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Mississippi John Hurt

1928 Sessions

  • AMG Review of 1928 Sessions

    Amg
    Michael Erlewine
    All Music Guide

    The 13 original 1928 recordings of Hurt. Justifiably legendary, with gentle grace and power on these understated vocal and fingerpicking masterpieces. These are the ones to hear, although all Hurt is worth listening to.

"Avalon Blues", or how John Hurt came to be rediscovered
21 days ago

According to the latest census, Carroll County, Mississippi is home to about ten thousand residents, less than half of the number that inhabited the county a century ago. By the standards of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries, it was a remote place off of the beaten path. J. S. McCain had a sizable plantation spread there, near the town of Teoc. It was from there that McCain'...

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Candy Man Blues
10 months ago

He gonna put a stick a candy in yo hand...I love that line. Mississippi John Hurt was a humble man up until his dyin' day. He never even wanted to be famous. Just simply did it for the joy of music. I personally like money. And I made me some. But I would by some candy and give it to a woman after hearin' this song... FBLJMore Mississippi John Hurt music at mp34u

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