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| Born: Jul 3, 1893 in Teoc, MS | Avg.User Rating: 215 Ratings |
| Died: Nov 2, 1966 in Grenada, MS |
| Genre: Blues |
| Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Field Recordings, Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, Songster |
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| Biography: No blues singer ever presented a more gentle, genial image than Mississippi John Hurt. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1988 Label: Heritage Critics' Rating:  Released: 1972 Label: Vanguard Critics' Rating: Recorded in New York during February and July of 1966, the 17 songs on this collection represent Mississippi John Hurt's final studio efforts. It is astonishing that this man, in the final months of his ...Read full review
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