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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>[http://www.texascountryreporter.com/show.htm Texascountyreporter.com / Episode from week of January 26, 2008]</ref>​

'''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>[http://www.texascountryreporter.com/show.htm Texascountyreporter.com / Episode from week of 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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> pertinent to modern society. Reared in a musical family, his father was in Ma Rainey's touring minstrel show. Among McFalls' recordings are "Leroy" and "Where Is Leroy?".<ref>[http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&EAN=807240101227 Steve Leggett, Allmusic]</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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> pertinent to modern society. Reared in a musical family, his father was in Ma Rainey's touring minstrel show. Among McFalls' recordings are "Leroy" and "Where Is Leroy?".<ref>[http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&EAN=807240101227 Steve Leggett, Allmusic]</ref>

==Life and career==

==Life and career==

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McFalls graduated from Memphis High School and then studied music at nearby two-year Clarendon College, then Clarendon  Junior College in Clarendon in Donley County, where he learned to play the upright bass and toured the college circuit as a [[guitar]]ist. Later he moved to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], at which he spent a decade promoting his music and touring the West Coast with a blues trio.<ref name="New Page 1">{{Wayback |date=20091027083436 |url=http://geocities.com/bluesboywillie1946/ }}</ref>​

McFalls graduated from Memphis High School and then studied music at nearby two-year Clarendon College, then Clarendon  Junior College in Clarendon in Donley County, where he learned to play the upright bass and toured the college circuit as a [[guitar]]ist. Later he moved to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], at which he spent a decade promoting his music and touring the West Coast with a blues trio.<ref name="New Page 1">{{Wayback |date=October 27, 2009|url=http://geocities.com/bluesboywillie1946/ }}</ref>​

In 1988, McFalls joined Ichiban Records at the invitation of a boyhood friend, the record producer Gary B.B. Coleman. In 1990, his album, ''Be-Who?'', remained on the ''Billboard'' [[magazine]] chart for twenty-one weeks. His albums have been recorded with a small studio band. In novelty numbers, McFalls engages in bantering, including a comical exchange about the legitimacy of his children with his then wife, "Miss Lee".<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/blues-boy-willie?cat=entertainment Answers.com]</ref>​

In 1988, McFalls joined Ichiban Records at the invitation of a boyhood friend, the record producer Gary B.B. Coleman. In 1990, his album, ''Be-Who?'', remained on the ''Billboard'' [[magazine]] chart for twenty-one weeks. His albums have been recorded with a small studio band. In novelty numbers, McFalls engages in bantering, including a comical exchange about the legitimacy of his children with his then wife, "Miss Lee".<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/blues-boy-willie?cat=entertainment Answers.com]</ref>​

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