Complex sentence: Blind Willie McTell recorded a version for Alan Lomax in 1940, and claimed to have begun writing the song around 1929, however, the song was first recorded as "Gambler's Blues" in 1927 by Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra.
Split into simpler sentences: Blind Willie McTell recorded a version for Alan Lomax in 1940, and claimed to have begun writing the song around 1929. However, the song was first recorded as "Gambler's Blues" in 1927 by Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra.