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Description
McTell was a major figure of early recorded blues history. A brilliant technician as well as an especially expressive musician and singer, he had a rhythmic sense second to none and a broad repertoire of blues, rags, breakdowns, religious songs and more. Here are 23 of his best performances, remastered to a high fidelity standard.
Description
Blind Willie McTell was an anomaly. There are only a handful of artists who can match his total command of rural traditional
music. He sang and composed or preserved some of the most inventive, compelling, and beautiful traditional songs, blues
and arrangements of all time. His voice did not have great range, but it conveyed something even better: warmth and conviction.
His rags and comedic pieces don't just have an infectious bounce, they usually have McTell making spoken asides
to the audience, commenting on and sharing the performance and drawing them in. He utilizes this facility in his serious
pieces, also, while projecting an appropriate emotional affect. He was a brilliant guitarist, adept at several different styles,
occasionally recasting a few favorite arrangements into new-sounding pieces. McTell could make his guitar "talk" in the
proverbial sense of the term; more than that, he was able to craft superb arrangements that underpinned his emotional
persona.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Henry Thomas
Brian Bromberg
Various
Euge Groove
Hil St Soul
Norman Brown
Lindsey Webster
Blind Willie Mctell
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
