i'm learning fingerpicking guitar right now and i swear i try to get tabs and listen to hurt stuff and i can't figure it out, it sounds like there are 2 players -- one strumming regular chords and one finger picking a pattern! it sounds so simple until you sit down and try to learn
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i feel like hurt had some weird combo of being ultra precise, but also had super loose-jointed fingers. there should be a scientific study of his hands.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah his shit feels way more precise and put together than some of the other real old school dudes like robert johnson and charley patton and stuff
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 June 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
probably goes back to the idea mentioned upthread that "did not consider himself a bluesman" -- i imagine that he listened to piano players (ragtime/jazz/stride) more than guitar music? don't know if he ever commented on that.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
They show his hands on that video above. His left hand isn't doing anything that complex, but his right hand is fairly ninja-like
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
yeah his shit feels way more precise and put together
Yes. With the name Mississippi John Hurt you expect a raw howler. But he's so smooth, especially the stuff he did in the 1920s.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
weird
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2jjd9VEUb1r91f2jo1_r1_cover.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OI6F8eWbwoc/TSggEeu0coI/AAAAAAAAA_I/IP-mEkBU4XM/s1600/nick-drake-bryter-layter-333180.jpg
― mizzell, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
It's been nearly 3 years so it's once again time to proclaim the greatness of Mississippi John Hurt.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 5 June 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
Mississippi John Hurt sounds better the older I get.
― banjoboy, Friday, 5 June 2015 03:05 (eight years ago) link
Avalon blues is as classic as it gets
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link
Still the greatest. An absolute giant.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:40 (three years ago) link
we should change this thread title
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:49 (three years ago) link
srsly what a completely inapt comparison
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
Ugh
― Barry "Fatha" Hines (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
anywayhttps://www.elijahwald.com/songblog/let-mermaids-flirt/
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1233089909/museum-honoring-mississippi-bluesman-john-hurt-is-destroyed-in-a-fire
Mississippi John Hurt house/ museum burns down. Sad
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 16:10 (one month ago) link
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2024/02/21/mississippi-john-hurt-museum-burns-down-in-carroll-county-mississippi/72689068007/
Sounds like it may been an electrical caused fire
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 February 2024 16:13 (one month ago) link