Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - BLIND WILLIE McTELL' Blues Guitar Legend

" Lay Some Flowers On My Grave "
BLIND WILLIE McTELL


EARLY COUNTRY BLUES
Alger "Texas" Alexander
Pink Anderson
Barbecue Bob Hicks
Scrapper Blackwell
Black Ace
Blind Blake
Big Bill Broonzy
Richard "Rabbit" Brown
Willie Brown
Bumble Bee Slim
Gus Cannon
Bo Carter
Sam Collins
Floyd Council
Ida Cox (1896-1967)
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977)
Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941)
Jesse Fuller (1896-1976)
Billy Garland (1918-1960)
Jazz Gillum (1904-1966)
Shirley Griffith (1908-1974)
Arvella Gray (1906-1980)
Smokey Hogg (1914-1960)
Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982)
Son House (c. 1902-1988)
Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966)
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984)
Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966)
Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937)
John Jackson
Skip James (1902-1969)
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929)
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945)
Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970)
Robert Johnson (1911-1938)
Tommy Johnson (1896-1956)
Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949)
Furry Lewis (1899-1981)
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957)
Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006)
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972)
Brownie McGhee (1915-1996)
Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959)
The Memphis Jug Band
Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953)
Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984)
Memphis Minnie (1897-1973)
Charlie Patton (1891-1934)
Piano Red (1911-1985)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Tampa Red (1904-1981)
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Victoria Spivey (1908-1976)
Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955)
Sonny Terry (1911-1986)
Henry Townsend (1909-2006)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Washboard Sam (1910-1966)
Curley Weaver (1906-1962)
Peetie Wheatstraw (1902-1941)
Bukka White (1909-1977)
Josh White (1914 or 1915-1969)
Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914-1948)

Super Jumbos * Gibson SJ-100 * Gibson SJ-150 Maple * Gibson SJ-200 * Gibson SJ-200 EC * Gibson SJ-300

Small Bodies * Gibson Blues King * Gibson CJ-165 Maple * Gibson CJ-165 Rosewood * Gibson LC-1 * Gibson LC-2

Category:

Music

Tags:

• lay
• some
• flowers
• on
• my
• grave
• blind
• willie
• mctell
• blues
• georgia
• ragtime
• 12
• string
• guitar
• legend
• slide
• atlanta
• lemon
• jefferson
• robert
• johnson
• lonnie
• charley
• patton
• jordan
• barbecue
• bob
• tommy
• skip
• james
• john
• hurt
• arthur
• blake
• boy
• fuller
• gary
• davis
• bo
• carter
• leadbelly
• gibson
• L1

[jackdmehoff]

i want this song played at my funeral. my favorite song to hear when im drinking whiskey. absolutely a great song all the way through. thanks for posting.

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

me too my friend ..

[bernie910]

Great song,thanks for posting yet another classic my Friend

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

you're welcome my friend !

[jekk23]

This song tugs at my soul like no other. I sung it in my local graveyard once. Many, many thanks!

And thank you Mr McTell

[fearghal10]

@pentagonshark666 Tom waits - soldiers things

[sleazyoldgranddad]

This would make Robert Johnson jump out of his skin.

Very haunting and pacifying all at once.

Sleep deep king of the blues

[MrRollingStone72]

Thank you for posting, ive dicovered gold at such a young age :) hes amazing

[DonTerhune1200cc]

Hey Dorian, "I'm hooked". Thanx 4 turning me onto the unsung guitar hero/ singer songwriter (W Mc).

[tony1234872]

Truly beautiful music, nowadays music is about making money, back then, it was about getting the point of whatever you wanted, across.

[EddieSatan]

@jackdmehoff God bless whiskey and blues music.

[samsharpeye]

@Pentagonshark666 hurt cover by johnny cash?

[djlegand]

@Pentagonshark666 you'd my queue "sad Country song

[Nyquilcoma]

Dying Crapshooter, You Got To Die, Cooling Board, Lay Some Flowers On My Grave, We Got To Meet Death- talk about a man comfortable with his own mortality! I want Blind Willie to RAISE UP and play my funeral.

[Pentagonshark666]

Such a sad song.My top of saddest songs ever:

1)Hank Williams - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

2)Willie Mctell - Lay Some Flowers On My Grave

3)The Beatles - Yesterday

4)Rem - Everybody Hurts

5)Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven