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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.
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Tracklist
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)