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"Statesboro Blues" is a Piedmont blues song written by Blind Willie McTell, who recorded it in 1928. The title refers to the town of Statesboro, Georgia . In 1968, Taj Mahal recorded a popular blues rock adaptation of the song with a prominent slide guitar part by Jesse Ed Davis .
Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was an American Piedmont blues and ragtime singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played in a fluid, syncopated finger picking guitar style common among many East Coast, Piedmont blues players.
St. James Infirmary is a partially live album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1983. It was re-released on CD in 1996 as Statesboro Blues by EPM Musique. The first seven tracks were recorded live at Théâtre Du Forum Des Halles, Paris and recorded on April 5, 1983.
Taj Mahal is the debut album by American guitarist and vocalist Taj Mahal.Recorded in 1967, it contains blues songs by Sleepy John Estes, Robert Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson II reworked in contemporary blues- and folk-rock styles. [1]
Statesboro inspired the blues song "Statesboro Blues", written by Blind Willie McTell in the 1920s, and covered in a well-known version by the Allman Brothers Band. [5] In 2017, Statesboro was selected in the top three of the national America's Best Communities competition and was named one of nine Georgia "live, work, play" cities by the ...
Live at the Beacon Theatre is a live concert DVD by the rock group the Allman Brothers Band.It was filmed at the Beacon Theatre, New York City on March 25 and 26, 2003 and released September 23, 2003. [2]
His music album, Brief Moments Full Measure, and his book, Ibiza Chronicles, were released in 2014. He currently resides in Mill Valley, California. Cassidy founded the band Spirit. Kelley became a member of his cousin Chris Hillman's band The Byrds in 1968, playing on their seminal album Sweetheart of the Rodeo.
In The Republican Keven O'Hare said, "Comprised of a mix between the afternoon matinee and the evening show, the set is pretty consistent with the Allman Brothers of that era, starting off with a rockin' "Statesboro Blues". While some of the material stretched out into the improvisational stratosphere, the band could also be very economical ...