Blind Willie McTell

~ Person

Relationships

member of:	Georgia Browns
married (as William Samuel McTier):	Kate McTell (from 1934-01-11 until 1959-08-19)

part of:	Blues Hall of Fame: Performers (number: 1981) (order: 20)

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blind_Willie_McTell_LOC.jpg [info]
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1894127/ [info]
Discogs (as William Samuel McTier):	https://www.discogs.com/artist/307361 [info]
biographies:	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6700344 [info]
discography pages:	http://www.keeponliving.at/artist/blind_willie_mctell.html [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82122641 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vf008n [info] https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103817 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13926294q [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/133717194 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/blind-willie-mctell [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82122641 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vRyd1UZ8Eq98EppbwOBg6 [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/66421 [info]
Allmusic (as William Samuel McTier):	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000048331 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2026 [info]
VIAF ID:	100315623 [info]
Wikidata:	Q181689 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Blind Willie McTell [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/926280 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	When the Pearly Gates Unfold	Willy McTell		Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra	3:01
	instruments
1927-10-18	Mama, ’tain’t Long fo’ Day		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1927-10-18	Mamma, ’Tain’t Long Fo’ Day		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:13
1927-10-18	Mr. McTell Got the Blues (take 1)		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:21
1927-10-18	Mr. McTell Got the Blues (take 2)		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:23
1927-10-18	Stole Rider Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1927-10-18	Writing Paper Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1928-10-17	Dark Night Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1928-10-17	Loving Talking Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:37
1928-10-17	Statesboro Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:31
1928-10-17	Three Women Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:44
1929-10-30	Atlanta Strut		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1929-10-30	Come On Around to My House Mama		guitar	Blind Sammie	3:03
1929-10-30	Travelin' Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:15
1929-10-30	Travelin' Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:15
1929-10-31	Kind Mama		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1929-11-26	Drive Away Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:14
1929-11-26	Teasing Brown		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:42
1929-11-27	This Is Not the Stove to Brown Your Bread		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:33
1929-11-29	Love Changing Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1930-04-17	Razor Ball		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:18
1930-04-17	Talkin' to Myself		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:12
1931-10-23	Broke Down Engine Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1931-10-23	Experience Blues		guitar	Ruth Willis & Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1931-10-23	Painful Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1931-10-23	Rough Alley Blues		guitar	Ruth Mary Willis & Blind Willie McTell	3:17
1931-10-23	Scarey Day Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:02
1931-10-23	Southern Can Is Mine		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:16
1931-10-23	Stomp Down Rider		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:08
1931-10-31	Georgia Rag	Georgia Bill	guitar	Georgia Bill	3:04
1931-10-31	Low Down Blues		guitar	Ruth Mary Willis & Blind Willie McTell	3:12
1931-10-31	Low Rider's Blues		guitar	Georgia Bill	3:19
1932-02-22	Lonesome Day Blues		guitar	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:17
1932-02-22	Mama, Let Me Scoop You Up		guitar	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1932-02-22	Rollin' Mama Blues		guitar	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:05
