The Legends Of Music on Instagram: "The Allman Brothers performing “Statesboro Blues” Live at the University of Florida in ’82 The song “Statesboro Blues” sources its origins to a song that was written and originally recorded by Blind Willie McTell who released it as a single in 1928. The song found a whole new audience during the blues revival of the ‘60s and a wide variety of artists began covering the song. In 1971, the Allman Brothers included it as the opening track on their seminal live al