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Mississippi John Hurt. "Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (1892 – November 2, 1966) was an influential American blues singer and guitarist. Born in rural Mississippi, he learned guitar at an early age and performed at local dances until he was discovered by OKeh Records in 1928. After two recording sessions in Memphis and New York, he returned ...
Feb 24, 2024 · Mary Hurt is organizing this fundraiser to benefit Mississippi John Hurt Foundation Music Inc.. The music community suffered a devastating loss on February 21, 2024, when the Mississippi John Hurt Museum was destroyed by fire. Hurt, a legendary blues and folk musician, left an indelible mark on American music with his soulful and captivating ...
Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon. World-renowned master of the acoustic guitar John Hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around Avalon in Carroll County and performing for parties and local gatherings. Hurt (1893-1966) only began to earn a living from music after he left Mississippi in ...
Mississippi John Hurt (3 July 1893 – 2 November 1966) was an American country blues singer-songwriter. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, he learned to play a finger-picked style. His
At 18 years old, John Hurt began courting Gertrude Hoskins. In 1916 John had married Gertrude, a short lived marriage that produced T.C, the father of Mary Frances Hurt, the current administrator of the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation and a daughter Ida Mae. Soon thereafter, John and Gertrude split, and John took up with his second wife ...
The Mississippi John Hurt Foundation was founded in 1997 by John Hurt's granddaughter, Mary Frances Hurt, and is mainly supported by generous donations as well as proceeds from the annual Mississippi John Hurt Music Festival and the operation of the Mississippi John Hurt Museum. The Foundation's mission is to help preserve the musical legacy of ...
Feb 22, 2024 · Museum honoring Mississippi bluesman John Hurt is destroyed in a fire A fire in Avalon, Miss., destroyed the museum dedicated to singer and guitarist John Hurt, and erases one of the last sites ...