1932-02-22	Searching the Desert for the Blues		guitar	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1933-09-14	It's Your Time to Worry		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	3:03
1933-09-14	It’s a Good Little Thing		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1933-09-14	Warm It Up to Me	Blind Willie	guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	2:56
1933-09-18	Broke Down Engine		guitar	Blind Willie	3:13
1933-09-18	Broke Down Engine No. 2		guitar	Blind Willie	2:53
1933-09-18	Don't You See How This World Made a Change		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	2:55
1933-09-18	Lord Have Mercy If You Please		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	2:58
1933-09-18	My Baby's Gone		guitar	Blind Willie	2:59
1933-09-18	Savannah Mama		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	3:17
1933-09-18	You Was Born to Die		guitar	Curley Weaver & Partner	2:50
1933-09-18	You Was Born to Die		guitar	Curley Weaver with Blind Willie McTell	2:47
1933-09-19	Death Cell Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1933-09-19	Death Room Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1933-09-19	Lord, Send Me an Angel		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1933-09-19	Love-Makin' Mama		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1933-09-21	B & O Blues No. 2		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:02
1933-09-21	B and O Blues No. 2		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:50
1933-09-21	Bell St. Lightnin'		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	2:54
1933-09-21	East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well)		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	2:52
1933-09-21	Runnin' Me Crazy		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	3:06
1933-09-21	Southern Can Mama		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1933-09-21	Weary Hearted Blues		guitar	Blind Willie & Partner	3:02
1935-04-23	Ain't It Grand to Be a Christian		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1935-04-23	Bell Street Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:50
1935-04-23	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:46
1935-04-23	Dying Gambler		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:00
1935-04-23	Early Morning Blues		guitar	Curley Weaver	2:57
1935-04-23	Fried Pie Blues		guitar	Curley Weaver	3:02
1935-04-23	God Don’t Like It		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:45
1935-04-23	I Got Religion, I'm So Glad		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:13
1935-04-23	Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:08
1935-04-23	Oh Lawdy Mama		guitar	Curley Weaver	3:17
1935-04-23	Tricks Ain’t Walking No More		guitar	Curley Weaver	3:10
1935-04-23	Two Faced Woman		guitar	Curley Weaver	3:06
1935-04-23	We Got to Meet Death One Day (take A)		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:00
1935-04-23	We Got to Meet Death One Day (take B)		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1935-04-25	Cold Winter Day		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1935-04-25	Cooling Board Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:18
1935-04-25	Hillbilly Willie's Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:43
1935-04-25	Lay Some Flowers on My Grave		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:24
1935-04-25	Ticket Agent Blues		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:20
1935-04-25	Your Time to Worry		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:41
1949	Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:30
1949	Blues Around Midnight	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:36
1949	Broke Down Engine Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:38
1949	I Got to Cross the River Jordan	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:47
1949	Kill It Kid	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:25
1949	Last Dime Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:49
1949	Little Delia	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1949	Motherless Children Have a Hard Time	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:46
1949	On the Cooling Board	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1949	Pearly Gates	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1949	Pinetope's Boogie Woogie	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:40
1949	Soon This Morning	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:33
1949	The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1949	The Razor Ball	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:44
1949	You Got to Die	Barrelhouse Sammy	guitar	Blind Willie McTell	3:01
