Blind Willie McTell was one of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and 1930s. Displaying an extraordinary range on the twelve-string guitar, this Atlanta-based musician recorded more than 120 ...

Here’s a trivia question you can use to stump fellow music nerds. The answer isn’t Little Richard or Otis Redding. And it’s not Ray Charles or James Brown. It’s Blind Willie McTell, a 12-string guitar ...

Bob Dylan has announced that he will be releasing his classic track “Blind Willie McTell,” as a 7″ vinyl on Aug. 20. The release comes from Third Man Records. The release will feature two previously ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– As we've learned, Thomson is home to the Freedom Blast and the Camellia City Festival… but that's not all. It's also home of the Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival, "the small ...

UPDATE 8/20: Bob Dylan has shared one of the two unreleased versions of “Blind Willie McTell” that features on the new Third Man seven-inch vinyl single.

Bob Dylan will release two previously unreleased versions of “Blind Willie McTell” on a 7″ single via Third Man Records. One of the versions (take 5) will be included on the upcoming Springtime In New ...

On Monday (August 2), Bob Dylan announced plans to release “Blind Willie McTell” on a new seven-inch vinyl. Issued via Third Man Records, the release will include two previously unreleased takes of ...

Blind Willie McTell may be “the most important Georgia bluesman to be recorded” in the first half of the 20th century, but so little information about him has survived that, for Gray, who's previously ...

Creator angered by changes to his portrait of blues singer Blind Willie McTell. At the corner of Euclid and Austin avenues is a three-ton portrait of Georgia blues legend Blind Willie McTell. Composed ...

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