Mississippi John Hurt Interviewed By Pete Seeger
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2019
- John Smith Hurt (possibly March 3, 1892- November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment.His first recordings, made for Okeh Records in 1928, were commercial failures, and he continued to work as a farmer.
Dick Spottswood and Tom Hoskins, a blues enthusiast, located Hurt in 1963 and persuaded him to move to Washington, D.C. He was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964. This helped further the American folk music revival, which led to the rediscovery of many other bluesmen of Hurt's era. Hurt performed on the university and coffeehouse concert circuit with other Delta blues musicians who were brought out of retirement. He also recorded several albums for Vanguard Records.
Hurt returned to Mississippi, where he died, in Grenada, a year later.
The softest voice & most consistent thumb we will ever know.
Thank god we have recordings of this man speaking like this
Just wonderful to have this interview with the brilliant and gracious John Hurt.
Just great to hear this wonderful man telling us about himself. Thanks for putting the film up.
Mississippi John Hurt was a Angel
I am so grateful this man was alive and was recorded playing, singing and speaking. John Hurt was one of the most important people to ever pick up an acoustic guitar.
I love to hear him speak as much as I love to hear him play.
Incredible. Great to 30:41 hear John Hurt speak at length. I just listened to Tom Hoskins’ first recording of Mississippi John when Hoskins knocked on his door in Avalon in 1963. John’s wife is there, the chickens are clucking and crowing, and Hoskins hands him a guitar. John didn’t even have one. He’s rusty, but it wasn’t long after that he got up to speed and made those incredible records we all love. This is priceless.
Thank you for making this interveiw available. 🙏🏼✊🏼💛🌳
Thanks for this record, I'm having a good evening hearing this interview.
Everyone that ive heard that Spoke to John said that he was extremely charming and humble man who had a happy disposition. You Can hear it quiet clearly in this interview. This is a pleasure. Pete Seager is nearly as entertaining. Thanks for posting. Love Johns music
Great to hear this. God bless them all.
This is amazing. Thanks to Pete for his work and thanks to God for John and Pete
What a treat to find. I am from germany, so I just got to know Pete Seeger a year ago and John Hurt, because I love the blues also just some years ago.
Two legends talking to each other...
Internet was made for things like that!
I feel very fortunate to have seen Mississippi John live in Toronto in 1964.
thats awesome, im from canada
Thats awesome. I was born in Avalon. Raised in Teoc. The 2 places he mentions at the start of this interview.
@@reedbrowning4390 I was just down there
So fortunate ❤
Thank you so much for posting this, this is remarkable.
Beautiful, i feel like i went back in time....Id love to listen to him talk around a campfire...
Amazing conversation..!.. Made my day...
I am so happy I stumbled on this. John Hurts""playing is one big influence on my self taught finger style piano playing. Along with guys like Roy Bookbinder ,Blind Blake DaveVanRonk and others.
This is fantastic.
I’m now one of the kids all around the world sleeping with a guitar at the head of the bed.
Does anyone know where to find the Dock Boggs biography book that Pete Seeger mentioned in the beginning. I tried googling and had no luck.
Who has the rights to this audio? I made a weird Steve Reich sample song out of parts of this interview..
I think that is Dylan sitting behind Seger
That is Toshi Seeger
Ouch lol