'Travelin' Blues' BLIND WILLIE McTELL, Blues Guitar Legend

" Travelin' Blues "
BLIND WILLIE McTELL

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[ceepatton]

This song is fucking amazing, please excuse my language.

[falkirkdouglas9]

One man, One guitar, one mic. And It's a 12 string.

[matttttt84]

This song came to mind when I first heard

Big Boy's untitled "Blues"

- recorded by Roscoe Lewis in Hampton, Virginia (1941)

The recording is on Blue Ridge Institute's 'Virginia Traditions' series.

This was BRI-006, which had the LP title "Tidewater Blues"

Same formula of a hobo narrative.

Alternating thumb use, 'talking' verses and

then singing a 'song' within the song itself.

[matttttt84]

Here's some info on "riding the blinds"

blindman.15.forumer.com/a/ridi­ng-the-blinds_post14567.html

[june4783]

NO

[raveyard]

@Walkingshadow1 Thanks for the info.

[Walkingshadow1]

Classic song, one of his best. BTW, the line is "Mr. Engineer, let a man ride the blinds; Mr. Engineer, let a poor man ride the blinds. Said, 'I wouldn't mind it fella, but you know this train ain't mine.'" For those who might not know, "ride the blinds" has a specific meaning, but was also more general slang for riding the freight trains (illegally). Also, to raveyard....he was not talking about South America, he was talking about the south of America, which is where he came from---the south.

[BaggedGnome]

Blind Willie is my favourite from that era. Undeniably good.

[AgentCarter]

@sirkickbutt1 sounds more like "this line" to me though

[sirkickbutt1]

@AgentCarter To me, especially since McTell was blind, the line sounds like "Mr. engineer, let a poor man ride that's blind."

[stueycow]

it takes some doing playing a 12 string blind but playing at this level of quality is amazing especially 0:30 a truly a master I am 12 and my granddad likes this and so do i

[raveyard]

Must have been a great performer, my favorit story teller.

with a golden voice, we are so fortunate he was blind.

Telling us, close your eyes and listen, this is what it sounds like, travelin through the country of South-America.

He got many in his storybook even in this one song is filled with impressions.

These storys in just one line singing and played with guitar

I want to hear again and again.