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Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Columbia/Legacy]

Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Columbia/Legacy]

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Review

This double-CD set is a little misleading. It is definitive, but only in terms of McTell's Columbia and Okeh sides -- you won't find "Statesboro Blues" or his other earliest sides here, because they were done for Victor. But the material that is here is all worthwhile, and this is the best single source for McTell's work for those labels (done under a variety of names) from the mid-'30s, very nicely remastered and thoroughly annotated, although producer Lawrence Cohn concedes that even Sony Legacy was unable to locate sources on a handful of songs that McTell is known to have recorded. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Track Listing

1. Atlanta Strut 3:08
2. Travelin' Blues 3:13
3. Come on Around to My House Mama 3:01
4. Kind Mama 2:56
5. Talkin' to Myself 3:09
6. Razor Ball 3:18
7. Southern Can Is Mine 3:13
8. Broke Down Engine 3:07
9. Stomp Down Rider 3:06
10. Scarey Day Blues 3:00
11. Rough Alley Blues 3:15
12. Experience Blues 3:10
13. Painful Blues 2:52
14. Low Rider's Blues 3:17
15. Georgia Rag 3:02
16. Low Down Blues 3:11
17. Warm It up to Me 2:54
18. It's Your Time to Worry 3:02
19. It's a Good Little Thing 2:50
20. You Was Born to Die 2:49
21. Dirty Mistreater 3:08
22. Lord Have Mercy If You Please 2:56
23. Don't You See How This World Made a Change 2:53
24. Savannah Mama 3:14
25. Broke Down Engine 3:12
26. Broke Down Engine No. 2 2:52
27. My Baby's Gone 2:57
28. Love Makin' Mama #1 2:53
29. Love Makin' Mama #2 2:50
30. Death Room Blues [#1] 2:49
31. Death Room Blues [#2] 2:56
32. Death Cell Blues 3:08
33. Lord Send Me an Angel #1 2:52
34. Lord Send Me an Angel #2 2:55
35. B & O Blues, No. 2 [#1] 3:00
36. B & O Blues, No. 2 [#2] 2:48
37. Weary Hearted Blues 3:00
38. Bell St. Lightnin' 2:52
39. Southern Can Mama 2:54
40. Runnin' Me Crazy 3:03
41. East St. Louis Blues 2:52

Details of This Recording

  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
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  • Styles:
    • East Coast Blues
    • United States of America
    • Piedmont Blues
    • Country Blues
    • Acoustic Blues