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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.
Jun 29, 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.
Sep 25, 2014 · Music video by Mississippi John Hurt performing You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley (Live).#MississippiJohnHurt #YouGotToWalkThatLonesomeValley #Vevo.
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.
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...
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.
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 […]
John Smith Hurt was a blues guitarist and singer from Avalon, Mississippi. Nicknamed Mississippi John Hurt, his work is considered to have had a significant influence on the progression of blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and contemporary rock and roll.
Mar 1, 2024 · Born March 8, 1893, John Smith Hurt — best known by his artist name Mississippi John Hurt — was an influential guitar player and country blues singer and songwriter. He grew up in the town of Avalon in the state of Mississippi, which is how he got his artistic moniker.
Mississippi John Hurt was a blues musician known for his unique fingerpicking technique and soft-spoken songs that combined gospel inspiration and an acoustic folk sound. He was first recorded in 1928, but was forgotten until the early 1960's, when he was embraced by a new generation of blues aficionados and musicians alike.