	Broke Down Engine		guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:47
	Kill-It-Kid Rag		12 string guitar	Blind Willie McTell	2:50
	vocals
1927-10-18	Mama, ’tain’t Long fo’ Day			Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1927-10-18	Mamma, ’Tain’t Long Fo’ Day			Blind Willie McTell	3:13
1927-10-18	Mr. McTell Got the Blues (take 1)			Blind Willie McTell	2:21
1927-10-18	Mr. McTell Got the Blues (take 2)			Blind Willie McTell	2:23
1927-10-18	Stole Rider Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1927-10-18	Writing Paper Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1928-10-17	Dark Night Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1928-10-17	Loving Talking Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:37
1928-10-17	Statesboro Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:31
1928-10-17	Three Women Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:44
1929-10-30	Atlanta Strut			Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1929-10-30	Come On Around to My House Mama			Blind Sammie	3:03
1929-10-30	Travelin' Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:15
1929-10-30	Travelin' Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:15
1929-10-31	Kind Mama			Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1929-11-26	Drive Away Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:14
1929-11-29	Love Changing Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1930-04-17	Razor Ball			Blind Willie McTell	3:18
1930-04-17	Talkin' to Myself			Blind Willie McTell	3:12
1931-10-23	Broke Down Engine Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1931-10-23	Experience Blues		spoken vocals	Ruth Willis & Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1931-10-23	Painful Blues		spoken vocals	Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1931-10-23	Rough Alley Blues			Ruth Mary Willis & Blind Willie McTell	3:17
1931-10-23	Scarey Day Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:02
1931-10-23	Southern Can Is Mine			Blind Willie McTell	3:16
1931-10-23	Stomp Down Rider			Blind Willie McTell	3:08
1931-10-31	Georgia Rag	Georgia Bill		Georgia Bill	3:04
1931-10-31	Low Rider's Blues			Georgia Bill	3:19
1932-02-22	Lonesome Day Blues			Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:17
1932-02-22	Lonesome Day Blues		spoken vocals	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:17
1932-02-22	Mama, Let Me Scoop You Up			Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1932-02-22	Mama, Let Me Scoop You Up		spoken vocals	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1932-02-22	Rollin' Mama Blues			Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:05
1932-02-22	Rollin' Mama Blues		spoken vocals	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:05
1932-02-22	Searching the Desert for the Blues			Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1932-02-22	Searching the Desert for the Blues		spoken vocals	Ruby Glaze & Hot Shot Willie	3:09
1933-09-14	It's Your Time to Worry			Blind Willie & Partner	3:03
1933-09-14	It’s a Good Little Thing			Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1933-09-14	Warm It Up to Me	Blind Willie		Blind Willie & Partner	2:56
1933-09-18	Broke Down Engine			Blind Willie	3:13
1933-09-18	Broke Down Engine No. 2			Blind Willie	2:53
1933-09-18	Broke Down Engine No. 2		other vocals	Blind Willie	2:53
1933-09-18	Can’t Use You No More (take 1)			Buddy Moss	2:48
1933-09-18	Can’t Use You No More (take 2)			Buddy Moss	2:46
1933-09-18	Don't You See How This World Made a Change			Blind Willie & Partner	2:55
1933-09-18	Lord Have Mercy If You Please			Blind Willie & Partner	2:58
1933-09-18	My Baby's Gone			Blind Willie	2:59
1933-09-18	Savannah Mama			Blind Willie & Partner	3:17
1933-09-18	You Was Born to Die		lead vocals	Curley Weaver with Blind Willie McTell	2:47
1933-09-18	You Was Born to Die			Curley Weaver & Partner	2:50
1933-09-19	Death Cell Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1933-09-19	Death Room Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1933-09-19	Lord, Send Me an Angel			Blind Willie McTell	2:51
1933-09-19	Love-Makin' Mama			Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1933-09-21	B & O Blues No. 2			Blind Willie McTell	3:02
1933-09-21	B and O Blues No. 2			Blind Willie McTell	2:50
1933-09-21	Bell St. Lightnin'			Blind Willie & Partner	2:54
1933-09-21	East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well)			Blind Willie & Partner	2:52
1933-09-21	Runnin' Me Crazy			Blind Willie & Partner	3:06
1933-09-21	Southern Can Mama			Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1933-09-21	Weary Hearted Blues			Blind Willie & Partner	3:02
