Although Blind Willie McTell never had a major hit, he was a prolific performer
throughout his career and left a legacy of fine blues playing appreciated by
blues aficionados throughout the world. He was born in Georgia at the turn of
the 20th century and was blind in one eye from birth losing the sight in his
other eye by late childhood. After his mother died he left home and became an
itinerant musician beginning his recording career in 1927.
He married his wife Kate in 1934 and in the early years of their marriage she
would accompany him on stage and on several recordings. ...