Artist: Blind Willie McTell
Author: Willie McTell
Label: Victor
Year: 1927
Ralph Peer recording. Unorthodox version of bottleneck tune Poor Boy Long Way From Home, a pre blues Mississippi standard.
Covers:
Allman Brothers Band [as Midnight Blues; see also: Blues Around Midnight]
Rory Block [as Tain't Long For Day]
"Nobody can play the blues like Blind Willie McTell". See also: Broke Down Engine Blues, A Married Man's A Fool, Writing Paper Blues and Statesboro Blues.
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