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1928 Sessions

Mississippi John Hurt

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Album Review

The 13 original 1928 recordings of Hurt. Justifiably legendary, with gentle grace and power on these understated vocal and fingerpicking masterpieces. These are the ones to hear, although all Hurt is worth listening to.

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the hurt - the best

is a review for the legendary mississippi john hurt even necessary!?! not even! but he is a legend - a genius - a music god. he can finger-pick and sing like no one else i've heard. this album is a must-have.. no questions about it!

Biography

Born: July 03, 1893 in Teoc, MS

Genre: Blues

Years Active: '00s, '10s, '20s, '30s, '60s

No blues singer ever presented a more gentle, genial image than Mississippi John Hurt. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field. Coupled with the sheer gratitude and amazement that he felt over having found a mass audience so late in life, and playing concerts in front of thousands of people — for fees...
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