Mississippi John Hurt - American Epic: The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt
Blues fingerpicking guitarist, singer and sharecropper Mississippi John Hurt was born in the heart of Mississippi Hill Country, along the veiny tributaries of the great American river. His moving renditions of “Frankie” and “Spike Driver Blues” were included in Harry Smith’s American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey’s development of the American Primitive Guitar genre.
TRACK LISTING
1. Frankie
2. Ain't No Tellin'
3. Spike Driver Blues
4. Avalon Blues
5. Louis Collins
6. Candy Man Blues
7. Stack O' Lee Blues
8. Praying On The Old Camp Ground
9. Blue Harvest Blues
10. Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
11. Big Leg Blues
12. Nobody's Dirty Business
13. Blessed Be The Name
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Label: Third Man Records
Condition: New
Genre: Jazz
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: TMR-459
Released: 23 June 2017
Blues fingerpicking guitarist, singer and sharecropper Mississippi John Hurt was born in the heart of Mississippi Hill Country, along the veiny tributaries of the great American river. His moving renditions of “Frankie” and “Spike Driver Blues” were included in Harry Smith’s American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey’s development of the American Primitive Guitar genre.
TRACK LISTING
1. Frankie
2. Ain't No Tellin'
3. Spike Driver Blues
4. Avalon Blues
5. Louis Collins
6. Candy Man Blues
7. Stack O' Lee Blues
8. Praying On The Old Camp Ground
9. Blue Harvest Blues
10. Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied
11. Big Leg Blues
12. Nobody's Dirty Business
13. Blessed Be The Name
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Label: Third Man Records
Condition: New
Genre: Jazz
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: TMR-459
Released: 23 June 2017