John hurt was born and lived most of his life in remote corner of mississippi delta country. Mississippi john hurt recorded a bakers dozen of folksy, acoustic blues tunes for the okeh record label in 1928, then vanished into obscurity. It collects all the surviving performances from mississippi john hurt s first two recording sessions for okeh records in memphis and new york city in 1928. If youre in mississippi you may want to check out these sites. May 30, 2018 his local popularity led to a musical friendship with carroll county fiddle wizard willie narmour, who brought him to okeh records in 1928.
Watch the video for blessed be the name from mississippi john hurt s avalon blues. After his 1963 rediscovery, he borrowed tom hoskins gibson j45 for the library of congress and piedmont recordings. So he worked on as a sharecropper and played on at the local parties. On february 14, 1928, he recorded two tracks in memphis, frankie, and nobodys dirty business, which were subsequently released as okeh 8560. Mississippi john hurt avalon blues the complete 1928 okeh. Hurt recorded his first music with okeh records to moderate. Mississippi john hurt foundation, hoffman estates, illinois. Check out avalon blues, the complete 1928 okeh recordings hd remastered by mississippi john hurt on amazon music. He found john hurt and brought him to memphis to record a few tunes. C, the father of mary frances hurt, the current administrator of the mississippi john hurt foundation and a daughter ida mae. Mississippi john hurt avalon mississippi blues trail. He did his first recording in 1928 for okeh records but was not successful. Raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items.
He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked. In 1928 he recorded three sessions for them, and though the company initially listed his six 78s in their old. He played guitar with fiddler willie narmour who was the one who recommended hurt to the okeh records talent scouts in 1928. During his lifetime two white men, interested in his music, knocked on the door of his little shotgun house. Two of hurt s songs were included in the album the anthology of american folk music and an australian found a copy of avalon blues. Mississippi john hurt wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. His first recordings, made for okeh records in 1928, were commercial failures, and he continued to work as a farmer. May 16, 2019 check out avalon blues, the complete 1928 okeh recordings hd remastered by mississippi john hurt on amazon music. The complete 1928 okeh recordings by mississippi john hurt cd, aug1996, columbialegacy at the best online prices at ebay. In 1912 he began playing parties around jackson, mississippi. Mississippi john hurts music john hurt was born in teoc, mississippi in 1892, but lived most of his life in avalon, mississippi. Mississippi john hurt his life, his times, his recordings. Mississippi john hurt bio john smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt july 3, 1893 or march 8, 1892 november 2, 1966 was an american country blues singer and guitarist.
Avalon blues, the complete 1928 okeh recordings hd. The complete 1928 okeh recordings, an album by mississippi john hurt on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mississippi john hurt simple english wikipedia, the free.
Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment frankie mississippi john hurt avalon blues. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. So, mississippi john hurt returned to farming and social music. At 18 years old, john hurt began courting gertrude hoskins. With the resurgence of folk and blues music in the early 1960s many socalled lost artists were rediscovered. Hurt began playing the guitar in 1903 and within a few years he began playing at local gatherings. The complete 1928 okeh recordings frankie, nobodys dirty business and more. Mississippi john hurt the original 1928 recordings discogs. Biography of mississippi john hurt, blues musicians from.
This album contains some of the first commercial material recorded after his rediscovery in 1963, and is the first he recorded for vanguard. Preserving the legacy of mississippi john hurt for future generations. The complete 1928 okeh recordings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Mississippi john hurt s 1928 recordings mesmerized generations of blues performers and, especially, listeners. The mississippi john hurt by mississippi john hurt. Mississippi john hurt the unofficial martin guitar forum. With the 60s folkblues revival underway, a young enthusiast decided to see if hurt was still alive. This cd serves as a reminder of just how wonderful each of these early performances was, rekindled by his miraculous rediscovery in the early 1960s. That one session sold enough records to earn him a trip to new york city for more. Mississipi john hurt avalon blues acoustic blues 1928.
Johns repertoire included ragtime, folk songs, spirituals and ballads as well as blues songs, both standards and original material. In 1928, tommy rockwell, from okeh records, was touring mississippi looking for talent when he was told about mississippi john hurt. The complete 1928 okeh recordings are the collectors items that made his rep in the first place, and stand as some of the most poetic and. Mississippi john hurt 1928 his first recordings 1972. I was thinking of getting these mississippi john hurt cds my first ones. In 1928, after being recommended for recording by his neighbors, fiddler willie narmour and guitarist shell smith, john hurt recorded songs for o keh records. Ratcliffe john hurt lived for most of his life in the valley community in the hill country above the delta town of avalon, mississippi. Avalon blues the complete 1928 okeh recordings full. Mississippi john hurt 1st okeh records 1928, frankie,78. Mjh bio the mississippi john hurt foundation tribute. The complete 1928 okeh recordings are the collectors items that made his rep in the first place, and.
