Blind Willie McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. Displaying an extraordinary range on the twelve-string guitar, this Atlanta-based musician recorded more than 120 ...

Blues music weekend held annually in celebration of country blues guitarist Blind Willie McTell. blindwillie.com ...

Atlanta’s venerable blues joint is named for one legend (Blind Willie McTell) and is the best place to see another: Francine Reed, whose soulful voice, feisty wisecracks, and dance-inducing ...

SATURDAY, May 10 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival MARVELOUS MAVIS: The 15th annual celebration of Blind Willie McTell, Georgia's blues pioneer, takes place in his East Georgia hometown, Thomson.

Author of 'Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell' donates papers to Georgia Southern library. They say no one could sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

After Los Lobos were forced to cancel their appearance at Blind Willie McTell’s Blues Festival, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band has stepped in to replace them, the festival confirmed today. Jaimoe will ...

The 30th Blind Willie McTell Music Festival lineup has been confirmed with Wynton Marsalis and his septet headlining on September 7, 2024, in Thomson, Georgia. THOMSON, GA, UNITED STATES, May 6 ...

Saturday 5/15, Thomson, Ga. Country blues singer Blind Willie McTell influenced everyone from the Allman Brothers to Bob Dylan. Dead for 61 years, he's also been a boon to the town near his ...

Blind Willie McTell, the Georgia-born 12-string guitar bluesman, recorded dozens of songs in the 1920s and 1930s, and is a member of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

The Blind Willie McTell Dylan name-checks in the song as the ultimate blues singer toiled away in relative obscurity in the first half of the twentieth century before his singing and 12-string ...