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Atlanta Twelve String,Blind Willie McTell

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Blind Willie McTell
Released 1949

Dying Crapshooters Blues
03:06
470 plays

Kill It Kid
02:33
327 plays

Blues Around Midnight
02:46
326 plays

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- 1
- Kill It Kid
- 02:33
- 327 plays

- 2
- The Razor Ball
- 02:53
- 206 plays

- 3
- Little Delia
- 03:02
- 201 plays

- 4
- Broke Down Engine
- 02:46
- 198 plays

- 5
- Dying Crapshooters Blues
- 03:06
- 470 plays

- 6
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
- 02:49
- 166 plays

- 7
- Blues Around Midnight
- 02:46
- 326 plays

- 8
- Last Dime Blues
- 02:49
- 202 plays

- 9
- On The Cooling Board
- 03:08
- 142 plays

- 10
- Motherless Children Have A Hard Time
- 02:56
- 153 plays

- 11
- I Got The Cross The River Jordan
- 03:58
- 175 plays

- 12
- You Got To Die
- 03:12
- 275 plays

- 13
- Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian Life
- 02:38
- 120 plays

- 14
- Pearly Gates
- 03:22
- 109 plays

- 15
- Soon This Morning
- 02:40
- 118 plays

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album review

In 1949, a brief flurry of interest in old-timey country blues resulted in this 15-song session by Blind Willie McTell for the newly formed Atlantic Records. Only two songs, "Kill It Kid" and "Broke Down Engine Blues," were ever issued on a failed single, and the session was forgotten until almost 20 years later. McTell is mostly solo here, vividly captured on acoustic 12-string (his sometime partner Curley Weaver may have been present on some tracks), and in excellent form. The playing and the repertory are representative of McTell as he was at this point in his career, a blues veteran rolling through his paces without skipping a beat and quietly electrifying the listener. Songs include "Dying Crapshooter's Blues," "The Razor Ball," and "Ain't I Grand to Live a Christian." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide