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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bob Dylan will share two previously unreleased versions of "Blind Willie McTell" on a new ... 1983’s Infidels, and 1985’s Empire Burlesque — along with songs recorded during live ...

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.

On Monday (August 2), Bob Dylan announced plans to release “Blind Willie McTell” on a new seven-inch vinyl. ... “I started playing it live because I heard the Band doing it.

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 ...

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 ...