Mississippi John Hurt is one of the greatest prewar blues artists; he created a fingerpicking blues style that nobody else had and made a series of great postwar recordings. This compilation features his most famous songs! Hurt was an American country blues singer and guitarist. He incorporated a fast, pick-less, syncopated fingerpicking style that he taught himself. He was influenced by very few people, but does recall an elderly, unrecorded blues singer from that area, Rufus Hanks, who played 12-string guitar and harmonica. He also recalls listening to the country singer Jimmie Rodgers. Many of Hurt s songs were in very basic keys, his fingers picking notes within the chords. On occasion, he would use an open tuning and a slide, as he did in his arrangement of The Ballad of Casey Jones................

1. Frankie

2. Nobody s Dirty Business

3. Ain t No Tellin

4. Louis Collins

5. Avalon Blues

6. Big Leg Blues

7. Stack O Lee Blues

8. Candy Man Blues

9. Got The Blues Can t Be Satisfied

10. Blessed Be The Name

11. Praying On The Old Camp Ground

12. Blue Harvest Blues

13. Spike Driver Blues

14. She Could Toodle-Oo- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

15. Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

16. Shelby County Workhouse Blues- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

17. Way Down In Arkansas- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

18. Hambone Willie s Dreamy-Eyed Woman s Blues- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

19. Roll And Tumble Blues- HAMBONE WILLIE NEWBERN

20. James Alley Blues- RICHARD RABBIT BROWN

21. Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice- RICHARD RABBIT BROWN

22. I m Not Jealous- RICHARD RABBIT BROWN

23. Mystery Of The Dunbar s Child- RICHARD RABBIT BROWN

24. Sinking Of The Titanic- RICHARD RABBIT BROWN