John Hurt

my interpretation of John Hurt's blues playing in the key of E.

John Boorman visits the home of Garech Browne ('custodian of Luggala'), where Irish poet John Montague reads from his poem 'Luggala' written about Garech and his surroundings. Boorman also visits one of the last fragments of ancient oak forest left in Europe. He finds the tree he used for stringing up the Knights of King Arthur in Excalibur. With Charley Boorman as the Green Man.

This is a short from the BBC series "I Claudius" in this short Caligula summons Claudius, and 2 of his brother's in law to attend to the palace immediately. They all think they are going to be killed, but Caligula just wanted them to attend to a dress rehearsal. When I watched this I couldn't stopped laughing, I thought this was the funniest thing ever. This series is great, and it's a shame that it is so expensive to buy, and that one can't just watch it on TV. I bought the series, and am ...

BLIND BLAKE GUITAR LESSONS playblindblake.com ' Dancin' Inside DVD ' "How to Play Blind Blake exactly as Blake played it ! " "Comment jouer du Blind Blake exactement comme lui ! " == Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1966) " Blessed Be The Name " (1928) The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945)...

1991 short film by director John Boorman, about aspects of his life and work. The film shifts back and forth from the world of dreams (in which Boorman's alter-ego is played by John Hurt) to reality, in an exploration of the relationship between the 'secular present' and the 'magical past' (Boorman's own words), between landscape and the imagination, and between life and art. Boorman's home and its surroundings in Wicklow are an important part of the film (almost a character), and were ...

A music appreciation and guitar instruction class offered by Spokane Parks & Recreation Dept. At the Spokane South Senior Center Thursday Night 6:30 - 8:30 pm April 23 - June 11. To register call 625-6200 or register online at www.spokaneparks.org Mississippi John Hurt is recognized as the most complex fingerpicker of all the country bluesmen. He was first recorded back in the 1920s, rediscovered in the 1960s, and was a sensation at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival. His gentle wry humor and ...

My dog Cosmo "helps" with this one. (I'll probably do a less dogged-up version later.)

my attempt at an instrumental of candy man blues by mississippi john hurt

Born John Smith Hurt in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt learned to play guitar at age 9. He spent much of his youth playing old time music for friends and dances, earning a living as a farm hand into the 1920s. In 1923 he partnered with the fiddle player Willie Narmour as a substitute for his regular partner Shell Smith. When Narmour got a chance to record for Okeh Records as a prize for winning first place in a 1928 fiddle contest, Narmour ...

"Trouble, I've Had It All My Days" by John Hurt. Still working on the timing - I know it's rough.