Statesboro Blues
| "Statesboro Blues" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Blind Willie McTell | |
| A-side | "Three Women Blues" |
| Published | June 3, 1929 Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., New York |
| Released | January 1929 |
| Recorded | October 17, 1928 |
| Studio | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genre | Piedmont blues |
| Length | 2:30 |
| Label | Victor Victor 38001 |
| Songwriter(s) | Willie McTell |
| Official audio | |
| "Statesboro Blues" (Remastered 2002) on YouTube | |
"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. His rendition inspired a recording by the Allman Brothers Band, which is ranked number nine on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". In 2005, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranked "Statesboro Blues" number 57 on its list of "100 Songs of the South".