Blind Willie McTell Net Worth

Blind Willie McTell Net Worth is
$1.2 Million

Blind Willie McTell Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

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, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charley Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music and hokum.Born in the town of Thomson, Georgia, McTell learned how to play guitar in his early teens. He soon became a street performer around several Georgia cities including Atlanta and Augusta, and first recorded in 1927 for Victor Records. Although he never produced a major hit record, McTell's recording career was prolific, recording for different labels under different names throughout the 1920s and 30s. In 1940, he was recorded by folklorist John A. Lomax and Ruby Terrill Lomax for the Library of Congress's folk song archive. He would remain active throughout the 1940s and 50s, playing on the streets of Atlanta, often with his longtime associate, Curley Weaver. Twice more he recorded professionally. McTell's last recordings originated during an impromptu session recorded by an Atlanta record store owner in 1956. McTell would die three years later after suffering for years from diabetes and alcoholism. Despite his mainly failed releases, McTell was one of the few archaic blues musicians that would actively play and record during the 1940s and 50s. However, McTell never lived to be "rediscovered" during the imminent American folk music revival, as many other bluesmen would.McTell's influence extended over a wide variety of artists, including The Allman Brothers Band, who famously covered McTell's "Statesboro Blues", and Bob Dylan, who paid tribute to McTell in his 1983 song "Blind Willie McTell"; the refrain of which is, "And I know no one can sing the blues, like Blind Willie McTell". Other artists influenced by McTell include Taj Mahal, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Ralph McTell, Chris Smither and The White Stripes.

Full NameCurley Weaver
Date Of BirthMay 5, 1901
Died1959-08-19
Place Of BirthThomson, Georgia, USA
ProfessionSoundtrack
NationalityAmerican
Star SignTaurus

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Independent Lens2014TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes
Muscle Shoals2013Documentary writer: - as Willie McTell / writer: "Statesboro Blues"
I Used to Be Darker2013performer: "You Was Born To Die" / writer: "You Was Born To Die"
Not Fade Away2012writer: "Statesboro Blues"
Le Havre2011performer: "Statesboro Blues" / writer: "Statesboro Blues"
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll2009performer: "Statesboro Blues" / writer: "Statesboro Blues"
Nights in Rodanthe2008writer: "Come Around to My House Mama" - as Willie McTell
Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum2005Video documentary writer: "Statesboro Blues"
House M.D.2005TV Series 1 episode
The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon1996Documentary writer: "Statesboro Blues" - as Willie McTell
Chicago Hope1996TV Series writer - 1 episode
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music1993Documentary performer: "Stole Rider Blues" / writer: "Stole Rider Blues"
The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods1992Video documentary writer: "Statesboro Blues"
The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers of the Road1985Video documentary writer: "Statesboro Blues"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film1997Video documentaryHimself (voice)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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