Raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself to. Worldrenowned master of the acoustic guitar john hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around avalon in carroll county and performing for parties and local gatherings. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field. It collects all the surviving performances from mississippi john hurts first two. You can find avalon on the maps of mississippi today. This album contains the recordings mississippi john hurt made for okeh records in 1928. 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. The best of mississippi john hurt blues mississippi. In 1892, john smith hurt was born in carroll county mississippi and in such an isolated community, music was usually selfmade, so he started playing guitar when he was ten. Mississippi john hurt 1928 sessions 1971 reissue 1990. Buy mississippi john hurts album titled avalon blues.
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