Spotify Release Info
Track: Love Changing Blues - 2003 Remastered
Artist: Blind Willie McTell
Album: Statesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series
Artist Bio
Name: Blind Willie McTell
Spotify Genres: blues, country blues, classic blues, ragtime
Followers: 61,294
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Biography
Born: May 05, 1898 in Thomson, GA, United States Died: August 19, 1959 in Milledgeville, GA, United States McTell was a prolific 12-string blues guitarist and vocalist who recorded a great deal of 78s for the Victor, Columbia, ARC, OKeh, and Decca labels during the 1920s and '30s, often performing under pseudonyms. In 1940, the field recordist John A. Lomax located McTell working as a street performer in his homebase of Atlanta, Georgia, and recorded him for the Library of Congress. McTell's career revived briefly in 1949 when he recorded sessions for the Atlantic and Regal labels, but was never able to re-establish in these post-war years the level of fame he had enjoyed during the heyday of the "race records." McTell died of a stroke in 1959. Was married to [a1212224]. Also shown in BMI files as Ernest B McTell.
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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1.I Got the Cross the River JordanAtlanta Twelve String
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2.Statesboro BluesRough Guide to the Roots of the Blues
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3.Dying Crapshooters BluesAtlanta Twelve String
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4.Broke Down Engine BluesLast Session
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5.You Got to DieAtlanta Twelve String
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6.DeliaBlind Willie McTell 1940
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7.Mr. McTell Got the Blues - 2003 RemasteredStatesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series
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8.Searching The Desert For The BluesBlind Willie McTell Vol. 2 (1931 - 1933)
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9.Goodbye BluesLast Session
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10.Southern Can Is MineThe Early Years
Discogs Release Info
Release: Blind Willie McTell - The Classic Years
Year: 2003
Genres: Blues
Styles: Piedmont Blues