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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 |