Mississippi John Hurt 1928 Sessions 180g Vinyl Edition

180 gram pressing!

"Across the works of Americana traditionalists like Ry
Cooder and John Fahey, earnest folkies like Bruce
Cockburn and Gillian Welch, and even blues-fusion
weirdos like Beck, the sounds and influence of
Mississippi John Hurt can be felt. Among his Delta
Blues peers Hurt stood out equally for his gentle and
genial demeanor as his distinct style of blues guitar,
which heavily emphasized finger-picking and lyrical
nuance, and was intended for dancing to. A legend of
the genre that might have been condemned to
obscurity if not for the folk revival of the 1960s, which
introduced a wider audience to him and his songs,
which would be covered by the likes of Bob Dylan,
Jerry Garcia, Taj Mahal, and others.
Hurt's most definitive works can be traced back
to 1928, when he recorded several singles for
Okeh Records, where he would also come into the
acquaintance of other blues legends like Blind Lemon
Jefferson and Bessie Smith. These recordings would
later become signature songs of his, such as ""Spike
Driver Blues"", ""Stack O' Lee Blues"" and ""Avalon
Blues."" The singles were not commercially successful
at the time, but attracted greater success decades
later, when a younger generation of blues and folk
fans would embrace him, allowing him to appear on
The Tonight Show, at the Newport Folk Festival, and
tour and perform until his death in 1966. The 1928
Sessions, which started it all for Mississippi John, are
now compiled here in their entirety."