Mississippi John Hurt CD: Last Sessions

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Mississippi John Hurt: Last Sessions

(1966 'Vanguard') (38:40/09)

Article properties: Mississippi John Hurt: Last Sessions

Interpret: Mississippi John Hurt
Album titlle: Last Sessions
Label VANGUARD
Genre Blues
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0090204667529
weight in Kg 0.107

Hurt, Mississippi John - Last Sessions CD 1
01	Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home	Mississippi John Hurt
02	Boys You're Welcome	Mississippi John Hurt
03	Joe Turner Blues	Mississippi John Hurt
04	First Shot Missed Him	Mississippi John Hurt
05	Farther Along	Mississippi John Hurt
06	Funky Butt	Mississippi John Hurt
07	Spider, Spider	Mississippi John Hurt
08	Waiting For You	Mississippi John Hurt
09	Shortnin' Bread	Mississippi John Hurt
10	Trouble, I've Had It All My Days	Mississippi John Hurt
11	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Mississippi John Hurt
12	Good Morning, Carrie	Mississippi John Hurt
13	Nobody Cares For Me	Mississippi John Hurt
14	All Night Long	Mississippi John Hurt
15	Hey, Honey, Right Away	Mississippi John Hurt
16	You've Got To Die	Mississippi John Hurt
17	Goodnight Irene	Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt Mississippi John Hurt, (born July 3, 1893, Teoc, Miss.; died November 2,... more

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"Mississippi John Hurt"

Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt, (born July 3, 1893, Teoc, Miss.; died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Miss.) Mississippi John Hurt was a songster whose repertoire included a caressing, gentle version of the blues, handed-down folk songs, light rags, and ballads. Apart from a brief recording career in the late 1920s, Hurt lived nearly all of his life in obscurity until being rediscovered by folk fan Tom Hoskins in 1963. During the three years before his death in 1966, Hurt performed his soft-spoken, finger-picked blues and folk tunes at college coffeehouses and numerous festivals, in-cluding the Newport Folk Festival (1963 to 1965).

A favorite with the early-'60s folk crowd, who were touched by his untroubled voice and equally tranquil guitar picking, Hurt also appeared on national television, performed in the blues docu-mentary This Hour Has Seven Days, and recorded three albums for Vanguard Records. Hurt was raised in Mississippi, where he taught himself how to play guitar. He worked as a farmhand and often performed at local dances and socials. Hurt was discovered by an Okeh Records talent scout in 1928 and sent to Memphis and New York where he recorded thirteen sides, only seven of which were ever released. Hurt returned to Mississippi where he continued to do farm work and occasional performances in the Avalon area until age seventy-one, when Hoskins found him. Hurt was a major influence on the many folk artists who came of age in the early 1960s.

Everyone from Bob Dylan down has paid tribute to Hurt's inventive finger-picking technique and his humble brand of blues.

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