Volume Nine

Blind Willie McTell -Statesboro Blues

"Nobody sings the blues like Blind Willie McTell." -Bob Dylan

"Wake up mama, turn your lamp down low..." Fans of the blues are all familiar with this opening line of Blind Willie McTell's legendary blues standard Statesboro Blues. Blind Willie McTell and Leadbelly mastered the 12-string guitar like no other bluesmen and made it a key instrument on blues recordings for the rest of the century.

Track Listing:

1. Statesboro Blues
2. Mr. McTell Got the Blues
3. Writin' Paper Blues
4. Stole Rider Blues
5. Mama 'Tain't Long Fo' Day
6. Three Women Blues
7. Dark Night Blues
8. Loving Talking Blues
9. Drive Away Blues
10. Love Changing Blues
11. Rollin' Mama Blues (Barrelhouse Mama Blues)
12. Lonesome Day Blues
13. Mama Let Me Scoop For You
14. Searching the Desert for the Blues
15. Teasing Brown
16. This is Not the Stove to Brown Your Bread
17. Mr. McTell Got the Blues