read more
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide … read more

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1 Play track The Essential Statesboro Blues
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2 Play track Atlanta Twelve String I Got The Cross The River Jordan
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3 Play track Last Session Baby, It Must Be Love
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4 Play track The Essential Broke Down Engine Blues
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5 Play track The Essential You Was Born to Die
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6 Last Session Goodbye Blues
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7 Play track Dying Crapshooters Blues Dying Crapshooters Blues
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8 Play track The Essential Delia
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9 Play track Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues - The Early Years 1927-1935 Searching the Desert for the Blues
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10 Play track The Early Years (1927-1933) Southern Can Is Mine
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  1. 36,829 listeners

    2001 · 31 tracks

    The Essential
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    1 Jan 1972 · 15 tracks

    Atlanta Twelve String
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    1 Jan 1989 · 14 tracks

    The Early Years (1927-1933)
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  4. 16,603 listeners

    29 Aug 2005 · 74 tracks

    Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues - The Early Years 1927-1935
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