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'''William Daniel McFalls''', better known as '''Blues Boy Willie''' (born November 28, 1946), is an [[African-American]] electric blues [[singer]] and harmonica player from his native Memphis in Hall County in west [[Texas]]. McFalls is attempting to revive the popularity which the blues enjoyed in his native Memphis during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.<ref name=tcr>"Blues Boy Willie," ''Texas Country Reporter,'' January 26, 2008.</ref>
'''William Daniel McFalls''', known professionally as '''Blues Boy Willie''' (born November 28, 1946),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/william-mcfalls/e522739295226|title=William McFalls|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 26, 2020}}</ref> is an [[African-American]] electric blues [[singer]] and harmonica player from his native Memphis in Hall County in west [[Texas]]. McFalls is attempting to revive the popularity which the blues enjoyed in his native Memphis during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.<ref name=tcr>"Blues Boy Willie," ''Texas Country Reporter,'' January 26, 2008.</ref>
Though from a [[rural]] area, McFalls is known for his unique [[urban]] sound and his keen sense of humor as he attempts to make blues, sometimes defined as the "[[secular]] folk music of American blacks"<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015780/ Blues - Britannica Online Encyclopedia]; material may no longer on-line.</ref> pertinent to modern society. Reared in a musical family, his father was in the touring minstrel show of the native [[Georgia]]n Ma Rainey (1886-1939). Among McFalls' recordings are "Leroy" and "Where Is Leroy?".<ref>Steve Leggett, Allmusic, barnesandnoble.com, no longer on-line.</ref>
Though from a [[rural]] area, McFalls is known for his unique [[urban]] sound and his keen sense of humor as he attempts to make blues, sometimes defined as the "[[secular]] folk music of American blacks"<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015780/ Blues - Britannica Online Encyclopedia]; material may no longer on-line.</ref> pertinent to modern society. Reared in a musical family, his father was in the touring minstrel show of the native [[Georgia]]n Ma Rainey (1886-1939). Among McFalls' recordings are "Leroy" and "Where Is Leroy?".<ref>Steve Leggett, Allmusic, barnesandnoble.com, no longer on-line.</ref>