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McTell, Blind Willie


  • [Individual was a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee.]
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  • Variants

    • McTell, Willie Samuel
    • Samuel, blind
    • McTear, Willie Samuel
    • Georgia Bill
    • Blind Willie
    • Barrelhouse Sammy
    • Blind Doogie
    • Blind Sammy
    • Blind Sammie
    • Glaze, Red Hot Willie
    • Hot Shot Willie
    • Pig 'n' Whistle Red
    • Red Hot Willie
    • McTier, Eddie
    • McTier, Willie
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • McTell, Willie Samuel
  • Sources

    • found: Blind Willie McTell, 1940. [Phonodisc] 1966.
    • found: His Blues in the dark [SR] p1983:container (Blind Willie McTell; b. ca. 1898, Thomson, Ga.; d. Milledgville, Ga., 8-19-1959)
    • found: Leadbelly. Masters of the country blues [SR] p1996:label (Blind Willie McTell) insert (Willie Samuel McTear)
    • found: Great blues guitarists [SR] p1991:insert (Blind Willie McTell as Georgia Bill; Blind Willie McTell as Blind Willie; guitar, vocals)
    • found: Harris, S. Blues who's who, 1991(McTell, Willie Samuel "Blind Willie"; aka: Barrelhouse Sammy/Blind Doogie/Blind Sammy (Sammie)/Blind Willie/Georgia Bill/Red Hot Willie Glaze/Hot Shot Willie/Pig 'n' Whistle Red/Red Hot Willie; b. May 5, 1901, Thomson, GA; d. Aug. 19, 1959, Midgeville, GA; "death records and gravestone mistakenly listed him as Eddie McTier"; accordion, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, violin)
    • found: The best of Blind Willie McTell [SR] p2004:insert (b. Willie McTier around 1898; his southern drawl may have caused his name to be heard as "McTell", which it remained for recording purposes for the rest of his life)
    • found: African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(McTell, Blind Willie; Willie Samuel McTell; Blind Sammie; Georgia Bill; Hot Shot Willie; blues musician, singer, guitarist; born 05 May 1898 in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States; teamed up with the legendary Blind Willie Johnson, bottleneck slide guitar virtuoso from Texas; recorded for RCA Victor in Atlanta (1927); his best-known composition, Statesboro Blues became a rock classic (1959); recorded with Vocalion (1933), Atlantic and Regal records (1949-1950); was elected to the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (1981); died 19 August 1959 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States)
    • found: The roots of it all, 2014:insert (Blind Willie McTell; member of blues duo Pig 'n' Whistle Band with Curly Weaver)
  • LC Classification

    • ML420.M34187
  • General Notes

    • [Individual was a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee.]
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  • Change Notes

    • 1982-11-27: new
    • 2019-12-30: revised
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