Blind Willie Mctell Youtube
You was born to die 1933 blind williiam mc tell.
Blind willie mctell youtube. The lead guitar on the spare arrangement is by dire straits mark knopfler who co produced infidels. Blind willie mctell lyrics. Combined with the electric edge of 1950 s blues stylists like muddy waters and howlin wolf and with an added twist of magic from rock n roll legends chuck berry carl perkins jerry lee lewis and elvis.
Blind willie mctell is one of those bob dylan songs that slowly crept into the canon like a climbing rose that nobody notices for years. 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. We take inspiration from the styles of blind willie mctell blind willie johnson the prewar blues slide guitarists of the 1920 s and 30 s.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies shows news live fashion. Blind willie mctell born william samuel mctier. Blind willie mctell 1933 blues guitar legend by ragtimedorianhenry.
Like blind willie mctell there s a woman by the river with some fine young handsome man he s dressed up like a squire bootlegged whiskey in his hand some of them died in the battle some of them survived as well and i can tell you one thing nobody can sing the blues like blind willie mctell well god is in his heaven and we all want what s his. It was recorded in the spring of 1983 during the sessions for dylan s album infidels but w. May 5 1898 august 19 1959 was a piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist.
Originally recorded for infidels in 1983 it was not released until the first set of the bootleg series came out eight years later.
