Name: The Syncopated Country Blues of Blind Willie McTell
Brand: Blind Willie McTell

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JASMCD3221

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-10

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604988322125

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Blind Willie McTell

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Blues / Gospel

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Jasmine

Blind Willie McTell was a prolific 12-string blues guitarist and vocalist born on May 05, 1898 in Thomson, GA, United States. He recorded numerous 78s for various labels during the 1920s and '30s, often using different names. In 1940, he was discovered by field recordist John A. Lomax while performing as a street musician in Atlanta, Georgia. McTell's career had a brief revival in 1949 when he recorded sessions for Atlantic and Regal labels. However, he never regained the level of fame he once enjoyed during the era of "race records." Sadly, Blind Willie McTell passed away from a stroke on August 19, 1959 in Milledgeville, GA.

Throughout his career, Blind Willie McTell's unique sound influenced many other artists such as *Son House*, *Blind Boy Fuller*, *Skip James*, and *Charley Patton*. His style resonated with audiences and his music continues to inspire musicians today.

If you enjoy the works of *Son House*, *Mississippi John Hurt*, or *Rev. Gary Davis*, then Blind Willie McTell's music is sure to captivate you with its soulful melodies and powerful lyrics.

In 1982 the Jasmine Label was created producing LPs and Cassettes. The new label initially focused on licensed Jazz and Personality recordings. Later in 1985 Jasmine successfully launched its Country & Western catalogue. 1990 saw the release of Jasmine’s first CDs.
Appears also on labels as: JASMINE only and as a company (with manufacturing and distribution roles).

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A man once immortalised in song by Bob Dylan, no less ("And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell."), BWM was a noted Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist, who made his first recordings in the late 1920s. Essentially a rambling, street musician in Georgia and on the streets of Atlanta, McTell played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, although unlike his Piedmont contemporaries, he played twelve-string guitars almost exclusively. He was also an adept slide guitarist, which was unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from the harsher voices of Delta bluesmen like Charley Patton.

The material on this collection was recorded for Atlantic and Regal, in 1949, although many of these sides would not be released until the late 60s/early 70s Blues revival, some twenty years later.

Tracks: Broke-Down Engine Blues / Dying Crapshooter's Blues / Pinetop's Boogie Woogie / Blues Around Midnight / Last Dime Blues / On The Cooling Board / Motherless Children Have A Hard Time / Soon This Morning / Don't Forget It / A To Z Blues / Good Little Thing / You Can't Get Stuff No More / Love Changin' Blues / Savannah Mama / Talkin' To You Mama / East St. Louis / Wee Midnight Hours / Pal Of Mine / Honey It Must Be Love / Sending Up My Timber (Tk. 2) / Lord Have Mercy If You Please / It's My Desire / Hide Me In Thy Bosom / River Jordan / How About You / Trying To Get Home (Climbing High Mountains)

The Syncopated Country Blues of Blind Willie McTell

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