We have no hesitation in recommending this release to fellow blues fans. The complete 1928 okeh recordings mississippi john hurt on allmusic. The complete 1928 okeh recordings are the collectors items that made his rep in the first place, and stand as some of the most poetic and beautiful of all country blues recordings. Mississippi john hurts latterday recordings after his rediscovery have somewhat obscured the importance of these debut sides the ones that made his rediscovery an idea initially worth pursuing. Mississippi john hurt music, videos, stats, and photos.
Mississippi john hurt grave, avalon, mississippi, with tributes left by fans. Worldrenowned master of the acoustic guitar john hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around avalon in carroll county and performing for parties and local gatherings. In 1916 john had married gertrude, a short lived marriage that produced t. Frankie mississippi john hurt 1928 folk blues guitar. Sessions in memphis and new york yielded 14 masterworks of blues, balladry, and gospelnone of which sold. Mississippi john hurts 1928 recordings mesmerized generations of blues performers and, especially, listeners. These 1928 okeh records recordings are the ones that started mississippi john hurts career. The set contains three different sessions recorded by the blues giant in 1928. Hurt s most definitive works can be traced back to 1928, when he recorded several singles for okeh records, where he would also come into the acquaintance of other blues legends like blind lemon jefferson and bessie smith.
Mississippi john hurt catalog question steve hoffman. He spent the next three years performing and recording for a whole new group of fans. Sep 01, 2018 john smith hurt s main occupation was sharecropper and farmer in his native avalon, mississippi, taught himself to play aged nine, and never became a fulltime professional musician, despite some recordings in 1928 for okeh records, a label which, like others, fell into demise with the great depression. By th time he passed away, he had touched a generation c folk music fans and influenced countless guitar player interested in fingerpicking. The complete 1928 okeh recordings columbia roots n blues reissue frankie 3. Dick spottswood and tom hoskins, a blues enthusiast, located. The complete 1928 okeh recordings epiclegacy, 1996 although hurt was beloved in his timefrom his first northern gigs in 1963 at age 69 until his death at 73his story isnt the stuff of blues legend. The first date was captured in memphis, and the other two in new york city. In 1892, john smith hurt was born in carroll county mississippi and in such an isolated community, music was usually selfmade, so he started playing guitar when he was ten. Found in 1963 living in a small town in mississippi, by an admirer who tracked him down through the lyrics of his 1928 single avalon blues, mississippi john hurt was persuaded to go to washington, d. Listen to your favorite songs from avalon blues the complete 1928 okeh recordings by mississippi john hurt now. His reputation grew steadily until he was finally auditioned by tommy rockwell for the memphis based label okeh records in 1928, who christened him mississippi john hurt, as a sales gimmick. As far as guitars, mjh borrowed a guitar from the studio for his 1928 okeh sessions because his personal guitar black annie, of unknown provenance was not considered good enough quality. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist.
John smith hurt march 8, 1893 november 2, 1966, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist. Listen to your favorite songs from avalon blues, the complete 1928 okeh recordings hd remastered, restored edition, doxy collection by mississippi john hurt now. Complete 1928 okeh recordings by mississippi john hurt now. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt july 3, 1893 or march 8, 1892 november 2, 1966 was an american country blues singer and guitarist. The complete 1928 okeh recordings mississippi john hurt blues 1996. He was recorded in 1928 and then vanished into the farmlands of mississippi.
John hurt was discovered in his late thirties, perhaps plucking away on the front stoop of the valley store in carroll county. This newly remastered cd release includes mississippi john hurt s seminal recordings. The best of mississippi john hurt is a compilation album released to accompany the american epic documentary films in 2017. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. As others have mentioned john hurt was born in 1892, and developed notoriety for his skills as a musician. Hurt got in one more full album, the immortal mississippi john hurt, released posthumously, but even better was the record assembled from his final sessions, last sessions, also issued after his death. The complete 1928 okeh recordings by mississippi john hurt on amazon music. Tommy rockwell sent him to memphis to record in 1928 for the okeh label. John mississippi hurt 1928 sessions musicians friend.
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