Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959) was a prolific bluesman from Georgia, who continued performing into the 1950s. My favorite song of his is one I featured a few years ago, but this song became, posthumously, his most famous number, thanks to the covers:
Surely the most famous (and probably the best) cover was by the Allman Brothers, heard here live at the Filmore East in 1971:
Personally, I also love the 1968 version by Taj Mahal:
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