As a young man he taught himself how to play guitar and performed at local clubs and dances. Hurts recordings of frankie and spike driver blues were included in the anthology of american folk music in 1952 which generated considerable interest in trying to locate him. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1963 youtube. Reissued by special arrangement with music research, inc. Spike driver blues tab by mississippi john hurt acoustic. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt july 3, 1893 or march 8, 1892. Joe turner is a man i do despise joe turner, going round trying to mens wives joe turner, drove him from my door joe turner, drove him from my door hope to god. Spike driver blues guitar lesson mississippi john hurt duration. Folksongs and blues album including song video, artist biography, translations and more.
This is from pete seegers rainbow quest series which was recorded in 1965 1966 for a new jersey public television station. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1928 lyrics. We do not have any tags for spike driver blues lyrics. In his interpretation, he does a bass line alternating steadily between the sixth and fourth strings. In 1928 a talent scout for okeh records heard him and signed him to the label, then sent him to memphis and new york city to record. Spike driver blues and youre going to walk that lonesome valley by mississippi john hurt were performed on pete seegers television. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt taught himself to play guitar at the age of nine, stealthily playing the guitar of a friend of his mothers, who often stayed at the hurt home while courting a woman who lived nearby. Mississippi john hurt you got to walk that lonesome valley.
This is mississippi john hurt spike drivers blues by kirk peterson on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Worldrenowned master of the acoustic guitar john hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around avalon in carroll county and performing for parties and local gatherings. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties, singing to a melodious fingerpicked accompaniment. Mississippi john hurt music, videos, stats, and photos. Tracks 10 and 11 are traditional songs not credited to any songwriter. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues blues matters. Music video by mississippi john hurt performing you got to walk that lonesome valley live. Take this hammer and carry it to my captain tell him im gone, tell him im gone, tell him im gone take this hammer and carry it to my captain tell him im. It was the burgeoning talent and ingenuity of simple yet. This is from pete seegers rainbow quest series which was recorded in 19651966 for a new jersey public television station.
All tracks were originally released on the okeh electric label, except track 6, which was unissued. No blues singer ever presented a more gentle, genial image than mississippi john hurt. Mississippi john hurt spike drivers blues on vimeo. Lyrics to spike driver blues by mississippi john hurt from the avalon blues album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Learn blues guitar from mary flower with an intermediate guitar lesson for spike driver blues. All the big, brash styles we came to know later, wailing electric guitars, electric bass and punchy brass sections were still years ahead.
Mississippi john hurt joe turner blues lyrics genius. Sebastian frets the low g with his third finger throughout. Spike driver blues by mississippi john hurt on amazon music. Mississippi john hurt folk songs and blues discogs. Sep 25, 2014 music video by mississippi john hurt performing you got to walk that lonesome valley live. Acoustic blues guitar lessons jim bruce presents blues guitar. Traditional, arr mississippi john hurt played by jerry with the jerry garcia acoustic band and with john kahn.
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May 19, 2014 mississippi john hurt tribute to mississippi john hurt, one of americas greatest country, folk and blues singers and guitarists, famous for his elegant fi. Spike driver blues mississippi john hurt buy this song. Spike driver blues mississippi john hurt song info. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1928 youtube. Apr 08, 2017 mississippi john hurt spike driver blues the years between the first and second world wars were the incubation period for the blues.
Mary recommends that you use the ring, middle and pinky as you play the open g chord. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1963 addeddate 20170516 19. Tracks 1 to 21 are from mississippi john hurt the best of mississippi john hurt vanguard vsd 1920. Mississippi john hurt pink anderson scrapper blackwell brownie mcghee and more, as they say. There was a steel driving man name was john henry oh he went down, he went down, he went down oh go in take this hammer to my captain wont ya tell him im gone. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field. John smith hurt march 8, 1893 november 2, 1966, better known as mississippi john hurt, was an american country blues singer and guitarist raised in avalon, mississippi, hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. Mississippi john hurts 1965 appearance on rainbow quest. John smith hurt, better known as mississippi john hurt july 3, 1893 or march 8, 1892 november 2, 1966 was an american country blues singer and guitarist. The complete 1928 okeh recordings mississippi john hurt on allmusic. It is no exaggeration to state that much of the interest in country blues today can be attributed to the tremendous appeal that mississippi john hurt exerted upon audiences during the brief period between his rediscovery in 1963 and his death in 1966. Mississippi john hurt, original name john smith hurt, born july 3, 1893, teoc, mississippi, u.
Spike driver blues mississippi john hurt song info allmusic. Born in teoc, carroll county, mississippi on july 3, 1893, and raised in avalon, mississippi. Spike driver blues, a song by mississippi john hurt on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. John had recorded a song titled avalon blues which had a line that said, avalon my hometown, always on my mind. Spike driver blues guitar tab by mississippi john hurt with free online tab player. The story behind mississippi john hurt s guitar duration. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues lyrics songmeanings. Blues singersongwriter mississippi john hurt was born john smith hurt in teoc, ms, on july 3, 1893. Lyrics to spike driver blues by mississippi john hurt from the the piedmont sessions, vol. Acoustic blues guitar lessons jim bruce blues guitar blind blake thatll never happen duration. Song information for spike driver blues mississippi john hurt on allmusic. Improve your guitar playing with online video lessons from jamplay.
John oates spike driver blues lyrics genius lyrics. She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen she walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen said, shed ride and ride till the blues wear offa me its two bullyin freight trains runnin side by side. This is volume one of the original piedmont sessions, the very first albums mississippi john hurt ever recorded. Top mississippi john hurt lyrics since ive laid my burden down stack o lee louis collins i shall not be moved worried blues the angels laid him away got the blues cant be satisfied nobodys dirty business salty dog let the mermaids flirt with me. Mississippi john hurt avalon blues 1963 1991, cassette. Folk songs and blues 1963 mississippi john hurt youtube.
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