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Mississippi John Hurt

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Born
3 July 1893
Born In
Mississippi, United States
Died
2 November 1966 (aged 73)
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. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sharecropper. He first recorded for Okeh Records in 1928, but these were commercial failures. Hurt then drifted out of the recording scene, and he continued his work as a farmer. Tom Hoskins, a blues enthusiast, would be the fi… read more
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. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompa… read more
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. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sha… read more

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1 Play track Complete Studio Recordings 3-CD Set The Chicken
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 328 listeners
2 Play track Rediscovered Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
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3 Play track Last Sessions Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
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4 Play track Rediscovered Coffee Blues
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5 Play track Rediscovered I'm Satisfied
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6 Play track Last Sessions Boys, You're Welcome
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7 Play track Rediscovered Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
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8 Play track Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings Spike Driver Blues
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9 Play track Rediscovered Candy Man
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10 Play track Blues Routes Mississippi John Hurt My Creole Belle
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  1. 74,268 listeners

    23 Jul 1996 · 13 tracks

    Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings
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  2. 62,405 listeners

    1 Jan 1998 · 24 tracks

    Rediscovered
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  3. 41,045 listeners

    1966 · 17 tracks

    Last Sessions
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  4. 18,609 listeners

    3 Jan 2006 · 42 tracks

    Complete Studio Recordings
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