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Blind Willie McTell
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Samuel McTier, W. McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1901-05-05
- Active to
- 1959-08-19
acoustic bluesbluescountry bluespiedmont bluesprewar blues
Discography
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- Listeners
- 241,206
- Total plays
- 2,009,554
Tags
bluesdelta bluescountry bluesClassic Bluesfolk
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Blind
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- Place of death
- Georgia
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- Victor Talking Machine Company
- Image
- Blind Willie McTell LOC.jpg
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- Commons category
- Blind Willie McTell
- date of birth
- 1901-05-05
- date of death
- 1959-08-19
- medical condition
- blindness
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1927-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- name in native language
- Blind Willie McTell
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
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