Mississippi JOHN HURT

[ArkRed1]

What a classic John was. Does anyone what brand of guitar he's playing? Such dexterity in the fingers. Spike Drivers Blues is one of my favorite John Hurt songs. John's guitar gives me that feeling of walking along rails trying to keep balance. Super.

[rrch88]

youtube arguments will never iron out the worlds creases. only serve to boost our ego-driven opinions further. this music is beautiful, soul music. you're missing the point.

[philserious]

such a gentle, beautiful style singing about real life stories. this should be not only appreciated for its awesome music but the real story it tells.

[Seattleduck2]

penrod59 Pete resigned the Communist Party in 1950, nor does he consider himself a Marxist Lenninist, so get over it, stop making undocumented assertions.

[catboneguitar]

Pete IS a great American. People shouldn't forget America belongs to the people,not the politicians. Penrod 59 needs to start looking for truth in his life & turn off the right wing propaganda in his head.

To hear John Hurt is to love him.

[Aaronjrh]

what a fantastic guitar player

[fosjet]

Well my sense is that penrod59 is correct. Thank you penrod59 for expressing exactly how i feel about these videos.

[penrod59]

doc, you are aptly named. Anyone over the age of ten should know who Pete Seeger is; I am over the age of ten. I find his behavior toward "minorities," and particularly in this instance toward John Hurt patronizing, and judging by Mister Hurt's body language and response, he felt the same way. I can't read minds, but I sense that I am correct.

[penrod59]

I've been wrong lots of times. I know I'm right when I tell you that Pete Seeger is a communist and, while I think he's a kind-hearted ethical person, he seems to be deaf dumb and blind when confronted with the moral difference between Western democracies and communist dictatorships such as China and Cuba. You can have the last word, rude and simplistically ad hominem though it may be.

[penrod59]

And Pete has been a communist since 'way before you were born, junior.

[penrod59]

Two patronizing white commies ordering the negro to play. Pisses me off. I like John Hurt's playing style at this late stage of his life better than when he was young; his thumb-plucked bass lines seemed to be more powerful and solid. I am still stunned at his genius and how he gets sustain out of several strings at a time even with the complexity of his rhythm and melody, rarely muffling a note. I play guitar but nowhere near as well as this guy. He's the best there was/is, and so is his voice.

[quad1000]

Stunning. With us for such a short time, really.

[comment99]

Great footage thanks for posting