The Analog Vinyl Hour - Mississippi John Hurt - Worried Blues

John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Hurt was raised in Avalon, Mississippi and taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. His first recordings, made for Okeh Records in 1928, were commercial failures, and he continued to work as a farmer.

Dick Spottswood and Tom Hoskins, a 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 second of two sessions devoted to Mississippi John Hurt's first recordings followed the same pattern as its predecessor. Hurt did mostly blues, with an occasional spiritual number like "Oh Mary Don't You Weep." He sang in a fragile yet powerful manner, backing his vocals on acoustic guitar in an equally simple, gentle manner with lines and riffs that often surpassed passages with far more intricate voicings.

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* Mississippi John Hurt - Worried Blues (Reissued 2017)

Slidin' Delta
Louis Collins
Staggerlee
Monday Mornin' Blues
Comin' Home
A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
You Can't Come In
Joe Turner
Lonesome Am I
Trouble Blues
Lovin' Spoonful
Richland Woman Blues
Nobody's Dirty Business
Worried Blues
Avalon Blues
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