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	Blind Willie McTell (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Blind Willie McTell" is a song by Bob Dylan, titled after the blues singer Blind Willie McTell.
		When enterprising "bootleggers" released the unused songs from Infidels, the song was hailed as a composition that approached the quality of such classics as "Tangled Up In Blue", "Like a Rolling Stone" and "All Along the Watchtower".
		It is unclear why Dylan shelved "Blind Willie McTell" and several other famous outtakes from Infidels in favor of the inferior songs released on the LP.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell_(song) (312 words)

	Blind Willie McTell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901–August 15, 1959) (probably born William Samuel McTear) was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
		McTell was a twelve-string finger picking guitarist and singer who recorded from 1927 to 1955.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell (498 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959)
		McTell was born in Thomson on May 5, 1898.
		His tombstone reads "Eddie McTier." He was blind either from birth or from early childhood, and he attended schools for the blind in Georgia, New York, and Michigan.
		Thus he was Blind Willie for Vocalion, Georgia Bill for OKeh, Red Hot Willie Glaze for Bluebird, Blind Sammie for Columbia, Barrel House Sammy for Atlantic, and Pig 'n' Whistle Red for Regal Records.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-875 (935 words)

	Blind Willie McTell
		However, in a 1977 interview, his wife Kate McTell said that somebody on his father's side of the family disguised their name because they were "big whiskey still people." Blind Willie McTell learned the guitar from his mother during his early teens.
		Willie McTell died of a cerebral hemhorrage on August 19, 1959 at the Milledgeville State Hospital in Georgia.
		Blind Willie McTell did not live to be "rediscovered" during the early 1960's folk-blues revival.
	members.home.nl /zowieso/blues/blindwilliemctell.html (993 words)

	Vapour Trails - Venues and the Artists that play them and reviews of live music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McTell was bitter about all the recording companies he'd worked for throughout the late 1920s and 30s and their lack of support for him now.
		Blind Willie McTell had recorded his poetic blues accompanying himself on his 12 string Stella guitar for Victor, Columbia, Okeh, Vocation, Bluebird and Decca.
		Blind Willie McTell believed he was recording for a commerical company and was not best pleased when Lomax gave him ten dollars for his effort.
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	Bob Dylan's Blind Willie McTell
		McTell was from Atlanta, wasn't he, so it's not a reference to his stomping grounds.
		The choice of McTell is significant here, I think, in part because he's not one of the most famous of bluesmen.
		In one of his best songs ever he's protesting his inability to get it right (and then very coyly not releasing the song, protesting he never got it quite right).
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	Blues Lyrics On Line: BLIND WILLIE MCTELL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blind Willie recorded it with is partner Curley Weaver in New York City for Vocalion in 1933.
		This song was recorded for Vocalion in New York City, in September 1933.
		The double CD "The Definitive Blind Willie McTell" (Columbia Roots 'n' Blues) has two versions, one recorded 18 september by Blind Willie alone, and the other recorded a day later, with Curley Weaver on second guitar.
	www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/2541/blmctell.htm (833 words)

	HarpAmps.Com - Blind Willie McTell The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues - Blues Lyrics
		In his 1956 intro to the song, McTell claims that "Dying Crapshooter's Blues" was in fact written at the request of a dying gambler named Jesse, who gave McTell a list of all the things he wanted at his funeral.
		The song itself is based directly on a much older blues song, "St. James Infirmary," which I think has been credited to Blind Lemon Jefferson.
		McTell stated in 1956 that he "stole music every which-way" to complete "Dying Crapshooter's Blues," and he probably didn't finish it until the mid-1930's, since it doesn't appear on any of his prolific 1927-1935 recordings.
	www.harptab.com /lyrics/ly2751.shtml (486 words)

	Folk File: B
		The songs were often new words to old tunes, and the topics could be just about anything: current wars, someone's last words (goodnight ballad), love songs, etc. They sold them in the street, door to door, and from stalls at fairs ("stall ballads").
		Not to be confused with Blind Blake Higgs.
		Blind Blake Higgs a calypso singer and instrumentalist; he is said to be the author of the song "Run Come See, Jerusalem", recorded in the 1950s by the Weavers.
	www.folklib.net /folkfile/b.shtml (10370 words)

