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Mississippi John Hurt | ©rowland-scherman-159.jpg


blues singer, Mississippi John Hurt, guitarist , extraordinarily lyrical, refined fingerpicking style unique, field of blues, gospel influence, mass audience, concerts, farm laborer, John Hurt, Avalon Mississippi, began playing guitar 1903, ragtime, blues, farm hand, early '20s, white fiddle player Willie Narmour, square dances, Okeh Records 1927, Memphis 1928, New York 1928 , "Frankie," "Louis Collins," "Avalon Blues," "Candy Man Blues," "Big Leg Blues”, "Stack O' Lee Blues”, folk music '50s and early '60s, Newport Folk Festival, living legend, Vanguard Records, with folk singer Patrick Sky producing, Oberlin College, Best of Mississippi John Hurt, The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt, Last Sessions, performer

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