Blind Willie McTell
June 20, 2006 2:27 PM   Subscribe

Why are a blind man's songs so full of images? Smooth, ironic country blues. Echoes of vaudeville. Free mp3s: Dying Crapshooter's blues and Statesboboro blues, his best known. A nice recording, both sound quality and material: Pig 'n Whistle Red
posted by lw (12 comments total)
 
sounds good. The name just cracks me up. Random Blues Name
posted by Dr No at 3:32 PM on June 20, 2006


Why are a blind man's songs so full of images? As GWB's favorite press corps member would say - "I guess it depends on your perspective."
posted by jtajta at 3:45 PM on June 20, 2006


Really good stuff, emusic has loads of his stuff, downloading now. Blues isn't normally my cup of tea, but this, I like
posted by twistedonion at 4:32 PM on June 20, 2006


see also Blind Willie Johnson.
posted by shoepal at 5:11 PM on June 20, 2006


Thanks for the link to the Pseudopodium article: didn't agree with all of the author's points, exactly, but it's good to know there are folks out there still taking the time to think about (and write thoughtfully about) the Delta blues: a genre that so many mistakenly think they already really know about. It's a deep, deep musical world, still full of surprises and relevance for all of us alive today.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:37 PM on June 20, 2006


oh I love this stuff. mid-seventies piblic library, I KISS YOU!
posted by mwhybark at 6:39 PM on June 20, 2006




Blind? Willie? What?

/obligatory
posted by eritain at 6:55 PM on June 20, 2006


I love blind willie and I love dying crapshooters blues especially. Thanks.
posted by Divine_Wino at 8:43 PM on June 20, 2006


The MP3 Blog over at Honey, Where You Been So Long has lots of rare and tasty old blues to sample - selection changes often. Of course, you all know about the 78s of every genre posted over at Juneberry's. And then there is the uniquely named Weenie Campell's streaming country blues radio, which allows you to make requests that are promptly broadcast.
posted by zaelic at 3:23 AM on June 21, 2006


Hey, Juneberry has a couple of chatty willie mctell gospel
renditions I hadn't heard-- and the links don't age off!
Thanks!
trying to get home
posted by lw at 4:38 AM on June 21, 2006


Funny you should post this now; the annual Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival was just a month ago.
posted by TedW at 10:51 AM on June 21, 2006


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