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John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [3] Hurt was raised in Avalon, Mississippi and taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine.
Nov 2, 2016 · Its a murder ballad that speaks to the killing of Billy Lyons by the pimp, Lee Shelton, in St. Louis on Christmas, 1895. Hurt’s version, titled, “Stack O’ Lee Blues,” was recorded on December 28th, 1928 in New York and is considered the definitive version of the song.
One of the more unusual of the Delta bluesmen was a short, soft-spoken man often in a battered fedora named Mississippi John Hurt. Born in the late 1800s, he lived nearly all of his life in a...
Mississippi John Hurt was a renowned blues singer and guitarist who left an indelible mark on American folk music. Born on July 3, 1893, in Carroll County, Mississippi, Hurt’s unique style and repertoire made him a beloved figure in the folk music revival of the 1960s.
Born John Smith Hurt, in Teoc, Mississippi in 1893, John gravitated towards the guitar at an early age. He recounted his first encounter with the guitar on Pete Seeger’s “Rainbow Quest” folk music television program.
Apr 23, 2024 · Mississippi John Hurt, American country-blues singer and guitarist who first recorded in the late 1920s but whose greatest fame and influence came when he was rediscovered in the early 1960s at the height of the American folk music revival.
Feb 22, 2024 · A fire in Avalon, Miss., destroyed the museum dedicated to singer and guitarist John Hurt, and erases one of the last sites marking the community's history as a formerly all-Black town.
Country blues guitarist with an estimable fingerpicking style who recorded in the 1920s but enjoyed a major career revival in the '60s. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1900s - 1960s. Born. July 3, 1893 in Teoc, MS. Died. November 2, 1966 in Grenada, MS.
Mississippi John Hurt was born on 8 March 1892 in Teoc, just north of Greenwood in the Mississippi Delta. Hurt grew up one of three children in a farming family in nearby Avalon. He began his musical career by singing in church choirs as a young child. He picked up three-finger style guitar around age […]
Mar 1, 2024 · Sadly, on Feb. 21, 2024, just hours after being listed in the National Historic Register, the Mississippi John Hurt Museum burned to the ground, the 200-year-old building and everything inside it completely reduced to ashes.
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