Blues fingerpicking guitarist, singer and sharecropper Mississippi John Hurt was born in the heart of Mississippi Hill Country, along the veiny tributaries of the great American river. His moving renditions of “Frankie” and “Spike Driver Blues” were included in Harry Smith’s American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey’s development of the American Primitive Guitar genre.

Single LP with single pocket tip-on jacket with soft touch finish

SIDE A1. Frankie2. Ain’t No Tellin’3. Spike Driver Blues4. Avalon Blues5. Louis Collins6. Candy Man Blues7. Stack O' Lee Blues

SIDE B1. Praying On The Old Camp Ground2. Blue Harvest Blues3. Got the Blues Can’t be Satisfied4. Big Leg Blues5. Nobody's Dirty Business6. Blessed Be The Name

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Mississippi John Hurt

American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (12" Limited Edition black w/ maroon flecks Vinyl)

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Blues fingerpicking guitarist, singer and sharecropper Mississippi John Hurt was born in the heart of Mississippi Hill Country, along the veiny tributaries of the great American river. His moving renditions of “Frankie” and “Spike Driver Blues” were included in Harry Smith’s American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey’s development of the American Primitive Guitar genre.

Single LP with single pocket tip-on jacket with soft touch finish

SIDE A1. Frankie2. Ain’t No Tellin’3. Spike Driver Blues4. Avalon Blues5. Louis Collins6. Candy Man Blues7. Stack O' Lee Blues

SIDE B1. Praying On The Old Camp Ground2. Blue Harvest Blues3. Got the Blues Can’t be Satisfied4. Big Leg Blues5. Nobody's Dirty Business6. Blessed Be The Name