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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Mississippi John Hurt; Mississippi John Hurt; John Hurt |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip R Ratcliffe |
ISBN: | 9781617030086 1617030082 9781496818355 1496818350 9781617030093 1617030090 |
OCLC Number: | 679919641 |
Description: | xx, 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Foreword / Mary Frances Hurt Wright -- The early years : from slavery to freedom -- The middle years, 1929-1962 : return to Avalon and the Depression -- Rediscovery and sweet success -- Management problems and the death of Mississippi John Hurt -- The legacies of Mississippi John Hurt -- Appendix I. Interviews, correspondence, and personal communications -- Appendix II. Contract between Music Research Incorporated and Mississippi John Hurt -- Appendix III. Vanguard Contract, July 11, 1963 -- Mississippi John Hurt Discography. |
Series Title: | American made music series. |
Responsibility: | Philip R. Ratcliffe. |
Abstract:
When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. Mississippi John Hurt provides this legendary creator's life story for the first time.
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