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McTell, Blind Willie

LC control no.n 82122641
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.M34187 Biography
Personal name headingMcTell, Blind Willie
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Variant(s)McTell, Willie Samuel
Samuel, blind
McTear, Willie Samuel
Georgia Bill
Blind Willie
Barrelhouse Sammy
Blind Doogie
Blind Sammy
Blind Sammie
Glaze, Red Hot Willie
Hot Shot Willie
Pig 'n' Whistle Red
Red Hot Willie
McTier, Eddie
McTier, Willie
See alsoCorporate body: Pig 'n' Whistle Band
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Biography/History noteIndividual was a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date18980505
Death date19590819
Place of birthMcDuffie County (Ga.)
Place of deathMilledgeville (Ga.)
AffiliationRCA Victor Records Vocalion (Sound recording label : New York, N.Y.) Atlantic Recording Corporation Regal Record Company
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Guitarists
Found inBlind Willie McTell, 1940. [Phonodisc] 1966.
His Blues in the dark [SR] p1983: container (Blind Willie McTell; b. ca. 1898, Thomson, Ga.; d. Milledgville, Ga., 8-19-1959)
Leadbelly. Masters of the country blues [SR] p1996: label (Blind Willie McTell) insert (Willie Samuel McTear)
Great blues guitarists [SR] p1991: insert (Blind Willie McTell as Georgia Bill; Blind Willie McTell as Blind Willie; guitar, vocals)
Harris, S. Blues who's who, 1991 (McTell, Willie Samuel "Blind Willie"; aka: Barrelhouse Sammy/Blind Doogie/Blind Sammy (Sammie)/Blind Willie/Georgia Bill/Red Hot Willie Glaze/Hot Shot Willie/Pig 'n' Whistle Red/Red Hot Willie; b. May 5, 1901, Thomson, GA; d. Aug. 19, 1959, Midgeville, GA; "death records and gravestone mistakenly listed him as Eddie McTier"; accordion, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, violin)
The best of Blind Willie McTell [SR] p2004: insert (b. Willie McTier around 1898; his southern drawl may have caused his name to be heard as "McTell", which it remained for recording purposes for the rest of his life)
African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (McTell, Blind Willie; Willie Samuel McTell; Blind Sammie; Georgia Bill; Hot Shot Willie; blues musician, singer, guitarist; born 05 May 1898 in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States; teamed up with the legendary Blind Willie Johnson, bottleneck slide guitar virtuoso from Texas; recorded for RCA Victor in Atlanta (1927); his best-known composition, Statesboro Blues became a rock classic (1959); recorded with Vocalion (1933), Atlantic and Regal records (1949-1950); was elected to the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame (1981); died 19 August 1959 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States)
The roots of it all, 2014: insert (Blind Willie McTell; member of blues duo Pig 'n' Whistle Band with Curly Weaver)