My Creole Belle backstage rehearsal at New York Guitar Festival
Dan Zanes and his "How Not to Get Rich Orchestra" rehearsing Mississippi John Hurt's "My Creole Belle" backstage at the New York Guitar Festival (video shot by Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen). #JohnHurt #countryblues #jormakaukonen
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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