	William Samuel "Blind Willie" McTell
		His lifelong blindness, itinerant nature, confusing list of recording names, and lack of commercial success did not diminish this performer's legendary prowess with a twelve-string guitar and his crystal-clear articulation, a feature rare among early blues music.
		In his day Blind Willie McTell was known as Pig n' Whistle Red, Red Hot Willie, Blind Sammie, even "Georgia Bill," depending on which company he was recording for at the time.
		Blind Willie eventually moved to Chicago, where he continued to record and play the streets, finally returning to Georgia, where he died.
	www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1233 (241 words)

	Amazon.com: Definitive Blind Willie Mctell: Music: Blind Willie Mctell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While he immortalized that town in the much-covered "Statesboro Blues," it was McTell's move to Atlanta in 1927 that led to his first studio dates--and a recording career that lasted, on and off, until his death in the late '50s.
		McTell was equally adept at blues ("Talking to Myself," "Broke Down Engine Blues"), ballads ("Lord Send Me an Angel"), and rags ("Georgia Rag"), and his work is a delightful primer of 1920s Southeastern street music.
		McTell had a better voice, he was an infinitely better guitarist, and his songs never have the political focus that Woody's have, but some of McTell's folkier talking-blues tunes do make me think of Woody a bit.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000028WJ?v=glance (1598 words)

	Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959)
		Blind Willie McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s.
		As a person faced with a physical disability and social inequities, he expressed in his music a strong confidence in dealing with the everyday world.
		With his longtime associate Curley Weaver, he played for tips on Atlanta's Decatur Street, a popular hangout for local blues musicians.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/ArticlePrintable.jsp?id=h-875 (842 words)

	Blind Willie McTell : Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blind Willie McTell : Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949
		Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949 is a first-rate collection of sides the guitarist recorded in the early '30s.
		These songs are impassioned and positively haunting, ranking among the best music he ever made.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,129450,00.html (124 words)

	Hollis Brown and Blind Willie \| Dylan Pool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The focus here is on the line: “And I know no one can sing the blues/Like Blind Willie McTell.” The beginning conjunction—“And”—forces us to connect the American landscape described in the rest of the song to the immutable fact of McTell’s voice, his style, his message and his music which exist in the present.
		The song is built on a series of similarly structured oppositions; the syntax is simple, it’s made of declaratory sentences.
		The singer himself, facing the tradition of blues and drawing strength from it as Dylan has done from the earliest part of his career, is burdened with the knowledge of beauty and its paradoxical existence with, or even its existence because of suffering.
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		However, in a 1977 interview, his wife Kate McTell said that somebody on his father's side of the family disguised their name because they were "big whiskey still people."
		Blind Willie McTell learned the guitar from his mother during his early teens.
		Between 1937 and 1948 McTell made a living playing for tips in various cities across the Eastern seaboard rather than recording.
	bluesnet.hub.org /readings/mctell.html (1129 words)

	JR.com: Blind Willie McTell - The Devil Can't Hide From Me [Remaster] in Music: Country Blues: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McTell's blues is softer and jazzier than hard-line Delta blues.
		Blind Willie McTell would be remembered today if only because Bob Dylan immortalized him in song, but McTell's legacy extends well beyond a single cut.
		Atlanta Twelve String Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949 Last Session Pig N' Whistle Red The Definitive Blind Willie McTell Statesboro' Blues Broke Down Engine Blues The Essential The Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Box] The Classic Years 1927-1940 [Box] Statesboro Blues: The Complete RCA Victor...
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	eBay - blind willie mctell ..., CDs, Digital Music Downloads items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blind Willie McTell Pig n'Whistle Red Blues CD 1 CENT
		Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Strut (Twenty Legendar...
		blind willie mctell "king of georgia blues singers" lp
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	Statesboro Blues by The Allman Brothers Band Songfacts
		This was originally recorded by Blind Willie McTell, a popular Blues musician who played in Georgia until his death in 1959.
		, Rock Hill, SC Blind Willie McTell's original version of 'Statesboro Blues' was recorded in Atlanta on October 17th 1928.
		With the song 'Three Women Blues' it was issued on the Victor label (cat.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=825 (508 words)

	Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival
		The 13th Annual Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival will be held Saturday, May 20, 2006.
		Also set to play are: the Randall Bramblett Band from Athens; guitarist Sean Costello from Atlanta; the country blues/ragtime guitar duo of Steve James of Austin, Tex., and Del Rey of Seattle, Wash.; Mississippi's Robert Lockwood Jr.; and Thomson, Ga.'s, Crosstie Walkers.
		Willie McTell cut over 120 titles from 1927 to 1956, but never had a hit song.
	www.blindwillie.com (168 words)

