Blind Willie Mctell - The Best Of Blind Willie Mctell (Vinyl LP) PRE-ORDER

Expected Release Date: 04-September-2026 - This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.

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
Disc 1
Side 1
1. Broke Down Engine Blues
2. Statesboro Blues
3. Travelin' Blues
4. Searching The Desert For The Blues
5. Three Women Blues
6. Atlanta Strut
7. Scarey Day Blues
Side 2
1. Mama Let Me Scoop For You
2. Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day
3. Death Cell Blues
4. Kind Mama
5. Low Rider's Blues
6. Love Changing Blues
7. Southern Can Is Mine