Mississippi John Hurt I'm satisfied

[pent0thal87]

a guitarist can't dislike this beat!

Miss U John!!!

[chubbychechu2010]

I freaken love Mississippi John Hurt!

[TheOpethOfMastodon]

John was quite the guitar picker

[guitarskatecraz1]

i honestly dont know why there would be a dislike on this song

[pestleman1951]

@guitarskatecraz1 Some yokel just butt clicked it. Only possibility.You know like the way my wife buttdials me on her from her cell. Phone in back pocket, sits down, buttdials me, I answer my phone and the only thing I hear is my wife goofing with her buds when they're supposed to be working...

[navaho1946]

TRES GRAND ARTISTE.

[maxbanjo]

There may not be many record stores left but there's a lot more John Hurt out there and that can only be good.

[sauce33]

Thank you internet, I would have never discovered this amazing man without you.

[Dippides]

@sauce33 I discovered him years ago without internet. Just browsing the record store. But due the internet there's not much record stores left.

[boblara29]

I saw John Hurt in 1963/64 at a Berkley coffee house, not long after he was "discovered" again. His presence and guitar music was amazing. I loved his vocals. It is a shame we lost him for so many years; please forgive us.......

[BabyioCarylia83]

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[dlyncherful]

Some people have discussed the issue of when he drops vocals , and it seems to me pretty clearly that this is a distinctive part of his singing/guitar playing style, which is really an accompaniement. He, like no other blues player I've heard, integrates vocal lines with melodic lines, seamlessly in most cases. Does he ever forget a lyrical line? Probably- even likely. But, the question is, is he able to respond musically and replace the vocal line with a beautiful guitar line? Answer: Yes.

[JohnMalcolm]

@dlyncherful Sometimes he leaves out a line that might have offended on a recording, such as in Rich Young Woman's Blues; "Red rooster says cock a doodle -do -do, Rich young woman says, Any dude cockle do" he sings "Any dude will do" and in Salty Dog Blues he sings "Two girls playing in the sand, " and leaves out the rest but some in the audience laugh because they have heard his live version before. Sometimes, like Robert Johnson, he lets the guitar imitate words that would have been there.

[RetroJenny]

When I compare this authentic naturally gifted man with the fake image only so called musicians out there now it really saddens. What has happened to our society? 

[fgzd]

Awesome...

[thrbrdrider]

gorgeous .......

[Johntheresonator]

Agree fully with the 'gentle soul' comments, wish I could have met this splendid guy. And what a nifty fingerpicker!

[raw5069]

@Johntheresonator you will meet him

[straydogbluesman]

@raw5069 I met John in a dream once. He really was nice, we were in an old southern diner and he kept asking me to get him a fifth of whiskey haha.

[friendlyisle]

my favorite song - it always cheers me up!

[cgj9998]

your looking at the originator

[nico19611]

you can see it in his face. you can feel it in his voice. you can hear it in his guitar playing. this man was really satisfied. everybody should have a grandaddy like him, sitting by his side, listening to his stories. doesn't this sound like the world being alright? i hope that john hurt knows, how much we love him

[Aaronjrh]

thx wilde I believe that as well

[freesia0]

John Hurt was the best delta blues guitarist who ever lived and never got the recognition he so richly deserved.

[DeborahLawrenceHale]

I'm now a 60 yr old semi-pro Mississippi Delta style blues guitarist/singer. My friend, Tom (Fang) re-discovered John back in the sixties. I must say John Hurt's Vanguard Album "Mississippi John Hurt Today" was probably the largest influence on my finger-style playing. Robert Johnson was naturally another giant influence on me, but Johnson's bass lines were generally beautifully crafted muffled single note lines. Hurt's rt thumb was like a ragtime pianists lft hand; he made the blues swing!

[JSLLH]

@DeborahLawrenceHale the first guitar player i heard do that incredible bouncy alternating bass style was john,,,i remember the first day that i bought his record,,,i had never heard anyboby play like he did,,,i fell in love with john that day,,,,his style was deep as well as care free,,,i love tarrega and bach but johns concept over whelmed me,,,i will shut up now,,,thanks

[curlybobz]

This guy was sure a helluva blues singer.

[MEKlett]

This is so lovely... thank you. :-)

[joshhasty08]

hell yes

[getarslim]

@ catherineyronwode, Ihave heard it sung as total all and toodle-o is certainly not african for buttocks. My african girlfriend assures me the word is toto, not sure about the spelling but in Ghana it means a womans vagina

[wolfgang8u]

this guy was great i have all his cassets burnt to cd i listen to them all the time

[6t4eldo]

@wolfgang8u how do u burn cassettes onto cd's?

[silvo0]

u need the old thing that play cassettes and cd;s and then you do record :P . We still have 2 of these :)

[Elkins2424]

this guy is the coolest nice voice and damn good guitarist.

[DrFABH]

merci pour ces belles photos

[TeleDan]

You've heard about people who you never hear anything bad about? That's Miss. John Hurt. Everything I've ever heard about him is that he was a sweet, gentle soul and his music reflects that. Wonderful man!

[berwin19]

@TeleDan I heard the exact same thing from the Blues channel on XM Radio

and yes Wonderful Man - Wonderful Music.

[JSLLH]

@TeleDan i heard that he was an incredibly strong arm wrestler too,,,from a dave van ronk story,,,,very strong,,,but gentle ,,,thanks for the beautiful john hurt music,,,,,

[crowspeaks]

@TeleDan - exactly

[browningpgc]

This is lovely, as gentle as a lullaby.

Thanks for posting.

Zazoo

[wilde675]

He seemed like such a gentle soul. Miss him and I didn't even know him.

[rasberry123]

I agree. If we could all be just a little bit as nice as him.

[paulhg53]

@wilde675  He will never win a Beauty contest but he can sure play.

[BARBARO154]

hypnotic and sublime

[zipcityrocker]

If you listen, in alot of his songs he lets his guitar playing finish the lyrical phrasing. I don't really think he forgets the words.

[trebleclefts]

At 1.08 there is a piece missing in the vocal, who took out the piece about dropping his pants ? ? ?

[catherineyronwode]

It's not about dropping pants. In other recordings he sings the lyric -- "I'm a todle-o shaker from my navel on down." When playing for "kids" -- his white, college audiences, so he left out certain "dirty" words. "Todle-o" (sometimes spelled "toodle-o" in other songs by other performers) is an African word for buttocks. I think that not only was Hurt sensitive to his audiences, he might have been afraid of trouble. Remember, Emmett Till had recently been killed for whistling at a white woman.

[katemcateer]

great stuff

[Terranova0]

Thank you thank you! Few months back there was barely a MJH video on YouTube (literally one short clip). This one is one of the best quality videos I've seen today and, of course, MJH is just a fantastic performer.

Thank you again!

[gallowswood]

Right on! Thanks for posting!

[saullouis]

Perfect.

[blindtcjohnson]

He leaves out a lot of lyric on this version. Did he "clean it up" for live performance?

[barleyguitar]

i think the beat and rhythm were more important to him than the words and he just momentarily forgot or couldn't keep his vocal up with the song so he just carried on and picked it up a few words on

[DAVO1984FI]

here's were has learn to song lou reed???

Am I crazy,or it's just my impression???

[eatmychild]

Yep, it's just your crazy impression.

[BjornJsonLindh]

Yea! keep rockin´!

[psychedelichobo]

do you have the song "Here Am I, Oh Lord, Send Me" by MJH?

its a good one, i like this one too

MJH = one of the best bluesman ever!

[3joeygo]

This guy was so talented, he actually makes me so happy.