Blind Willie McTell

The Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Columbia/Legacy]

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AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder

This double-CD set is a little misleading. It is definitive, but only in terms of McTell's Columbia and Okeh sides -- you won't find "Statesboro Blues" or his other earliest sides here, because they were done for Victor. But the material that is here is all worthwhile, and this is the best single source for McTell's work for those labels (done under a variety of names) from the mid-'30s, very nicely remastered and thoroughly annotated, although producer Lawrence Cohn concedes that even Sony Legacy was unable to locate sources on a handful of songs that McTell is known to have recorded.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Atlanta Strut Gary Atkinson / Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:08
2	Travelin' Blues Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:13
3	Come on Around to My House Mama Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:01
4	Kind Mama Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:56
5	Talkin' to Myself	Blind Willie McTell	3:09
6	Razor Ball Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:18
7	Southern Can Is Mine Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:13
8	Broke Down Engine Gary Atkinson / Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:07
9	Stomp Down Rider Gary Atkinson / Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:06
10	Scarey Day Blues Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:00
11	Rough Alley Blues	Blind Willie McTell	3:15
12	Experience Blues Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:10
13	Painful Blues Gary Atkinson	Blind Willie McTell	2:52
14	Low Rider's Blues Gary Atkinson	Blind Willie McTell	3:17
15	Georgia Rag Georgia Bill	Blind Willie McTell	3:02
16	Low Down Blues	Blind Willie McTell	3:11
17	Warm It up to Me Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:54
18	It's Your Time to Worry Gary Atkinson / Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:02
19	It's a Good Little Thing Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:50
20	You Was Born to Die Gary Atkinson	Blind Willie McTell	2:49
21	Dirty Mistreater Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:08

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Lord Have Mercy If You Please Peter Chatman	Blind Willie McTell	2:56
2	Don't You See How This World Made a Change	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
3	Savannah Mama Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:14
4	Broke Down Engine Gary Atkinson / Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:12
5	Broke Down Engine No. 2	Blind Willie McTell	2:52
6	My Baby's Gone Gary Atkinson	Blind Willie McTell	2:57
7	Love Makin' Mama #1 Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
8	Love Makin' Mama #2	Blind Willie McTell	2:50
9	Death Room Blues	Blind Willie McTell	2:49
10	Death Room Blues Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:56
11	Death Cell Blues Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	3:08
12	Lord Send Me an Angel #1	Blind Willie McTell	2:52
13	Lord Send Me an Angel #2	Blind Willie McTell	2:55
14	B & O Blues, No. 2	Blind Willie McTell	3:00
15	B & O Blues, No. 2	Blind Willie McTell	2:48
16	Weary Hearted Blues	Blind Willie McTell	3:00
17	Bell St. Lightnin' Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	2:52
18	Southern Can Mama Traditional	Blind Willie McTell	2:54
19	Runnin' Me Crazy	Blind Willie McTell	3:03
20	East St. Louis Blues Gary Atkinson	Blind Willie McTell	2:52

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Blind Willie McTell

The Definitive Blind Willie McTell [Columbia/Legacy]

AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder

Track Listing - Disc 1

Track Listing - Disc 2