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Photographer: David Seibert
Taken: June 18, 2014
Caption: United States vs. Darby Lumber Company Marker
Additional Description: The marker stands by the concrete, paved Willie McTell Trail which leads almost to downtown Statesboro. McTell, known as "Blind Willie" McTell, was a blues singer and guitarist born in Thomson, Georgia in 1898. He died in 1961. He is honored here for writing "Statesboro Blues," covered by the Allman Brothers Band among others. In Bob Dylan's "Blind Willie McTell" the refrain is "And I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell." Dylan's song was covered by The Band, The Allman Brothers Band, and Stephen Stills among many others.
Submitted: September 2, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p397311
File Size: 2.341 Megabytes

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