Statesboro Blues
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"Statesboro Blues" is a blues song written by Blind Willie McTell; the title refers to the town of Statesboro, Georgia. McTell made the first recording of the song on October 17, 1928.
McTell borrowed part of the lyrics from a 1923 Sippie Wallace recording of "Up The Country Blues" which was later popularized by Canned Heat as "Goin' Up the Country".
The song has since been covered by many other artists including Taj Mahal.
The most familiar rendition of the song is by The Allman Brothers Band, as recorded at the Fillmore East in March 1971 and first released on the 1971 album The Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East. It features Duane Allman's masterful slide guitar playing. After Duane Allman's death in a motorcycling accident later that year, the performance was also included on the 1972 album Duane Allman: An Anthology.
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