Since I started the week off with an old blues song, I am going to continue in that vein. Today post is a couple videos from Mississippi John Hurt (1893-1992). Hurt first recorded in 1928, but his recordings did not sell, and he did not record again until the 1960's when he returned to prominence as part of the 60's folk revival.
These first two videos are from Pete Seeger's television show. In this first video Hurt tells about learning to play the guitar and sings "Good Night Irene".
Here he performs the gospel song "You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley".
From the Newport Folk Festival here is part of the song "Candyman".
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