March 8: Mississippi John Hurt was born in 1893
“The Blues ain’t nothin’ but a good woman on your mind.”
~Mississippi John HurtNo blues singer ever presented a more gentle, genial image than Mississippi John Hurt. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field.
~Bruce Eder (allmusic.com)
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