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Dec 7, 2006 · Item model number : 1978537. Original Release Date : 1990. Date First Available : December 7, 2006. Label : Vanguard. ASIN : B000000EJ2. Number of discs : 1. Best Sellers Rank: #224,172 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl) #624 in Acoustic Blues (CDs & Vinyl) #948 in Traditional Blues (CDs ...
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The collection of songs on the “Today!” album are like a road map, depicting the hardships, the fun and the tragedies of John’s own life. As impressive as his lyrics are, Mississippi John Hurt is most regarded for his picking style. John’s ability to combine a distinct base line, played mostly with his thumb, plus a separate and ...
A scholar named Tom Hoskins discovered that Mississippi John Hurt, who hadn't been heard from musically in over 35 years, was alive and living in Avalon, MS, and sought him out, following the trail laid down in Hurt's song "Avalon Blues." Their meeting was a fateful one; Hurt was in his 70s, and weary from a lifetime of backbreaking labor for ...
再発見後、レコーデングを行うミシシッピ･ジョン･ハート（1964） "ミシシッピ"・ジョン・スミス・ハート（"Mississippi" John Smith Hurt, 1892年 7月2日 ミシシッピ州 キャロル郡テオク（Teoc）生 - 1966年 11月2日ミシシッピ州グレナダ（Grenada）没）は、ブルース シンガーでギタリスト。
Additionally, the tape of a concert that Hurt played at Oberlin College in April of 1965 was released under the title The Best of Mississippi John Hurt; the 21-song live album was just that, even if it wasn't made up of previously released work (more typical of a "best-of" album), a perfect record of a beautiful performance in which the man did ...
Mary Frances Hurt, one of 14 children of John Hurt’s son T.C., was a reading teacher in a town outside Chicago. Her grandfather, “Daddy John,” died when she was 10. She revered him and the ...
Mar 4, 2010 · Today is Mississippi John Hurt's first and finest studio release since his "rediscovery" on his Avalon farm by folklorist Tom Hoskins in 1963. Eclipsed possibly only by his earlier 1928 Sessions, this album shows a more mature Hurt picking his way through standards and originals after the Depression years and Hurt's fall into obscurity before ...
