2018 Blind Willie McTell Festival | A sultry Georgia day mixed with the heat of blues. Not much better.
     In a field near Thomson, Georgia, some of the best blues musicians gather the first weekend in May each year to pay homage to a legend, blues man Blind Willie McTell. As an accomplished guitarist - one who mastered the 12 string guitar and hailed from the tiny, central Georgia town, he never had a hit record or rose to the likes of B.B. King. However, artists like Jack White, the White Stripes, the Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan and others recognized his gift and his contribution to the world of blues.
    The 2018 lineup: JD McPherson, Samantha Fish, Amy Helm, Kenny Neal, The Randall Bramblett Band, Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton.