1:06My Creole Belle backstage rehearsal at New York Guitar Festival
Mississippi John Hurt
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Mississippi John Hurt — Rehearsal Clips
Rare rehearsal footage of Mississippi John Hurt, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
About Rehearsal Footage
Rehearsal footage captures music in its rawest form — before the performance is polished, before the audience arrives, before anyone is watching. These clips often reveal how arrangements evolved, how musicians communicated, and how the versions we know were shaped through trial and error. Some of the most fascinating footage in the archive is of bands working through songs that would become classics.
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...
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