I just got a big box set of Mississippi John Hurt recordings. Great old time folk blues. I have been learning a few of his songs and they are so fun to play. I just wanted to see if anyone else here listened to Mississippi John.
PostPosted:Sat Nov 03, 2007 3:58 pm
by Cosmic Jimmy
huge john hurt fan i pick a bunch of his tunes out, one of the alltime greats, classic
Re: Mississippi John Hurt
PostPosted:Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:08 pm
by prephippie
I'm just gonna leave this right here. I probably watch it at least once a day:
I learned My Creolle Belle. It's a pretty easy one to start off with. Now I'm trying to learn the song he's playing in the video. It's going to take a while.
Re: Mississippi John Hurt
PostPosted:Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:20 pm
by Highballin'
That was a great video! Why is all the good stuff history now?
Re: Mississippi John Hurt
PostPosted:Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:47 pm
by willmusic
Love some John Hurt! I play at least one of his tunes every time I do a solo show. I think I personally got the most from him out of all the other Delta bluesmen. So many guys around here know Robert Johnson and that style, but when I play a MJH song, people have to ask me about it. I've gotten to just telling them what it is before I play it. I was actually turned on to Hurt's style by "Bowling Green" John Cephas (RIP), a VA-based blues player. Being a deadhead, I already knew about Louis Collins and I'd owned the Anthology of American Folk Music, so I'd heard bits and pieces of his material. But when John Taught me Spike Driver Blues, I was hooked. Cephas was primarily a Piedmont blues player, but his evident influences included John Hurt, Gary Davis, and Lemon Jefferson. I think I'm gonna go watch some Hurt on youtube. Thanks by the way for bringin' this up!
