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Music Minute: Blind Willie McTell
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Music Minute: Blind Willie McTell
Today's Music Minute highlights a middle Georgia blues legend who inspired a number of influential artists over the years.
You’re listening to "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell, who was born in Thomson, Georgia in 1898.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWxZtI3ONY
Saturday will be the 58th anniversary of his death in 1959.
The legendary blues guitarist was a music mainstay in the 1920s and 30s.
Blind Willie inspired a number of artists, including the Allman Brothers who debuted a cover of "Statesboro Blues" in 1971.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvFmtt-enU
Bob Dylan also payed tribute in the song titled, “Blind Willie McTell.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5axJe4WzFN4
Each May, the city of Thomson honors its native son with the Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival.
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