Sunday, January 12th
timeless
Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959), “I Got to Cross the River Jordan,” 1928
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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2023
Sunday, May 7th
timeless
Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar) with Kate McTell (vocals) and Curley Weaver (guitar), “I Got Religion, I’m So Glad,” rec. 1935 (Chicago)
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2012
Sunday, 8/26/12
Here are a few more takes on a song we listened to a couple weeks ago—“Sending Up My Timber.”
Rev. Raymond Branch, Los Angeles (Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church), 2010
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Blind Willie McTell (Pig ’n Whistle Red), 1950
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Otis Clay & Clarence Fountain (Direct Hits from Bullseye Blues), 1993
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Ya’Londa Freeman & Gardner Family, Baltimore (Har Sinai Church of Christ, funeral for Jaycee Gardner), 2008
2012
Saturday, 5/5/12
Happy Birthday, Blind Willie and Tammy!
Blind Willie McTell (5/5/1898-8/19/59), “Dying Crapshooter’s Blues” (1940)
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Tammy Wynette (5/5/42-4/6/98), medley (“Apartment No. 9,” “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” “Stand By Your Man”), TV show
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musical thoughts
Imagine what this country would be like if everything were as fine as the music.
2010
Monday, 8/16/10
Suppose Blind Willie McTell, who died in 1959, came back to life for a day.
How would you explain this to him—a video clip of a pop icon singing a song about him, during a recent concert in Slovenia, captured by a cell-phone camera then uploaded onto the ’net for anyone, anywhere in the world, to see?
Bob Dylan, “Blind Willie McTell,” live, Slovenia (Ljubljana), 6/13/2010
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Blind Willie McTell
hotel room, Atlanta, 1940
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“Statesboro Blues,” 1928 (Atlanta)
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