Mississippi John Hurt
About Mississippi John Hurt
Influential country blues singer and guitarist. Born: 8 March 1893 (exact birth date disputed) in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi Died: 2 November 1966 in Grenada, Mississippi, USA (heart attack) Blues enthusiast located Hurt in 1963 and persuaded him to move to Washington, D.C. He was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964. This helped further the American folk music revival, which led to the rediscovery of many other bluesmen of Hurt's era. He also went on to record several albums.
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Discography
Vanguard Visionaries - Mississippi John Hurt
Frankie & Albert
Folk Songs and Blues (1963)
Worried Blues (1964)
Today! (1966)
The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt (1967)
Last Sessions (1972)
1928 Sessions (1979)
Monday Morning Blues (1980)
Volume 3: Sacred and Secular (1988)
The Greatest Songsters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, 1927-1929 (1990)
Shake 'Em On Down (1994)
Mississippi John Hurt Memorial Anthology (1994)
Satisfying Blues (1995)
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings (1996)
