Blind Willie McTell - Atlanta Twelve String (1949)

01. Kill It Kid 
02. The Razor Ball 
03. Little Delia 
04. Broke Down Engine Blues 
05. Dying Crapshooter's Blues 
06. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 
07. Blues Around Midnight 
08. Last Dime Blues
09. On The Cooling Board 
10. Motherless Children Have A Hard Time
11. I Got To Cross The River Jordan	
12. You Got To Die 
13. Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian 
14. Pearly Gates	
15. Soon This Morning

Blind Willie McTell – guitar, vocals

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. 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. McTell is mostly solo here, vividly captured on acoustic 12-string (his sometime partner Curley Weaver may have been present on some tracks), and in excellent form. The playing and the repertory are representative of McTell as he was at this point in his career, a blues veteran rolling through his paces without skipping a beat and quietly electrifying the listener. Songs include "Dying Crapshooter's Blues," "The Razor Ball," and "Ain't I Grand to Live a Christian." --- Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

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