Statesboro Blues

During a fall session in his hometown of Atlanta, Blind Willie McTell laid down one of the most fluid, articulate acoustic blues records ever pressed. Playing his signature booming twelve-string guitar, McTell effortlessly showcased his ragtime-influenced fingerpicking. The song was a tribute to Statesboro, Georgia, delivered with McTell's remarkably clear, expressive tenor voice. While it sold modestly in 1928, it became immortal decades later when blues-rock players, most notably Duane Allman and the Allman Brothers Band, helped revive it as a definitive live showpiece.