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Blind Willie McTell - Last Session (Recorded in 1956) (1961) Remastered 1992

Posted By: Designol

Date: 13 Aug 2023 11:25:57

Blind Willie McTell - Last Session (Recorded in 1956) (1961) Remastered 1992
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 142 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 83 Mb | Scans ~ 58 Mb
Label: Original Blues Classics, Prestige Bluesville | # OBCCD-517-2 | Time: 00:36:24
Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Blues, Country-Blues, Piedmont Blues

This recording has a less-than-stellar reputation, principally because it was done so late in McTell's career, and it is true that he lacks some of the edge, especially in his singing, that he showed on his other postwar recordings. On the other hand, his 12-string playing is about as nimble as ever and a real treat. McTell cut these sides for record store owner Ed Rhodes, who had begun taping local bluesmen at his shop in Atlanta in the hope of releasing some of it – McTell took to the idea of recording only slowly, then turned up one night and played for the microphone and anyone who happened to be listening, finishing a pint of bourbon in the process – the result was a pricelessly intimate document, some of the words slurred here and there, but brilliantly expressive and stunningly played. No apologies are needed for "The Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues," "Don't Forget It," or "Salty Dog," however. McTell lived a few more years but never recorded again, which is a pity because based on this tape he still had a lot to show people. Rhodes never did anything with the tapes, and might've junked them if he hadn't remembered how important the McTell material was – they turned out to be the only tapes he saved, out of all he'd recorded.

Review by Bruce Eder, Allmusic.com

This fascinating 1956 recording finds Willie sitting on a stool in a pawn shop near the end of his life, drunkenly reminiscing about his life and music, and playing tunes dating back to WWI. He is not quite as sharp as you will find him on my personal favorite Blind Willie Mctell recording, the 1949 session released under the name "Atlanta 12 String" (two tracks from that later session are included here). He hesitates and slurs his way through his classic "Kill it Kid," and his phrasing elsewhere also lacks his characteristic precision.

But what makes this recording a must for anyone who has fallen uder the spell of Willie McTell–a monumentally underappreciated musician and protean virtuoso of American musical forms from ragtime to country–is the glimpse it gives into his character and life. He plays a tune from his days with a traveling Plantation show in 1918, a country tune, and whatever else strikes his fancy. And for me the imperfections only make the record more vivid, almost as if you are sitting in the room with Willie, sharing his bottle of corn whiskey and watching his wrinkled old hands fly over his battered old 12-string.

I recommend you start with one his other records and get this when you have become a full-fledged member of the cult of Willie.

Review by David W. Stoesz, Amazon.com

Blind Willie McTell at Allmusic
Blind Willie McTell at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Baby it must be love (1:47)
02. The dyin' crapshooter's blues (4:45)
03. Don't forget it (2:12)
04. Kill it kid (3:52)
05. That will never happen no more (1:42)
06. Goodbye blues (1:42)
07. Salty dog (2:26)
08. Early life (1:03)
09. Beedle um bum (2:28)
10. A married man's a fool (2:21)
11. A to Z blues (1:48)
12. Wabash cannonball (1:52)
13. Pal of mine (3:05)
14. Kill it kid (2:35)
15. Broke down engine blues (2:46)

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