BLIND WILLIE McTELL STATESBORO BLUES/3 WOMEN BLUES 10" 78RPM RSD Reissue Jukebox

Artist: Blind Willie McTell

Title: Statesboro Blues / 3 Women Blues

Year: 2019

Size:  10"

Event:
Release Date: 4/13/2019
Format: 10" Vinyl
Label: Traffic Entertainment
Quantity: 1500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

 ONLY 1500 WORLDWIDE!

Though Robert Johnson may now be considered the biggest blues artist from the past, at the time Blind Willie McTell was both more popular and predated even Johnson’s earliest performances, much less Johnson’s short list of recordings.
McTell played 12 string guitar in the Piedmont Blues style aka the Piedmont Fingerstyle due to the use of finger picking technic all the while being proficient with slide guitar.

One thing is certain, as he rose to prominence in the 20s, McTell could not have been aware of the influence he would have on generations of musicians to come including the likes of Bob Dylan (who wrote a song about McTell), the White Stripes, Taj Mahal, Canned Heat and of course The Allman Brothers who turned “Statesboro Blues” into one of their earliest signature songs.

For Record Store Day 2019 Traffic Entertainment is proud to present Blind Willie McTell’s 1928 release of “Three Women Blues” with “Statesboro Blues” on micro-groove 78 RPM vinyl housed in a spectacular recreation of the Victor label sleeve used for the original issue.

"This special 2019 Record Store Day offering is reproduced using the original label and sleeve artwork. 
It is a 10-inch microgroove 78 RPM single and can be played with a standard turntable needle. 
Georgia-born Blind Willie McTell defies all definitions of the prototype blues musician from the 1920s and 1930s. 
Unlike his contemporaries, McTell performed in various musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious songs and hokum. 
He mastered the 12-string guitar with a unique and fluid, syncopated fingerstyle and superb slide technique, and maintained a smooth, laid-back tenor which distinguished him from the harsher sounding Delta singers. 
As such, McTell was able to model his approach while performing for a diverse audience of all races, whether on the streets or in a venue. 
An itinerant musician after leaving home, Blind Willie was discovered by an A&R man for prominent blues labels Okeh and Victor Records, and brought to Atlanta to record two sessions. 
One of these sessions produced what would become his signature song: 'Statesboro Blues', which has been widely celebrated and covered by the likes of the Allman Brothers, Taj Mahal, and the Youngbloods, and was inducted into the National Recording Registry for cultural significance in 2016. 
McTell continued to record and perform throughout Atlanta utilizing a variety of aliases throughout the 1920s and 1950s. 
He was interviewed for the Library of Congress by famed musicologist and folklorist John Lomax in 1940, and after decades with little commercial success, would pass in 1959. 
Since his death his influence has been felt and his songs covered across a slew of artists, from Bob Dylan to Ry Cooder to the White Stripes."
New Condition - Never Played - Sealed
This awesome 78 RPM Reissue would be great on your Wurlitzer, Seeburg, Rockola or other vintage jukebox!

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