	"A day above ground is a good day". A review of Bob Dylan's "Love and theft"
		This is also a topic that recurs in many of the songs, both from the time of his conversion and the years before it: the redemption, salvation even, through carnal love.
		The song begins with the large overview, where the narrator stands alone against the rest of the world, but is in possession of esoteric knowledge, thanks to his alienation: "I got my back to the sun ’cause the light is too intense.
		This may, perhaps surprisingly, explain the musical freshness that pervades the record: when Dylan relates to a style that is new to him (in the capacity of listener, not of performer), it calls for an attentiveness and concentration which is not as compellingly necessary when he sails in the well-known waters of the blues.
	www.dylanchords.com /professors/a_day_above_ground.htm (4939 words)

	Monastery E-News April 6c, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There was a man called “Blind Willie McTell” who was a fl man and a blues singer.
		Dylan put to words and a dirge-like melody the gift Willie McTell was for singing the blues—achingly beautiful songs born from loss, suffering, pain and hope.
		The top section of the song has to do with what was done to a people because of their color.
	www.trappist.net /newweb/enews_04_06c_05.html (611 words)

	CD Review of Blind Willie McTell - Tryin To Get Home on Document Records @ jazzreview.com
		These are his blues song compositions and arrangements.
		This is the first time for these songs to appear on CD, and Document Records with the help of Johnny Parth have done an excellent job on bringing this early blues singer back into the blues limelight.
		Blind Willie McTell played a 12-string guitar while performing his vocals.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreviewprint.cfm?ID=3188 (224 words)

	Bob Dylan Who's Who - Blind Willie McTell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He appeared under several record names: Blind Sammie, Georgia Bill, Pig'n' Whistle Red.
		Georgia Sam was a recording pseudonym that Blind Willie McTell used.
		The influences page doesn't mention the Blind Willie McTell song which included the line "Lay across my big brass bed." It's "Rough Alley Blues" on the Definitive Blind Willie McTell via Legacy/Columbia.
	www.expectingrain.com /dok/who/m/mctellblindwillie.html (113 words)

	Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Blind Willie McTell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McTell is one of the very earliest recorded blues musicians.
		McTell could read and write music in Braille.
		Click here to start listening to Blind Willie McTell and thousands of other artists FREE for 14 days with Rhapsody Unlimited.
	www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=4055 (78 words)

	Amazon.com: The Essential: Music: Blind Willie McTell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This collection offers a reasonably good sampling of McTell's work, covering much of his long career, albeit in a somewhat hodge-podge fashion.
		This issue may compare well to the "Definitive" collection for some, as "Statesboro Blues" is included (see review train for the "Definitive" issue).
		McTell was certainly an important and talented enough performer to warrant purchasing his entire recorded works as individual disks, but this may be a good choice for the cost conscious.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000059T56?v=glance (424 words)

	leastbest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Katy is a very dynamic performer who plays here guitar almost in a clawhammer/frailing style using banjo picks on her right hand.
		At the last house concert, back in 2001, she had just released an album called Cowboy Girl and did some powerful songs that really impressed me. Her version of John Hardy was rough and raucous.
		In nearly every song someone died but it wasn't until the horse died in one of the songs that it got to my daughter.
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	lomax site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The playlist included some of Lomax's groundbreaking recordings for the Library of Congress with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Jelly Roll Morton, as well as rural Afro-French Louisiana chants, songs of Texas prisoners, children's games from Trinidad, and old-time country music from Virginia.
		Blues in the Mississippi Night was a candid portrait, in interviews and songs, of the brutal racism African-Americans suffered in the South
		The Alan Lomax Archive and the Association for Cultural Equity were supporters of this concert.
	www.alan-lomax.com /links.html (826 words)

	Blind Willie McTell : The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (Columbia/Legacy) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blind Willie McTell : The Definitive Blind Willie McTell (Columbia/Legacy)
		It is definitive, but only in terms of McTell's Columbia and Okeh sides -- you won't find "Statesboro Blues" or his other earliest sides here, because they were done for Victor.
		the definitive blind willie mctell (columbia/legacy) - similar albums
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