Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues free for downloading

I first heard this song in the mid-sixties, on an album my mother had, called "Bluebird Blues". It was a compilation of a bunch of people who recorded on the old Bluebird label; and this was my favorite song on the album, although there were lots of good ones.

I can taste the georgia peaches in my mouth.

that makes sense, I always wondered why some guy was constantly talking throughout the song. Do you know if they wrote it together?

??i first heard this masterpiece in a record booth in croydon south london in 1970 and was soon to buy a twelve string from potters music shop in south croydon is it still there ?

that is awesome! i guess its a good thing she left young and went after willie, no use her waitin around another 40 years for little stevie wonder!

I remember the first time I heard this girl sing on a Blind Willie record when I was a teenager. I was mesmerised. I just love her voice and the way she sings 'baybeee'. What is it? Soul, Jazz, Blues? I think it's all there and it's immortal.

I think the singer is Kate McTell his wife

When you're blind your vision doesn't blur the music. It entirely comes from the heart and is totally felt rather than seen on the fretboard - thats what I'd call real music.

tim lee its his wife, he had 2 i believe, Kate McTell or Ruby Glaze

Yep, Mr. Johnson from Texas, powerful baritone voice and stinging six string slide guitar; Mr. McTell from I think Georgia with punchy twelve string Piedmont blues . Both true masters of their instruments.

Nice one. Sung and played with feeling. The more I listen to this the more I like it .Added to my favourites.

Haha, I did that once...

thanks.fcc.good.memories.of.early.seventies.croydon.

one of my favorites from the McTells long live the blues

I too, have this on Bluebird Blues and I also have something to play it on...McTell is one of my favourite bluesmen and the greatest 12 string exponent...