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Remembering Blind Willie McTell, born William Samuel McTier on May 5, 1898, in Thomson, Georgia — he died on August 19, 1959. McTell was a Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues. Unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back ten

I’ve been really diggin’ this new “Blue Gc-CM 12” 12-String from Furch Guitars. It’s very easy to play for a 12-string and the tone is punchy, well-balanced, and full. I also like that it has a cutaway, which is great for playing this kind of 12-string lead, but also great for when you want to double parts with a high capo to fatten up strumming arrangements in the studio. For this arrangement of Little Wing, I tuned the 12-string down a whole step, which gives the guitar a slinky, bluesier tone