1935-04-23	Ain't It Grand to Be a Christian			Blind Willie McTell	3:10
1935-04-23	Bell Street Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:50
1935-04-23	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around		spoken vocals	Blind Willie McTell	2:46
1935-04-23	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around			Blind Willie McTell	2:46
1935-04-23	Dying Gambler			Blind Willie McTell	3:00
1935-04-23	God Don’t Like It			Blind Willie McTell	2:45
1935-04-23	I Got Religion, I'm So Glad			Blind Willie McTell	3:13
1935-04-23	Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo			Blind Willie McTell	3:08
1935-04-23	We Got to Meet Death One Day (take A)			Blind Willie McTell	3:00
1935-04-23	We Got to Meet Death One Day (take B)			Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1935-04-25	Cold Winter Day			Blind Willie McTell	3:09
1935-04-25	Cooling Board Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:18
1935-04-25	Hillbilly Willie's Blues			Blind Willie McTell	2:43
1935-04-25	Lay Some Flowers on My Grave			Blind Willie McTell	3:24
1935-04-25	Ticket Agent Blues			Blind Willie McTell	3:20
1935-04-25	Your Time to Worry			Blind Willie McTell	2:41
1949	Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:30
1949	Blues Around Midnight	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:36
1949	Broke Down Engine Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:38
1949	I Got to Cross the River Jordan	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	3:47
1949	Kill It Kid	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:25
1949	Last Dime Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:49
1949	Little Delia	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:53
1949	Motherless Children Have a Hard Time	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:46
1949	On the Cooling Board	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:58
1949	Pearly Gates	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	3:11
1949	Pinetope's Boogie Woogie	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:40
1949	Soon This Morning	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:33
1949	The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:55
1949	The Razor Ball	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	2:44
1949	You Got to Die	Barrelhouse Sammy		Blind Willie McTell	3:01
	Broke Down Engine		lead vocals	Blind Willie McTell	2:47
	Dirty Mistreater		spoken vocals	Curley Weaver	3:07
	Kill-It-Kid Rag			Blind Willie McTell	2:50
	dedications
	De Stijl			The White Stripes
	arranged
	Delia (Bob Dylan arrangement)
	Delia (Blind Willie McTell arrangement)
	composed
	Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian	Willie McTell
	Atlanta Strut
	Baby, It Must Be Love
	Blues Around Midnight	Willie McTell
	Broke Down Engine
	Broke Down Engine (arr. Johnny Winter)
	Broke Down Engine Blues
	Cold Winter Day
	Cooling Board Blues
	Death Room Blues
	Drive Away Blues
	Georgia Rag
	I Got to Cross the River Jordan	Willie McTell
	It's a Good Little Thing
	Kill It Kid	Willie McTell
	Kind Mama
	Last Dime Blues	Willie McTell
	Lay Some Flowers on My Grave
	Little Delia	Willie McTell
	Lonesome Day Blues
	Lord, Send Me an Angel
	Love Changing Blues
	Love Makin' Mama
	Low Rider's Blues
	Mama, 't ain't Long fo' Day
	Mr. McTell Got the Blues
	My Baby's Gone
	Nix wia unguad
	On the Cooling Board	Willie McTell
	Pearly Gates	Willie McTell
	Razor Ball
	Rollin' Mama Blues
	Savannah Mama
	Scarey Day Blues
	Searching the Desert for the Blues
	Soon This Morning	Willie McTell
	Southern Can Is Mine
	Statesboro Blues
	Stole Rider Blues
	The Dyin’ Crapshooter’s Blues	Willie McTell
	The Razor Ball	Willie McTell
	Three Women
	Three Women Blues
	Travelin' Blues
	Warm It Up to Me
	Weary Hearted Blues
	Writtn' Paper Blues
	lyrics
	Atlanta Strut
	Broke Down Engine (arr. Johnny Winter)
	Broke Down Engine
	Broke Down Engine Blues
	Cold Winter Day
	Cooling Board Blues
	Death Room Blues
	Drive Away Blues
	Georgia Rag
	It's a Good Little Thing
	Kind Mama
	Lay Some Flowers on My Grave
	Lonesome Day Blues
	Lord, Send Me an Angel
	Love Changing Blues
	Love Makin' Mama
	Low Rider's Blues
	Mama, 't ain't Long fo' Day
	Mr. McTell Got the Blues
	My Baby's Gone
	Nix wia unguad
	Razor Ball
	Rollin' Mama Blues
	Savannah Mama
	Scarey Day Blues
	Southern Can Is Mine
	Statesboro Blues
	Stole Rider Blues
	Three Women
	Three Women Blues
	Travelin' Blues
	Warm It Up to Me
	Weary Hearted Blues
	Writtn' Paper Blues
	wrote
	Broke Down Engine
	Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around
	Hard Driving Momma
	Midnight Blues
	Talkin' To You Mama

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