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Willie McTell

Uploaded February 16, 2011 3:48pm.

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One of my heroes. Willie McTell was blind from birth and travelled all over the south in the thirties at a time when many people would never go more than 20 miles from their home.

Plus nobody sings the blues quite like him!

Good Lord Good Lord
Who’s that coming now
it’s that rambling man
with the clear sweet tenor sound

Willie McTell
don’t see nothing like you or me
He can stand in Georgia
and see clear to Tennessee

He’d be sitting on a Macon sidewalk
making that old crowd pay
he could see clear to Memphis and
be there the next day

He’ll be sittin in the station
waiting on a train
if’n you’re lucky
you’ll be seein’ that man again

You women beware
just what you might find
you might get lucky
or you might get lucky next time

He’d tell you he loved you
if’n he believed it’s true
tell you you’re fine
if you know just what to do

He’d walk ten miles
to give you the time of day
walk 1 mile back
if the car goes the right way

Willie McTell
don’t see nothing like you or me
He can stand in Georgia
and see clear to Tennessee

He’d be sitting on a Macon sidewalk
making that old crowd pay
he could see clear to Memphis and
be there the next day

So you ride the Southern
i’ll ride the Santa Fe
When you get in Memphis
pretty mama look around for me

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Guest said April 18, 2012 8:22pm

I can just see you sitting on the sofa there, having been there myself, (she said). Your video brought back happy memories! Lovely stuff!

Guest said March 8, 2011 3:08am

yeah Gumbo...love this song

am/fm dreams said March 6, 2011 3:09am

good ol'blind willie would have loved this

Cave Street said March 4, 2011 11:59pm

Too much! Great track, *love* the vocal!

stoman said March 3, 2011 8:51pm

Wonderful folk music. Great listen!

A Bit More Better Productions said February 18, 2011 5:20pm

rob and laura hit the nail firmly on the head there. cant put it any better.. agree entirely. u do it complete and utter justice.. not easily done

kirklynch said February 17, 2011 7:57pm

Damn cool there man!

Guest said February 17, 2011 6:26pm

Feel good and utterly cheeky.

Guest said February 17, 2011 5:05am

enjoyed that a bunch - good stuff. Kerstin

Rob and Laura said February 17, 2011 3:47am

With all these recordings, this year's RPM even more than last, you are aiming straight at a deep love and appreciation I have for the music of this period. Usually when people go for this sound, it comes across to me as either having a gross modern sheen to it that makes me want to vomit, or they're being overly reverential, killing the great old tunes in the process. How you manage to straddle that divide and produce something that apes the genre without feeling like a copy while also not feeling the need to force it somewhere it doesn't need to be...is beyond me, and I'm all the more amazed for that. I wish I could come close to this sort of music-making fidelity. Needless to say (?) I adore this track, absolutely adore it.

Gumbo said February 16, 2011 9:06pm

I uploaded a cheap n cheerful video for this

Jason Earls said February 16, 2011 7:50pm

fantastic tribute to Willie McTell.

thetworegs said February 16, 2011 3:50pm

Brilliant the sound, vocal, the lyrics the playing loved it

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