Mississippi John Hurt - Last Sessions

Artist:

Hurt, Mississippi John

UPC:

015707932721

See Also:

Patton, Charley Guthrie, Woody

Description:

Personnel: Patrick Sky (guitar).
Recording information: Manhattan Towers Hotel, NY (02/1966-07/1966); Vanguard`s 23rd Street Recording Studio, NY (02/1966-07/1966).
Unknown Contributor Role: Mississippi John Hurt.
On these final 17 recordings of Mississippi John Hurt`s remarkable career, the septuagenarian songster evinces all the warmth, humor, and mastery that mark the entirety of his recorded work. A gifted fingerpicker, singer, and songwriter, Hurt spent most of his life in obscurity. The folk boom of the `60s revived the music career he had abandoned during the Depression. Before his death in 1966, Hurt completed four wonderful albums for Vanguard Records.
LAST SESSIONS includes Hurt`s takes on others` blues classics ("Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home," "Goodnight, Irene") as well as a number of great originals ("Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me," "Trouble, I`ve Had it All My Days"). Throughout, Hurt deftly mixes the serious ("You Got to Die") with the bawdy ("Funky Butt") and whimsical ("Spider, Spider"). Like all available Hurt recordings, LAST is a great album from one of the `60s` greatest artists.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home
2. Boys, You`re Welcome
3. Joe Turner Blues
4. First Shot Missed Him
5. Farther Along
6. Funky Butt
7. Spider, Spider
8. Waiting for You
9. Shortnin` Bread
10. Trouble I Had All My Days
11. Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me
12. Good Morning, Carrie
13. Nobody Cares for Me
14. All Night Long
15. Hey, Honey, Right Away
16. You`ve Got to Die
17. Goodnight Irene

Album Information

Release Date:

12/12/1991

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Country Blues

Label:

Vanguard

Producer:

Patrick Sky

Catalog Number:

79327

Original Release Year:

1972

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

44 : 46

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