MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - SPIKE DRIVER'S BLUES

John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt was an influential country blues singer and guitarist. Raised in the tiny Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing in a loud whisper, to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sharecropper. He first recorded for Okeh Records in 1928, but these were commercial failures, and Hurt drifted out of the recording scene, where he continued his work as a farmer. After a man discovered a copy of one of his recordings, "Avalon Blues", which gave the location of his hometown, there became increased interest in his whereabouts. Tom Hoskins, a blues enthusiast, would be the first to locate Hurt in 1963. He convinced Hurt to relocate to Washington, D.C., where he was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964. This rediscovery helped further the American folk music revival, which had led to the rediscovery of many other archaic bluesman. Hurt entered the same university and coffeehouse concert circuit as his contemporaries, as well as other Delta blues musicians brought out of retirement, including Skip James and Son House. As well as playing concerts, he recorded several studio albums for Vanguard Records.

He died in November of 1966 in Grenada, Mississippi.


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[alfonsochianese]

billion of stars

[blindtcjohnson]

Legend. MJH turned the acoustic guitar world upside down in the 1960s. 5*!

[kitchenratt]

Very nice... Great style

[Janharmonica]

I like old blues.

[Gab144000]

i love delta blues..john hurt mostly

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