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About
Blind Willie McTell was an American Piedmont blues and ragtime singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played in a fluid, syncopated finger picking guitar style common among many East Coast, Piedmont blues players. Like his Atlanta contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also adept at slide guitar, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. He sang in a smooth and often laid-back tenor which differed greatly from the harsher voices of many Delta bluesmen such as Charley Patton. He performed in various musical styles including blues, ragtime, religious music, and hokum and recorded more than 120 titles during fourteen recording sessions.
Top Tracks
- 1
Statesboro Blues
Statesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series
- 2
Delia
Blind Willie McTell 1940
- 3
Pearly Gates
Atlanta Twelve String
- 4
Three Women Blues
Statesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series
- 5
B & O Blues No. 2 (-2) (Album Version)
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell
- 6
Little Delia
Atlanta Twelve String
- 7
Broke Down Engine Blues (Album Version)
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell
- 8
Stole Rider Blues (2003 Remastered)
Statesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series
- 9
I Got the Cross the River Jordan
Atlanta Twelve String
- 10
A To Z Blues
Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949
