BLIND WILLIE MCTELL - SEARCHING THE DESERT FOR THE BLUES (IMPORT 2LP)

Blind Willie McTell Searching The Desert For The Blues on Import 2LP

The "King of the Georgia blues" and a master of the 12-string guitar, Blind Willie McTell is credited with having created an entire sub genre of the blues by mixing the hard roots of the Delta style with the more refined East Coast style (Piedmont Blues). Although McTell had been busking for change since his early teen years, his official recording career began for Victor in 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia.

This 32-track collection of rare sides-originally released on Okeh (as Georgia Bill), Victor (as Hot Shot Willie) and Vocalion (as Blind Willie) finds McTell playing alongside another amazing Georgia blues guitarist, Curley Weaver, and backing two fine Atlanta blues singers Ruth (Mary) Willis and Ruby Glaze.

Blind Willie McTell Searching The Desert For The Blues Track Listing:

Side A:
1. Low Rider’s Blues
2. Georgia Rag
3. Low Down Blues (Ruth Mary Willis, vocal)
4. Rollin’ Mama Blues (Ruby Glaze, vocal)
5. Lonesome Day Blues (Ruby Glaze, vocal)
6. Mama, Let Me Scoop For You (Ruby Glaze, vocal)
7. Searching The Desert For The Blues (Ruby Glaze, vocal)
8. Warm It Up To Me
Side B:
1. It’s Your Time To Worry
2. It’s A Good Little Thing
3. You Was Born To Die
4. Dirty Mistreater
5. Lord Have Mercy If You Please
6. Don’t You See How This World Made A Change
7. Savannah Mama
8. Broke Down Engine
Side C:
1. Broke Down Engine No. 2 (Take 1)
2. Broke Down Engine No. 2 (Take 3)
3. My Baby’s Gone
4. Love Makin’ Mama (Take 1)
5. Love Makin’ Mama (Take 2)
6. Death Room Blues (Take 1)
7. Death Room Blues (Take 2)
8. Death Cell Blues
Side D:
1. Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 1)
2. Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2)
3. B And O Blues No. 2 (Take 1)
4. B And O Blues No. 2 (Take 2)
5. Weary Hearted Blues
6. Bell Street Lightnin’
7. Southern Can Mama
8. Runnin’ Me Crazy