'Nobody's Dirty Business' MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1928) Blues Legend

[stoicXstuff]

Oldies but goodies

[christina1276]

It is amazing how many people dont know of him,thanks for bringing it to all.What he could do with a simple guiter!

[bojo7407]

Been hearin this man since 1965 and wishin he was still with us...and wish I could sit right next to him. We share the same state of Missiiisippi and I don't thank nobody else can carry his drawers.

[Mirandasiwillja]

gonna wake up boozie gonna kill my susie :D

[AllKindsaGirls]

learning to play this right now. about got it!

[SadedFuk666]

i love this



[biscuit2boy]

I just thought I would make the comment that in later recordings, like the one I have from a live 1965 recording at Oberlin College, John removed the lyrics about 'grab a gun and kill my baby'.

[biscuit2boy]

Thanks for posting this! For some odd reason, I was thinking about him today. I have an old double LP album (which is mostly live, and has what I think is a better recording of this song). So I decided to check and see what might be here...I think he's great and this is a great song.

[ThatHauntFreak2]

Heard this at the end of the movie "B.T.K." and just had to have it on my iPod. Thanks!

[craiggles61107]

He did this song and "You Are My Sunshine" in early 1964 on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Is that video around? Has anyone seen it?

[toiseywoisey]

I see it as an anti-big Government song...

[supah1337B]

@toiseywoisey All Hippie's see a song as Anti-Government song! No one likes the Goverment, >:(

[supah1337B]

@toiseywoisey or maybe Authority arresting you for your business?

[DEBRACRANFORD]

lol...I can't say its inspirational....That would be like saying I want to grab a gun and kill my baby too. Its a twisty ragtime blues song. I like it!

[Ada1613]

John Hurt you are a Lyrical Genius!

[megaitalia06]

@Ada1613 I totally agree this man is amazing! It sucks to know that no one has heard of him because a lot of the bands in the 30's and 40's took Hurt's credit. He's a legend in my book!!! :)

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

Peter Tosh made a song sounding similar to this.

great post

[Romamb]

this song finishes in a different key than it starts!! very apparent, yet no obvious key change during the song. bit weird me thinks...................

[Romamb]

being self taught is niothing special.

sounding this good is very very rare indeed.

a real pleasure to hear

[Romamb]

@Romamb sounds like the tempo must havw changed slightly.

maybe due to the old record its played on. cant think of any other reason for it. it's not even a tone but very noticible

any thoughts anyone?????

[RikJamezBich]

John Hurt is the freaking MAN !!! 

[Egomantis49]

for a song that's almost a hundred years old, this is fantastic quality! Such a great song :)

[FriedCherries]

I love this song so much! Proof that there is still real music, but it is a shame that most of those musicians aren't with us today. RIP Mississippi John Hurt and Johnny Cash.

[joru100]

LOL at delta and other pre 70's blues lyrics. i love this stuff

[corndawgz88]

Where did you find this art?

[podglorious]

On the surface this sounds like a really laid back song. But then you listen to the words and it's all paranoia and murderous threats. You gotta love the contradiction of it.

Thanks for posting.

[sweetcurmudgeon]

@podglorious

On the fuckin' money!

[SpacemanJools]

Great!

[inlife9]

I love the songs of John Hurt, & I have to say I still like the record cracking with it.

[xMetalJunkie420x]

Same here =P

[doodlkatz]

It takes a true genius to make a song sound so easy and sweet

[briansmokes]

this is one of my favorite songs now

[Skullstein]

Sooo inspirational. You can definately hear this in the music of today.

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

excactly !

[mentalbaby18]

nobodies business but mine

[philaboston]

such a special song. love it.