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- Name: John Smith Hurt
- Born: March 8, 1892
- Died: November 2, 1966
- Genres: Blues and Folk
- Origin: Teoc, Mississippi
- Active: 1928-1966
- Albums: 10
- Labels: Piedmont Records, Quicksilver, Vanguard, Okeh
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Career
Mississippi John Hurt grew up playing Blues music, but he got his big break when he won a fiddling contest in 1928. Hurt then recorded his first single "Monday Morning Blues" which became a local success. While he did not achieve world wide stardom during his lifetime, he is credited for pioneering a new style in folk and blues.-
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Mississippi John Hurt on Amazon
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Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings - $6.99
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 gu...
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The Guitar of Mississippi John Hurt, Volume One - $29.95
Mississippi John Hurt's appeal was universal, he was very much a musician of his time and place, playing within a tradition, but mapping out his own territory with subtleties of touch, phrasing and use of the guitar that were all his own. T...
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Mississippi John Hurt (Book & 2 CD's) - $21.95
Arranged for Guitar Tablature & Standard Notation With Chords & Lyrics. Mississippi John Hurt had a fascinating career, originally recording a handful of songs in the late 1920s, and, after disappearing for nearly 30 years, being rediscover...
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The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt - $23.98
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...
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