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"Blind Willie" McTell

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Photograph of "Blind Willie" McTell in an Atlanta, Georgia hotel room in 1940. McTell holds a twelve-string guitar. He recorded many blues classics, including "Statesboro Blues." McTell was the only bluesman to remain active in Atlanta (in the Decatur Street district) well after World War II.
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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia

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  1. African American Guitarists
  2. African American Men
  3. African American Musicians
  4. African American Singers
  5. African Americans
  6. Atlanta
  7. Blind
  8. Blind Musicians
  9. Blues Musicians
  10. Georgia
  11. Guitar
  12. Guitarists
  13. Hotels
  14. Mc Tell, Blind Willie
  15. Mirrors
  16. Musicians
  17. Singers

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