08/28/2026
This year, the McDuffie Museum is excited to have a booth at the Blind Willie McTell Music Festival, and we're bringing something very special with us!!
We are proud to announce that we have secured permission to do a reprint of Blind Willie McTell's legendary 1940 Library of Congress recordings. Recorded in Atlanta in November 1940, these recordings capture McTell not only performing, but also talking about his life, his music, and the blues.
The album includes classics like "Dying Crapshooter's Blues," "I Got To Cross The River Jordan," "Delia," "Boll Weevil," "Amazing Grace," "Chainey," and "Kill-It-Kid Rag," and more.
The Museum also enlisted Tycarius Designs to create new art for this special museum variant of the record, and we're delighted by the results!
📀 PRESALE BEGINS SEPTEMBER 6
The clear blue vinyl records will be $29, tax included, and we'll have a limited number available! You can pick up your record and your ticket to the Blind Willie McTell Music Festival ($55) right here at the McDuffie Museum. In fact, festival tickets are already available!
Then, on September 12, come see us at the festival in Thomson. We'll have the records with us, along with other McDuffie Museum merchandise.
Blind Willie's music helped put Thomson on the map of American blues history. We're excited to help keep that history alive!
