Mississippi John Hurt
- Type: Singer/Songwriter
- Died: 2 November 1966, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Biography
Mississippi John Hurt was a country blues singer and guitarist from Avalon, Mississippi, known for his soft singing and syncopated fingerpicking. He recorded a handful of sides for #Okeh Records# in 1928, including 'Avalon Blues', then worked as a sharecropper until his rediscovery in 1963. A star of the folk revival in his seventies, he recorded for #Vanguard Records# and the Library of Congress before his death in 1966.
Genres
Mississippi John Hurt Discography
- Frankie / Nobody's Dirty Business (1928) - Single - rated 4.47/5
- Louis Collins / Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied (1929) - Single - rated 3.9/5
- Blue Harvest Blues / Spike Driver Blues (1929) - Single - rated 4.15/5
- Blessed Be the Name / Praying on the Old Camp Ground (1929) - Single - rated 3.51/5
- Stack O' Lee Blues / Candy Man Blues (1929) - Single - rated 3.92/5
- Avalon Blues / Ain't No Tellin' (1930) - Single - rated 3.76/5
- Folk Songs and Blues (1963) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Worried Blues (1964) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- Today! (1966) - Album - rated 4.33/5
- The Immortal (1968) - Album - rated 3.73/5
- Last Sessions (1972) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- 1928 Sessions (1979) - Compilation - rated 5/5
- Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings (1996) - Compilation - rated 4.12/5
- Rediscovered (1998) - Compilation
- The Complete Studio Recordings (1998) - Compilation - rated 4.05/5