Although Mississippi John Hurt made his best-known recordings in the 1960s after being rediscovered during the collegiate folk and blues revival, his original 1928 recordings remain his finest work. In contrast to Robert Johnson's hellhound mythology or Bo Carter's salacious hokum, Mississippi John Hurt's original output, as collected on AVALON BLUES: THE COMPLETE 1928 OKEH RECORDINGS, is the gentle day to the perpetual night that over-romanticizing blues historians tend to emphasize..................

01 Frankie 
02 Nobody’s Dirty Business 
03 Stack O’Lee 
04 Candy Man Blues 
05 Blessed Be the Name 
06 Praying on The Old Camp Ground 
07 Blue Harvest Blues 
08 Spike Driver Blues 
09 Louis Collins (aka The Angels Laid Him Away) 
10 Got the Blues (Can’t Be Satisfied) 
11 Ain’t No Tellin’ 
12 Avalon Blues 
13 Big Leg Blues 

BONUS TRACKS
14 Salty Dog
15 Shake That Thing
16 Talking Casey
17 Lonesome Blues
18 Trouble, I’ve Had It All My Days
19 Hot Time in The Old Town Tonight