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  1. Mississippi John Hurt [Dressed to Kill] Review by Steve Leggett. Mississippi John Hurt did a live 21-song set on April 15, 1965, at Oberlin College in Ohio, a scant two years after his rediscovery in 1963, and a year before his death in 1966.

  2. John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 [1] [nb 1] – 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. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to ...

  3. In Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues, biographer Philip Ratcliffe noted the house was built by a family named Liddell, and that John and Jessie Hurt moved into it in 1947. That ...

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  5. 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. In this article, we will delve into the life and legacy of Mississippi ...

  6. Feb 22, 2024 · MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A museum in Avalon, Miss., was destroyed by a fire yesterday. It honored the legendary bluesman John Hurt. NPR's Neda Ulaby spoke to the musician's granddaughter. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: The Mississippi John Hurt Museum was a sharecropper shack with a tin roof, 200 years old. It was filled with memorabilia, all of it now gone.

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  7. 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 ...

  8. Apr 23, 2024 · Mississippi John Hurt (born July 3, 1893, Teoc, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an 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.

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