John Hurt

Richland Woman Blues on acoustic. I heard this song reminded John Hurt of a happier time.

In 1928, Mississippi John Hurt recorded thirteen songs on the Okeh label, including "Avalon Blues." Then he disappeared. His music influenced generations of folk and blues performers, but the mystery remained. Who was he? What happened to him? In 1963, Tom Hoskins, following the clues of the "Mississippi" in Hurt's stage name, and the lyrics of this song, "Avalon, my home town," located Hurt living in a simple shack in tiny Avalon, Mississippi, the same shack pictured early in the video, and ...

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Please leave your comments and thanks for watching. John Hurt's one chord stomping blues in G.if you fancy learning it you can see there's not a lot to it.slower and softer sounds good too.if you need help ask.

This hymn is so associated with the sinking of the Titantic that it may be hard to recall that it really is about the story of Jacob, found in the book of Genesis. After fleeing from his brother Esau's anger, Jacob was forced to sleep in a rocky place with a stone for his pillow. As he slept, he dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven wih angels going up and down the ladder. The Lord God stood on top of the ladder and spoke to Jacob of the promise of Abraham and the land given to his ...

Mississippi John Hurt playing I'm Satisfied.

This is Mississippi John Hurt's arrangements of one of the most widespread and popular African-American folksongs from the immediate pre-blues era, as discussed in Elijah's book "Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues." Hurt's original recording of this song was made in 1928, as "Ain't No Telling." For more information on Elijah's music and writing, visit www.elijahwald.com ... "Mississippi John Hurt" blues "acoustic guitar" fingerpicking ragtime ...

I added a little intro and a long improv break in the middle. I just love John Hurt.

John Fahey piece based on Charley Patton's "Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker"

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