On March 8, 1892, born a star who was named John Hurt in Teoc, Mississippi. A guitarist who played the Delta Blues and was renowned for projecting a refined, friendly demeanor through his reflective music. Many musicians, such as Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Beck, and Jerry Garcia, have covered his work.
According to a search, during a talent competition in Mississippi, Hurt recorded a song at the Vocalion Firm’s mobile recording studio; the company was so impressed by his singing that they flew him to New York. When Narmour won a recording contract with Okeh Records as a prize for being first in a violin competition in 1928, he suggested Hurt to Okeh producer Tommy Rockwell. He also participated in two recording sessions—one in Memphis, the other in New York City—after giving “Monday Morning Blues” a home tryout.
What kind of guitar did Mississippi John Hurt play?
Findings made it clear that, at the time that Hurt resumed performing and recording in 1963, he did not own a guitar. But, photographs from this period show him playing a refinished Gibson J-45 with a crescent moon inlay on the fingerboard, on loan from Tom Hoskins.
The blonde, slotted-headstock guitar Hurt used for his groundbreaking set at the Newport Folk Festival, in 1963, has recently resurfaced. It was made by the early 20th-century company Emory and also belonged to Hoskins. Additional footage from the festival shows Hurt playing “Casey Jones” on a Harmony Sovereign 12-string. The instrument he played on Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest show was made for him as a gift by Pennsylvania luthier John Alderson.
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