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26 August 2006

McTell: They got me killed for forging

I was listening to my American Roots Music Radio on Pandora and this smoldering couplet drifted by:
They got me killed for forging
and I can't even write my name
-- "Death cell blues" by by Blind Willie McTell
Man, there's an awful lot of history and commentary there in 13 words.

I had to rush right out and buy it, and used that as an excuse to try out emusic, which Chris Hamrin had been saying some nice things about.