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.
Hurt was raised in Avalon, Mississippi and taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. His first recordings, made for Okeh Records in 1928, were commercial failures, and... more