Blind Willie McTell was born Willie Samuel McTell on May 5, sometime between 1898 and 1903, blind in one eye. He lost the sight in his other eye before he became an adult, To survive he played a six string , but primarily a twelve string guitar, and sang on street corners for change. He is considered a true blues master. He began his recording career in 1927 with Victor Records in Atlanta, Georgia. Before World War II McTell traveled the country singing, playing and recording under a number of names and for a [...]
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"Una cosa con la que he sido bendecido es con un enorme sentido de auto-confianza," bromea Tom Morello , explicando de dónde obtuvo valor para hacer una versión de " Blind Willie McTell ", original de Bob Dylan . El tema salió en una compilación llamada Chimes of Freedom , lanzada por Amnesty International USA con fines benéficos, donde también se escuchan otros covers a Dylan por artistas como Peter Seeger y Gaslight Anthem, o la versión interpretada por Ke$ha de " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right ". El track [...]
Filed under: News Kevin Winter/Getty Images Bob Dylan honored director and fellow blues enthusiast Martin Scorsese with a performance last night at the Critics Choice Movie Awards. The movie maven was selected as the evening's Music + Film honoree. Dylan took the stage to perform 'Blind Willie McTell' in a voice that sounded like melted gravel. The performance was a telling tribute to Scorsese, who's keen appreciation for music has been crystallized [...]
Bob Dylan is a funny dude. While his material itself is undeniable, the inspiration and desire behind his seemingly endless road show is often called into question. Sometimes Dylan looks uninspired and seems like he wants to be somewhere else. Other times, he is on; and when he is on, he is on - even at the ripe old age of 70. These days, he isn't doing much guitar playing; opting primarily for the harp and the organ - but he has surrounded himself as always with a killer backing band that gets what he is all about at this [...]
A Jack White Q&A from this month's MOJO hit the White Swirl recently, in which the Third Man Records founder revealed some intriguing 2012 releases for the Nashville label. Most surprisingly, perhaps, is confirmation for the rumor that White has recorded a new Blue Series single with knighted Welsh crooner Tom Jones: a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Evil (Is Going On)" and Frankie Lane's "Jezebel." What's more, a number of pre-1945 blues pioneers that influenced White — a few of whom were covered on the White Stripes' earliest recordings — will get [...]
Jack White has revealed his latest strange bedfellow and it's none other than 71-year-old singing legend, Mr. Tom Jones . According to this month's MOJO Magazine , Jones is the latest participant in Third Man Records' infamous Blue Series , which has previously offered releases from Stephen Colbert, John C. Reily, and Insane Clown Possee. For his part, Jones recorded a rendition of "Jezebel" from his 2002 album Mr. Jones , along with a cover of Howlin' Wolf's "Evil" . As White notes, "He impressed the shit out of everybody." [...]
Blind Willie McTell Volume 3. We last encountered Blind Willie McTell in 1932 (see ABON 0164 ) as one of the few Blues Men to have survived the Great Depression with a recording contract (or several in his case) intact. Well, by 1940, things weren't looking quite so rosy for Blind Willie. His last recording session had been five years previous. He was out of contract and he was looking like he might be about to suffer the same fate that had befallen most of his peers - recording oblivion followed by a life busking on the [...]
Blind Willie McTell Part...Final Recorded 1949.
Good times, people. Good times. Guys night out yesterday was a total shit-show. It involved $112 worth of shots at the first bar we hit, a stolen bottle of Jack from another bar, and a whirlwind finale at Birds. I'm amazed I made it through my work day today and was still functional enough to [...]
If you're interested in Blind Willie McTell and the two recent Blind Willie posts then you might like this. It's Blind Willie himself interviewed in 1940 by Blues Collector Alan Lomax. It's a piece of amazing musical history in which you can hear Willie talking about how he believed Blues had evolved, how he made records and how he cunningly managed to get signed by five or six record labels at the same time, under different names. But just as importantly you can hear how remarkably musical his voice was even when just talking.
Blind Willie McTell Volume 2. By 1932 Blind Willie McTell was an old hand at recording having released a string of 78s by then. In addition to be a brilliant guitarist, well-educated blind man and remarkable singer he was also an astute businessman. So astute that he'd worked out fairly early in his career that you get paid a 'retainer' by each of a multitude of different record companies if you could sign to each one under a different stage name. And no one found out that each artist was in fact the same [...]
Blind Willie McTell Volume 1. Blind Willie was another blind, black, early Blues man who spent most of his life playing for cash on the street. But in every other respect he was completely unique. He was blind from birth and this seems to have resulted in him developing an extraordinary, compensatory, sensitivity in the other senses, particularly in his hearing. By the time he was earning a living on the streets of Atlanta as a musician, he could distinguish the value of a [...]
Recorded 1928. Available on many Blind Willie compilations, but the best value is the 6 CD set, 'King Of The Georgia Blues': Amazon
Released 1928. Available on many Blind Willie compilations but the best value is the 6 CD box set called 'King Of The Georgia Blues - Complete Blues, The Works'. Almost all of his recordings and absolutely essential: Amazon
When does self medicating become addiction? Is it possible to keep up a regimen of alcohol and other intoxicants without it becoming a problem. Now, I am not referring to the underlying cause that necessitates such activity. I'm talking about whether this method of silencing the voices in one's head is a possible benefit, or is it a problem? Toonage: Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down Blind Willie McTell - I Keep On Drinking The Damned - Drinking About My Baby
two, for tonight's black moon. play the first if you like the bubbly hiccups of champagne, the second if whiskey's your style, and you need it to burn. MP3: Kate Micucci - Mr. Moon MP3: Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blue (recorded in Atlanta, 1928) this one's for listening on the road, but clap along only at stoplights, my love. MP3: Matthew & the Atlas - I Will Remain it's so cold out here; draw me closer, closer. [...]
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