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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 life, could do 17 songs that were the equal of anything he had done at his first sessions 45 years earlier, his playing (supported on some tracks with producer Patrick Sky on second guitar) as alluringly complex as ever and his voice still in top form. Hurt is brilliant throughout, his voice overpowering in its mixture of warmth, gentleness, and power, and in addition to the expected crop of standards and originals, he covers songs by Bukka White ("Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home") and Leadbelly ("Goodnight Irene") -- all of it is worthwhile, with some tracks, such as "Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me," especially haunting.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Unknown, Composer - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
John A. Lomax, ComposerLyricist - Lead Belly, ComposerLyricist - Mississippi John Hurt, MainArtist
(C) 1991 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records
Album review
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 life, could do 17 songs that were the equal of anything he had done at his first sessions 45 years earlier, his playing (supported on some tracks with producer Patrick Sky on second guitar) as alluringly complex as ever and his voice still in top form. Hurt is brilliant throughout, his voice overpowering in its mixture of warmth, gentleness, and power, and in addition to the expected crop of standards and originals, he covers songs by Bukka White ("Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home") and Leadbelly ("Goodnight Irene") -- all of it is worthwhile, with some tracks, such as "Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me," especially haunting.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:15
- Main artists: Mississippi John Hurt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 1991 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
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