The famous American country blues singer and guitarist sadly passed away at the age of 74 in 1966 when his music career ended, but today his music and legacy continue to live on. Candy Man, Louis Collins, Spike Driver Blues, Coffee Blues, Monday Morning Blues, and Richland Woman Blues are some of the hit songs that Hurt, blessed his audience within his active days.
In 1963, guitarist and blues music fan Tom Hoskins came to Avalon to seek out Hurt and his music. Hoskins had heard Hurt’s music in the Anthology of American Folk Music and his reaching out to find Hurt rekindled Hurt’s music career in the early 1960s.
Was John Hurt married?
Hurt was married twice in his life before he died. He was first married to Gertrude Hoskins in 1916, and they had two children a daughter and a son namely T.C. Hurt and Idae Mae Hurt. The couple’s marriage did not last for long and the two got separated. Hurt then found love again and he got married to Jessie Nelson with whom he had other children whose names are not revealed.
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