John "Mississippi" Hurt

John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 and May 5, 1895.}} – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
John Hurt was born in Teoc,Cohen, Lawrence (1996). Liner notes to Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings. Columbia/Legacy CD. Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi. His parents, Isom and Mary, had both been slaves and as was common after the Civil War, they continued working on... meer