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Artist:
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT
Title:
Blessed Be The Name
Label:
MONK (ITALY)
Format:
LP
Price:
$24.00
Catalog #:
MK 327LP
Subtitled:
The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
. "The songs on this album are especially significant because they represent the only existing recordings of John Hurt prior to the early 1960s when he was 'rediscovered' by blues revivalists. In 1928, an unknown Mississippi sharecropper named John Hurt played regular barn dances behind a white fiddle player who soon recommended Hurt to Okeh Records for recording. Okeh took the fiddle player's advice and recorded two sessions with Hurt, one in Memphis and one in NYC, of which only a single (
Nobody's Dirty Business/Frankie
) was ever recorded and promptly forgotten. Hurt spent the next 35 years sharecropping and working for the railroad (where he learned songs like 'Spike Driver Blues,' a variation on 'John Henry'). 'Avalon Blues,' an ode to his home town, was a song Hurt wrote during his recording session in NYC in 1928 and also the song that led to his rediscovery. Mississippi John Hurt today is one of the most appreciated of the Delta blues musicians, perhaps because his unique style makes him particularly accessible to modern audiences. Hurt, who died in 1966, lived just long enough to see his music finally appreciated by a wider audience."
Artist:
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT
Title:
1928 Sessions
Label:
YAZOO
Format:
CD
Price:
$16.00
Catalog #:
YAZ 1065CD
1990 release. "With his warm, gentle vocals and rhythmic guitar lines, Mississippi John Hurt's recordings represent a fascinating counterpoint to what is expected of Mississippi blues. His repertoire is a mixture of narrative ballads, traditional songs and blues."
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