LoginThe Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt
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Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums compiled here when he was in his early 70s. His conversational phrasing sounds as natural as breathing, while his ragtime-tinged fingerpicking on acoustic guitar reveals more complexity the closer you listen. Beyond blues classics like "Candy Man" (the sly sensualist wasn't referring to lollipops), Hurt's range encompasses everything from folki
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Manufacturer: Vanguard
Release date: 31 October 2000
Number of discs: 3
EAN: 0015707018128 UPC: 015707018128
Release date: 31 October 2000
Number of discs: 3
EAN: 0015707018128 UPC: 015707018128
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