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The music of mississippi john hurt by mississippi john hurt. Mississippi john hurt university press of mississippi. John smith hurt march 8, 1893 november 2, 1966, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. Shake that thing the guitar of mississippi john hurt, volume 1 mel bay presents stefan grossmans guitar workshop audio series by. If you re a fan of mississippi john hurt s music, the guitar of mississippi john hurt the rediscovery years will give you the most complete collection of his later performances available anywhere. The paperback of the masters of country blues guitar. Click download or read online button to mississippi john hurt book. Mississippi john hurt, american countryblues 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. Mississippi john hurt the ballad of stagger lee youtube. Stagolee was a bad man they go down in a coal mine one night robbed a coal mine theys gambling down there.
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By th time he passed away, he had touched a generation c folk music fans and influenced countless guitar player interested in fingerpicking styles. Today is mississippi john hurt s first and finest studio release since his rediscovery on his avalon farm by folklorist tom hoskins in 1963. Some of our readers have recently reported having difficulty finding mississippi john hurts grave using the gps locations we have shown above. The early masters of american blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Mississippi john hurt mississippi john hurt was a modest farmer who grew up on the edge of the mississippi delta and stunned the music world with his unique threefingered guitar style and warm. He was known for his distinctive guitarpicking and his relaxed singing style. When john hurt was rediscovered in 1963, he was presented with a rare opportunity to expand and rewrite his musical legacy, late in life. Its an account of what it was like to do research on hurt. Mississippi john hurt american made music hardcover by. Published as part of the american made music series by the university press of mississippi, mississippi john hurt is a well written biography of legendary blues musician john hurt by philip r.
Mississippi john hurt author of the music of mississippi. Mississippi john hurt music, videos, stats, and photos. Biography of mississippi john hurt, blues musicians from. The guitar of mississippi john hurt the rediscovery. Hurt got in one more full album, the immortal mississippi john hurt, released posthumously, but even better was the record assembled from his final sessions, last sessions, also issued after his death.
Hi all, im very excited about the release of my new book, the guitar of mississippi john hurt the rediscovery years, which as the title implies, focuses on the music that john hurt recorded between his rediscovery in 1963 and his death in 1966. Report mississippi john hurt book please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as possible. Mississippi john hurts grave, near avalon, mississippi. Guitar fingerpicking intermediate the guitar of mississippi john hurt volume 1. The fingerpicking blues of mississippi john hurt homespun. The complete 1928 okeh recordings mississippi john hurt on allmusic 1996 mississippi john hurts latterday recordings. Id always wanted to read about what the experience of mississippi john hurt was like, particularly what it felt like to have 30yearold recordings rediscovered that launched his music career in his 70s. His personal love and passion for mississippi john hurt s music was his motivation to write john hurt s story. Everything on here from mjh is a must download for the bluesminded ipod owner.
When a guitar player hears mississippi john hurt s playing athey are generally struck by the simple beauty of it. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt july 3, 1893 or march 8, 1892 november 2, 1966 was an american country blues singer and guitarist. When a guitar player hears mississippi john hurts playing athey are generally struck by the simple beauty of it. Stefan grossman has 101 books on goodreads with 227 ratings.
Mississippi john hurt stefan grossmans guitar workshop. The mississippi john hurt by mississippi john hurt. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. In the guitar of mississippi john hurt the rediscovery years, john miller focuses on performances that john hurt recorded in between 1963 and his death in 1966, presenting transcriptions of 24 of those performances. He has been busy digging up new and lost information as well as traveling the states to. Tracing hurts family back to slavery days, ratcliffe gives us the background which must be a part of any study of blues music. Louis collins got into a fight with somebody and got shot, and instead of taking it from the barfight scene, which is in the. Volume 1 is good but the songs in this lesson payday, avalon, candyman make it the winner in my book.