Blind Willie McTell

About

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

Top Tracks

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   Statesboro Blues

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   Delia

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   I Got The Cross The River Jordan

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   Southern Can Is Mine

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   Broke Down Engine Blues

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   Dark Night Blues

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   Travelin' Blues

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   Georgia Rag

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