
Blind Willie McTell
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 65 years ago |
Date of birth | May 5,1898 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Thomson |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 19,1959 |
Died | Milledgeville |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Buried | Jonesgrove Baptist Church, Georgia, United States |
Albums | Atlanta Twelve String |
Searching the Desert for the Blues | |
Genres | Country Blues |
Piedmont Blues | |
Ragtime | |
Delta Blues | |
Gospel Music | |
Job | Singer |
Preacher | |
Songwriter | |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Place of burial | Jones Grove Baptist Church, Georgia, United States |
Current partner | Kate McTell |
Labels | Victor |
Columbia | |
Okeh | |
Vocalion | |
Decca | |
Atlantic | |
Prestige | |
Instruments | Vocals |
Guitar | |
Harmonica | |
Accordion | |
Kazoo | |
Violin | |
Full name | William Samuel McTier |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 531236 |
Blind Willie McTell Life story
Blind Willie McTell was a Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues. Unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively.