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Blind Willie McTell: Statesboro Blues - The Early Years (1927-1935),Blind Willie McTell

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Blind Willie McTell
Released 2005

Cold Winter Day
03:10
98 plays

Runnin' Me Crazy
03:08
94 plays

Dying Gambler
03:00
91 plays

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songs

- 1
- Writing Paper Blues
- 03:11
- 247 plays

- 2
- Stole Rider Blues
- 03:08
- 200 plays

- 3
- Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day
- 03:01
- 146 plays

- 4
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues (Take 1)
- 02:21
- 186 plays

- 5
- Mr. McTell Got The Blues (Take 2)
- 02:22
- 166 plays

- 6
- Three Women Blues
- 02:43
- 176 plays

- 7
- Dark Night Blues
- 02:51
- 165 plays

- 8
- Statesboro Blues
- 02:32
- 676 plays

- 9
- Loving Talking Blues
- 02:43
- 155 plays

- 10
- Atlanta Strut
- 03:10
- 194 plays

- 11
- Travelin' Blues
- 03:14
- 122 plays

- 12
- Come On Around To My House Mama
- 03:03
- 157 plays

- 13
- Kind Mama
- 02:57
- 187 plays

- 14
- Teasing Brown
- 02:43
- 129 plays

- 15
- Drive Away Blues
- 03:13
- 137 plays

- 16
- This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread
- 02:33
- 150 plays

- 17
- Love Changing Blues
- 03:08
- 102 plays

- 18
- Talkin' To Myself
- 03:12
- 177 plays

- 19
- Razor Ball
- 03:20
- 132 plays

- 20
- Southern Can Is Mine
- 03:15
- 109 plays

- 21
- Broke Down Engine Blues
- 03:09
- 129 plays

- 22
- Stomp Down Rider
- 03:08
- 177 plays

- 23
- Scarey Day Blues
- 03:02
- 115 plays

- 24
- Rough Alley Blues
- 03:18
- 124 plays

- 25
- Experience Blues
- 03:13
- 131 plays

- 26
- Painful Blues
- 02:53
- 128 plays

- 27
- Low Rider's Blues
- 03:19
- 168 plays

- 28
- Georgia Rag
- 03:05
- 190 plays

- 29
- Low Down Blues
- 03:14
- 124 plays

- 30
- Rollin' Mama Blues
- 02:53
- 106 plays

- 31
- Lonesome Day Blues
- 03:14
- 132 plays

- 32
- Mama, Let Me Scoop For You
- 03:12
- 196 plays

- 33
- Searching The Desert For The Blues
- 03:07
- 134 plays

- 34
- Warm It Up To Me
- 02:57
- 120 plays

- 35
- It's Your Time To Worry
- 03:04
- 131 plays

- 36
- It's A Good Little Thing
- 02:53
- 131 plays

- 37
- You Was Born To Die
- 02:51
- 113 plays

- 38
- Dirty Mistreater
- 03:11
- 138 plays

- 39
- Lord Have Mercy If You Please
- 02:59
- 117 plays

- 40
- Don't You See How This World Made A Change
- 02:56
- 111 plays

- 41
- Savannah Mama
- 03:18
- 108 plays

- 42
- Broke Down Engine
- 03:16
- 116 plays

- 43
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (Take 1)
- 03:28
- 132 plays

- 44
- Broke Down Engine No. 2 (Take 3)
- 02:54
- 123 plays

- 45
- My Baby's Gone
- 03:00
- 107 plays

- 46
- Love Makin' Mama (Take 1)
- 02:56
- 124 plays

- 47
- Love Makin' Mama (Take 2)
- 02:53
- 116 plays

- 48
- Death Room Blues (Take 1)
- 02:52
- 115 plays

- 49
- Death Room Blues (Take 2)
- 02:59
- 116 plays

- 50
- Death Cell Blues
- 03:07
- 148 plays

- 51
- Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 1)
- 02:58
- 122 plays

- 52
- Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2)
- 02:54
- 125 plays

- 53
- B And O Blues No. 2 (Take 1)
- 03:02
- 129 plays

- 54
- B And O Blues No. 2 (Take 2)
- 02:50
- 112 plays

- 55
- Weary Hearted Blues
- 03:03
- 72 plays

- 56
- Bell Street Lightnin'
- 02:55
- 130 plays

- 57
- Southern Can Mama
- 02:57
- 114 plays

- 58
- Runnin' Me Crazy
- 03:08
- 94 plays

- 59
- East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well)
- 02:54
- 130 plays

- 60
- Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian
- 03:11
- 74 plays

- 61
- We Got To Meet Death One Day (Take 1)
- 03:00
- 113 plays

- 62
- We Got To Meet Death One Day (Take 2)
- 02:54
- 108 plays

- 63
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
- 02:46
- 117 plays

- 64
- I Got Religion, I'm So Glad
- 03:13
- 84 plays

- 65
- Dying Gambler
- 03:00
- 91 plays

- 66
- God Don't Like It
- 02:47
- 117 plays

- 67
- Bell Street Blues
- 02:51
- 144 plays

- 68
- Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo
- 03:08
- 111 plays

- 69
- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
- 03:26
- 87 plays

- 70
- Ticket Agent Blues
- 03:21
- 115 plays

- 71
- Cold Winter Day
- 03:10
- 98 plays

- 72
- Your Time To Worry
- 02:42
- 110 plays

- 73
- Cooling Board Blues
- 03:19
- 88 plays

- 74
- Hillbilly Willie's Blues
- 02:42
- 110 plays

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album review

Blind Willie McTell is unique among country bluesmen in having a 30-year recording career while remaining essentially an itinerant musician, and during his lifetime he was a familiar sight on the streets of Atlanta and other Southern cities as he performed his varied repertoire of blues, rags, and vaudeville pieces on his 12-string guitar. This three-disc collection assembles all of his commercial 78s (as well as alternate takes) from Victor, Columbia, OKeh, and Vocalion, including his signature tune, the magnificent "Statesboro Blues." Whether McTell actually wrote a lot of these songs (or merely adapted them) is unclear, but there is a sharp writer's eye at work here, as evidenced by lines like "Mother died and left me reckless/Daddy died and left me wild" (from "Statesboro Blues") or "I got the blues so bad/I can feel them in the dark" (from "Dark Night Blues"). These recordings feature the early McTell, when his voice was a high and expressive tenor -- that voice deepened and grew rougher as a lifetime of street singing began to take its toll, and by the time Alan Lomax recorded him in the 1940s, McTell had slowed the pace of his songs down considerably as well. All three of the discs included here have been available as individual sets from Document, but having them all together in one package brings the full sweep of McTell's commercial career into focus. Few country bluesmen of his day could boast as varied a repertoire, one that embraced deep blues, Piedmont, and hokum styles, as well as religious and gospel pieces, and he was a remarkably consistent performer in all of these guises. There are multiple takes of some songs that might irritate some casual listeners, and since the set unfolds chronologically, the pacing at times bogs down, but as the lion's share of his life's work, these recordings show why artists like Bob Dylan hold Blind Willie McTell in such high regard. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide