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The 2024 Blind Willie McTell Festival is in the books, and with the performances seen at this event, Visit Thomson will have a hard time following this amazing day. The 30th year of the festival ...
The triple-disc set included a number of stunning tracks that Bob had left off his studio albums, but none was more jaw-dropping than “Blind Willie McTell.” In his biography Down The Highway ...
THOMSON, Ga. (WJBF) – The 30th Annual Blind Willie McTell Music Festival was held on Saturday in Thomson. McTell was a native of Thomson, Georgia and was blind in one eye from birth and lost his ...
UPDATE 8/20: Bob Dylan has shared one of the two unreleased versions of “Blind Willie McTell” that features on the new Third Man seven-inch vinyl single. Bob Dylan is prepping a new seven-inch ...
Bob Dylan will release two previously unreleased versions of “Blind Willie McTell” on a 7″ single via Third Man Records. One of the versions (take 5) will be included on the upcoming ...
But the spirit of Blind Willie McTell remains alive and well behind these brick walls, where blues musicians—many of them deep into old age—find appreciative and knowledgeable audiences night ...
On Monday (August 2), Bob Dylan announced plans to release “Blind Willie McTell” on a new seven-inch vinyl. Issued via Third Man Records, the release will include two previously unreleased ...
Laurie Taylor discusses the educational needs of Gypsy children. Plus, who was Bob Dylan’s Blind Willie McTell? Michael Gray recounts his journey to discovery. Dr Martin Levinson, is senior ...
As Michael Gray makes clear from the outset, Blind Willie McTell confounds every popular stereotype of the southern blues man. McTell was no "roaring primitive, no Robert Johnson-esque devil ...
Bob Dylan is gearing up to release a new seven-inch single featuring an unreleased version of "Blind Willie McTell". ORDER NOW: The Beatles are on the cover of the September 2021 issue of Uncut ...
Bob Dylan. Credit: Ken Regan. Bob Dylan is gearing up to release a new seven-inch single featuring an unreleased version of ‘Blind Willie McTell’. Dylan’s original track initially emerged ...