for interviews she gave in 1977, 1979, and 1981 about Willie McTell. She died in Augusta, Georgia, on October 3, 1991. As Ruby Glaze There is some uncertainty as to whether Ruby Glaze, a singer with whom Willie McTell recorded in 1932, is the same person as Kate McTell. In an interview conducted in the 1970s, she claimed that she was Glaze. The uncertainty stems from confusion over when she first met Willie and whether or not this was after he had recorded with Glaze. Bruce Bastin gave the year of their meeting as 1931, at her graduation from Paine College, in Augusta, Georgia, and stated that immediately afterward she went on to Washington High in Atlanta, which is where and when Willie recorded with Glaze. Bastin also noted the similarities between Glaze's spoken parts in "Searching the Desert for the Blues" and the ones in the McTells' recording of "Ticket Agent Blues" in 1935. As mentioned above, McTell told the musicologist David Evans and his family that she had met Willie in late 1931 and that they recorded soon afterward over the course of a week. Gray placed this recording in February 1932. Some sources have claimed that McTell and Glaze are the same person, while others have claimed that they are not. Discography Kate McTell appears on a small number of albums, generally accompanying her husband on vocals. Blind Willie McTell 1927–1949 (Willie McTell) Mississippi-Memphis-Chicago Blues (various artists) The Essential (Willie McTell) Gospel, Vol. 3: Guitar Evangelists and Bluesmen 1927–1944 (various artists) Le Gospel 1939–1952 (various artists), containing a solo track, "Dying Gambler" Other information She is referred to in a blues song, "Blind Willie", by Hans Theessink, in the lyric "Ruthy Kate leading Willie by the hand". Citations References Bastin, B. Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast. 1986. Illini Books. . Retrieved 2011-09-22. Gray, M. Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell. 2007. Bloomsbury Publishing, London. . Retrieved 2011-09-22. Further reading Printed publications Evans, David (1977). "Kate McTell". Blues Unlimited 125 (July/August 1977), pp. 8–16; 127 (November/December 1977), pp. 20–22. . Read, Jill (1981). “Kate McTell Remembers: One Travelin’ Man and the Blues". Athens Observer, 29 January 1981. . External links 1911 births 1991 deaths American blues singers 20th-century American singers