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Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959), was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to exclusively use twelve-string guitars. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charlie Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music, and hokum.
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Drive Away Blues [2019]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | |
| Three Women Blues | |
| Statesboro Blues | |
| Travelin' Blues | |
| Drive Away Blues | |
| Love Changing Blues | |
| Southern Can Is Mine |
The Rough Guide To [2018]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:09 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:10 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:04 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:30 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:04 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:24 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down | 3:08 |
I've Got the Blues But I'm Too Damn Mean to Cry: Protest in Early Blues & Gospel [2016]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:12 |
The Blues [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | |
| Broke Down Engine | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | |
| You Was Born to Die | |
| Death Room Blues | |
| Savannah Mama |
Kill It, Kid: The Essential Collection [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | |
| Savannah Mama | |
| Statesboro Blues | |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Lay Some Flowers On My Grave |
Ultimate Blues Collection [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Statesboro Blues | 2:31 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:50 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:09 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:14 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:13 |
| The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues | 4:43 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:09 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:08 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:05 |
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:08 |
| Southern Can is Mine | 3:14 |
Vaudeville Blues 1919-1941: Blues Links - Vaudeville & Rural Blues [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:07 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:08 |
Diggin' Deeper: 200 Legendary Blues Treasures [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:07 |
ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:04 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:07 |
The Roots of the White Stripes [2009]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:10 |
| Southern Can is Mine | 3:13 |
Son House & the Kings of the Delta Blues [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Statesboro Blues | 2:34 |
| Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues | 4:44 |
Goin' Mad Blues [Membran] [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Was Born to Die | 2:47 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:06 |
King of the Georgia Blues [2007]
Georgia Rag [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Travelin' Blues | 3:13 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:14 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:07 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:13 |
| Death Room Blues [#2] | 2:57 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:22 |
| Delia | 2:32 |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:10 |
Statesboro Blues: The Early Years 1927-1935 [2005]
Atlanta Strut [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Changing Blues | 3:08 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:42 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:05 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:07 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:13 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:14 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:32 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:08 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
| Mama 'T Ain't Long Fo' Day | 3:00 |
Mr. McTell Got the Blues [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:07 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:42 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:32 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:13 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:07 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:07 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:13 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:50 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:24 |
The Best of Blind Willie McTell [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:11 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:36 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:18 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:07 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:56 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:45 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:04 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:22 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:15 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:17 |
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:11 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:19 |
Statesboro Blues [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Statesboro Blues | 2:35 |
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:12 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:45 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:57 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:24 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:18 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:09 |
The Classic Years 1927-1940 [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:09 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:51 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:31 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:14 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:14 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:10 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:14 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:08 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:06 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:09 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:50 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:58 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:10 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:24 |
| Delia | 2:33 |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:11 |
Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Catfish] [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:07 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:43 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:50 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:33 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:14 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:07 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:08 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:05 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:57 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:07 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:24 |
Experience Blues [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag [Willie McTell] | 3:04 |
| Searchin' the Desert for the Blues | 3:08 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:57 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:10 |
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell 1927-1935 [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:07 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:43 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:50 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:33 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:14 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:07 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:15 |
| Georgia Rag | |
| Searching the Desert For the Blues | 3:05 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:16 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:57 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:07 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | 3:24 |
Broke Down Engine Blues [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:09 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:30 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:08 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:05 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:08 |
Les Incontournables [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine Blues | |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | |
| Last Dime Blues |
The Essential [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Three Women Blues | 2:42 |
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:08 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:29 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:06 |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:11 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:49 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Delia | 2:34 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:12 |
Nothing But the Blues [Import] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:07 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:12 |
| Broke Down Engine [No. 2] | 2:52 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:57 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:02 |
Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recordings & The Early Traditions In The Blues [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Travelin’ Blues |
Traveling Blues [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Drive Away Blues | 3:14 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:30 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:13 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:17 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:08 |
Blind Willie McTell 1927-1949 [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dark Night Blues | |
| Travelin' Blues | |
| Broke Down Engine | |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave |
Giants of Country Blues, Vol. 1 (1927-1938) [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:08 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:51 |
The Rose Grew Round the Briar, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Love Songs [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Drive Away Blues | 3:21 |
Masters of the Country Blues [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Shorty George | 3:04 |
| Dying Crapshooters Blues | 3:10 |
| Delia | 2:32 |
| Boll Weevil | 1:58 |
Wild Cow Blues [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Statesboro Blues | 2:41 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:47 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:09 |
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:10 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:20 |
Statesboro Blues: The Essential Recordings [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine | 3:09 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:31 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:05 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:10 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:18 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:15 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:14 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:09 |
The Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Columbia/Legacy] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Travelin' Blues | 3:13 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:13 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:12 |
| Georgia Rag | 3:02 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues [#1] | 2:49 |
| Death Room Blues [#2] | 2:56 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:08 |
The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 3:10 |
News & the Blues: Telling It Like It Is [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down | 3:11 |
Blind Willie McTell, Vol. 2 (1931-1933) [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:05 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:09 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:50 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:18 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:58 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:10 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927-1931) [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stole Rider Blues | 3:09 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:44 |
| Dark Night Blues | 2:52 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:31 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:16 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:15 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:11 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:09 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933) [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:05 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:09 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:50 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:18 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:14 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:58 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:10 |
The Early Years 1927-1933 [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine | 3:09 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | |
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Love Changing Blues | 3:10 |
| Statesboro Blues | 2:30 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:12 |
| Travelin' Blues | 3:15 |
| Drive Away Blues | 3:15 |
| Three Women Blues | 2:43 |
| Southern Can Is Mine | 3:14 |
Atlanta Twelve String [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine | 2:46 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:06 |
| Last Dime Blues | 2:49 |
| On the Cooling Board | 3:08 |
Atlanta Twelve String [US Release] [1975]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine | 2:47 |
| Dying Crapshooters Blues | 3:07 |
| Last Dime Blues | 2:49 |
| On the Cooling Board | 3:09 |
Complete Library of Congress Recordings (1940) [1969]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Delia | 2:33 |
| Dying Crapshooter's Blues | 3:12 |
Last Session [1960]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues | 4:42 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues | 2:45 |
| Broke Down Engine Blues [*] | 2:45 |
Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Blind Willie McTell
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Death Room Blues | |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Broke Down Engine |
Blues Giants: Blind Willie McTell
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Death Room Blues | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Searching the Desert For the Blues | |
| Broke Down Engine |
Jailhouse Blues
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Georgia Rag | 3:03 |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | 3:07 |
| You Was Born to Die | 2:49 |
| Savannah Mama | 3:15 |
| Broke Down Engine | 3:12 |
| Death Room Blues | 2:57 |
| Death Cell Blues | 3:02 |
Lonesome Day Blues
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Broke Down Engine | |
| Death Cell Blues | |
| Searching the Desert for the Blues | |
| Death Room Blues |
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