Blind Willie McTell – Broke Down Engine (1933)
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959), was an influential Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar...
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Born blind in the town of Thomson, Georgia, Blind Willie McTell learned how to play guitar in his early teens. He soon became a street performer around several Georgia cities, such as Atlanta and...
View ArticleThe Mississippi Sheiks – Jake Leg Blues (1930)
The Mississippi Sheiks consisted mainly of the Chatmon family, who came from Bolton, Mississippi and were well known throughout the Mississippi Delta. The father of the family had been a “musicianer”...
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