Atlanta Twelve String

by Blind Willie McTell

Atlanta Twelve String cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1972
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:18
  • Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The 15 tracks were recorded in Atlanta in 1949 for the newly formed Atlantic Records, but only two songs, 'Kill It Kid' and 'Broke Down Engine Blues', were issued at the time, on a single that failed, and the session was forgotten for roughly twenty years. Played mostly solo on acoustic twelve-string, with sometime partner Curley Weaver possibly present on some tracks, the program includes 'Dying Crapshooter's Blues' and 'The Razor Ball'.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, guitars, storytelling, traditional, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Kill It Kid (2:25)
  2. The Razor Ball (2:44)
  3. Little Delia (2:53)
  4. Broke Down Engine Blues (2:38)
  5. Dying Crapshooter's Blues (2:56)
  6. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (2:40)
  7. Blues Around Midnight (2:36)
  8. Last Dime Blues (2:40)
  9. On The Cooling Board (2:58)
  10. Motherless Children Have A Hard Time (2:46)
  11. I Got To Cross The River Jordan (3:47)
  12. You Got To Die (3:01)
  13. Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian (2:30)
  14. Pearly Gates (3:11)
  15. Soon This Morning (2:33)

Credits

  • Blind Willie McTell - primary artist, vocals, guitar, written-by, arranged by
  • Ilhan Mimaroglu - compiled by, research
  • Pete Lowry - compiled by, research, editor [series concept]
  • Norman Gimble - written by [miscredited]
  • Dennis King - mastered by, mastering
  • Stanislaw Zagorski - design
  • Simon A. Napier - liner notes
  • Ahmet Ertegun - producer
  • Herb Abramson - producer
  • Clarence "Pinetop" Smith - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Simon Napier - liner notes

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