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Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
: :Mississippi John Hurt recorded 13 country-blues songs for the Okeh Electric Records company in 1928. Then he vanished. Actually, he never went anywhere. Indeed, he never strayed from his hometown of Avalon, Mississippi. He simply put the guitar down. It was the Great Depression, times were tough, money was scarce, and he needed to work. Nearly 30 years later, a blues enthusiast tracked him down, took him back to Washington, D.C., and suddenly Mississippi John's musical career resumed as quickly as it had finished. He ...
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The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt
: :Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums compiled here when he was in his early 70s. His conversational phrasing sounds as natural as breathing, while his ragtime-tinged fingerpicking on acoustic guitar reveals more complexity the closer you listen. Beyond blues classics like 'Candy Man' (the sly sensualist wasn't referring to ...
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The Best of Mississippi John Hurt
: essential recording:This inappropriately titled album is actually a concert recording from a performance at Oberlin College in 1965. Regardless, Hurt's rich, gentle voice and relaxed, flowing guitar lines could soothe the stormiest Monday. Among the hymns and traditional songs heard here are 'I Shall Not Be Moved,' 'Nearer My God to Thee,' 'Since I've Laid This Burden Down,' and 'You Are My Sunshine.' Complementing those are Hurt folk/blues staples, notably 'Monday Morning Blues,' 'Coffee Blues,' and 'C.C. Rider.' The blues patriarch's warmth and geniality ...
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D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings
: essential recording:This inappropriately titled album is actually a concert recording from a performance at Oberlin College in 1965. Regardless, Hurt's rich, gentle voice and relaxed, flowing guitar lines could soothe the stormiest Monday. Among the hymns and traditional songs heard here are 'I Shall Not Be Moved,' 'Nearer My God to Thee,' 'Since I've Laid This Burden Down,' and 'You Are My Sunshine.' Complementing those are Hurt folk/blues staples, notably 'Monday Morning Blues,' 'Coffee Blues,' and 'C.C. Rider.' The blues patriarch's warmth and geniality ...
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Today!
: essential recording:This inappropriately titled album is actually a concert recording from a performance at Oberlin College in 1965. Regardless, Hurt's rich, gentle voice and relaxed, flowing guitar lines could soothe the stormiest Monday. Among the hymns and traditional songs heard here are 'I Shall Not Be Moved,' 'Nearer My God to Thee,' 'Since I've Laid This Burden Down,' and 'You Are My Sunshine.' Complementing those are Hurt folk/blues staples, notably 'Monday Morning Blues,' 'Coffee Blues,' and 'C.C. Rider.' The blues patriarch's warmth and geniality ...
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D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 2
: essential recording:This inappropriately titled album is actually a concert recording from a performance at Oberlin College in 1965. Regardless, Hurt's rich, gentle voice and relaxed, flowing guitar lines could soothe the stormiest Monday. Among the hymns and traditional songs heard here are 'I Shall Not Be Moved,' 'Nearer My God to Thee,' 'Since I've Laid This Burden Down,' and 'You Are My Sunshine.' Complementing those are Hurt folk/blues staples, notably 'Monday Morning Blues,' 'Coffee Blues,' and 'C.C. Rider.' The blues patriarch's warmth and geniality ...
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Columbia Original Masters
: essential recording:This inappropriately titled album is actually a concert recording from a performance at Oberlin College in 1965. Regardless, Hurt's rich, gentle voice and relaxed, flowing guitar lines could soothe the stormiest Monday. Among the hymns and traditional songs heard here are 'I Shall Not Be Moved,' 'Nearer My God to Thee,' 'Since I've Laid This Burden Down,' and 'You Are My Sunshine.' Complementing those are Hurt folk/blues staples, notably 'Monday Morning Blues,' 'Coffee Blues,' and 'C.C. Rider.' The blues patriarch's warmth and geniality ...
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Live
: :Country blues just doesn't get much better, or any sweeter, than Hurt's performance here. When this concert recording was issued as a two-record set 35 years ago, it bore the misleading title The Best of Mississippi John Hurt. Misleading because it featured the rediscovered 70-something artist reviving material he'd originally recorded more than 35 years earlier. But age did nothing to diminish the sly sensuality of Hurt's songs or the gentle virtuosity of his guitar. The selection includes traditional spirituals, such as 'I Shall Not ...
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Last Sessions
: :Country blues just doesn't get much better, or any sweeter, than Hurt's performance here. When this concert recording was issued as a two-record set 35 years ago, it bore the misleading title The Best of Mississippi John Hurt. Misleading because it featured the rediscovered 70-something artist reviving material he'd originally recorded more than 35 years earlier. But age did nothing to diminish the sly sensuality of Hurt's songs or the gentle virtuosity of his guitar. The selection includes traditional spirituals, such as 'I Shall Not ...
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1928 Sessions
: :Mississippi John Hurt recorded 13 country-blues songs for the Okeh Electric Records company in 1928. Then he vanished. Actually, he never left his hometown of Avalon, Mississippi. He simply put the guitar down. It was the Great Depression, times were tough, money was scarce, and he needed to work. Nearly 30 years later, a blues enthusiast tracked him down and took him back to Washington, D.C. Suddenly, Mississippi John's musical career resumed as quickly as it had been halted. These first songs cut in the ...
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