Blind Willie McTell
Bluespiedmont bluesragtime bluesfingerstyle guitar virtuositytwelve-string guitar
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor
- Active:
- 1920s-1950s
- Scene:
- Atlanta / Georgia piedmont
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