Track Listing

1. Coffee Blues
2. I'm Satisfied
3. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
4. Monday Morning Blues
5. Since I've Laid My Burden Down
6. Stocktime (Buck Dance)
7. Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
8. Richland Women Blues
9. Keep on Rocking
10. Stagolee
11. Hop Joint
12. Funky Butt
13. It Ain't Nobody's Business
14. Salty Dog
15. Candy Man
16. You Are My Sunshine
17. Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)
18. Nearer My God to Thee
19. Shortnin' Bread
20. Avalon My Home Town
21. First Shot Missed Him
22. Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
23. Talking Casey
24. Goodnight Irene

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40341 in Music
• Released on: 1998-08-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.com
John Hurt's playful country blues was first heard in the late 1920s, when he recorded a handful of poorly selling sides for Okeh Records. It wasn't until his rediscovery during the 1960s folk revival that his remarkable talent was fully appreciated. Hurt's rediscovery only lasted a few years--he died in 1966--but his legacy, preserved on several albums recorded for Vanguard during that period, is indeed daunting. Hurt's intricate fingerpicking style--evidenced here on popular pieces like "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," "Richland Women Blues," "Salty Dog Blues," and "Candy Man"--went on to influence a generation of urban folk and blues artists. His music remains a sweet reminder of the pre-depression-era ragtime blues of which he was a humble and subtle master. --Billy Altman

Living Blues
Although Hurt is often held up as a "songster," a relic of the pre-blues era, he did not play an early, primitive form of the blues--this is complex, difficult guitar music.

Customer Reviews

A Great Talent
John Hurt is the only musician I know of who can, on one guitar, simultaneously play a bassline, chords, and a melody, and sing at the same time! You may think the best guitar player is Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan, but I disagree. They were fast, but Hurt is a true guitar master. "Coffee Blues," "Pallet on Your Floor," "Monday Morning Blues," and "StaggoLee" are fantastic songs, great for summer driving and to sing along with.

John is my friend
This is my favorite feel-good sing-along album. There is not a bad vibe in this guy's being, as far as I can tell. The songs are all great, John's voice is warm and rounded, his guitar picking is a treat, it's just goodness all around and I dig it. There's nobody else out there like this (if there is, please let me know!).

This is the blues
Mississippi John Hurt is raw blues. Only he and his guitar star in most of the songs on Rediscovered and the two of them make for an incredible listening experience. Each song has meat to it-- stories that will hold your attention, make you smile and make you relax. Put this CD on, grab some iced tea, go out on the porch with a book and take it easy.