Blind Willie Mctell Song
Blind willie mctell is a song written and performed by bob dylan titled after the blues singer blind willie mctell.
Blind willie mctell song. No one less than bob dylan penned the lyric that stated nobody can sing the blues like blind willie mctell mctell s 20s and 30s work reminds one slightly of robert johnson s work in the 30s with notable differences. In 1949 a brief flurry of interest in old timey country blues resulted in this 15 song session by blind willie mctell for the newly formed atlantic records. It was recorded in the spring of 1983 during the sessions for dylan s album infidels but was left off the album and officially released only in 1991 on the bootleg series volumes 1 3 rare unreleased 1961 1991 the melody is loosely based on st.
The blind willie mctell dylan name checks in the song as the ultimate blues singer toiled away in relative obscurity in the first half of the twentieth century before his singing and 12 string. Browse 125 lyrics and 590 blind willie mctell albums. Blind willie mctell song lyrics collection.
Only two songs kill it kid and broke down engine blues were ever issued on a failed single and the session was forgotten until almost 20 years later. While mctell has the same dexterity as a guitarist combining single note runs with rhythmic aplomb his singing is never as shrill or as tortured as johnson.
