Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt (cover) - Fingerstyle Guitar

Mississippi John Hurt is one of my all-time favorite folk singers. He played a very simple, yet beautiful style that has had a big influence on my own playing. This song "Spike Driver Blues" is considered a classic amongst folk artists and fans of country blues (you can catch MJH playing this live with folk legend Pete Seeger - here on youtube - definitely check it out!). Like many MJH songs it tells a story - here of John Henry, a rail worker, who ended up on the wrong end of a hammer fight...
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Music

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• mississippi john hurt
• cover
• spike driver blues
• john henry
• black dog broonzy
• fingerstyle guitar
• folk
• music
• country blues
• ragtime
• boucher indian goose om
• fingerpicking
• pete seeger
• live
• acoustic

[ArkRed1]

Nice job. You need to be a little bit rougher on the strings to get that "Hurt" feeling. Loosen up a bit. You've got the basics, stay with it. I found if I eat a lot of grits i can't play this song any better, but I think I can. The rhythm is the key. Great sounding guitar.

[fivethumbsfrank]

Sweet great job!

[guild40]

Love that droning bass line. An enjoyable rendition.

[MattLFraser]

You sing too? Like I wasn't already impressed before that.

[fngrpkn06]

Nice rendition.

[WysteriaGuitar]

Excellent!