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John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893〔(National Park Service )〕〔(Encyclopædia Britannica )〕 or March 8, 1892〔There is confusion about his date of birth, but the (grave marker ) mentions this date.〕 – November 2, 1966) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Trail of the Hellhound: Mississippi John Hurt ) 〕 Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sharecropper. He first recorded for Okeh Records in 1928, but these recordings were commercial failures. Hurt then drifted out of the recording scene and continued to work as a farmer. Tom Hoskins, a blues enthusiast, located Hurt in 1963 and convinced him to relocate to Washington, D.C. where he was recorded by the Library of Congress in 1964. This helped further the American folk music revival, which had led to the rediscovery of many other bluesmen of Hurt's era. Hurt entered the university and coffeehouse concert circuit with other Delta blues musicians brought out of retirement. As well as playing concerts, he recorded several albums for Vanguard Records. Hurt died in Grenada, Mississippi. Material recorded by him has been re-released by many record labels over the years and his songs have been recorded by Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Beck, Doc Watson, John McCutcheon, Taj Mahal, Bruce Cockburn, David Johansen, Bill Morrissey, Gillian Welch, Guthrie Thomas, Parsonsfield, and Rory Block.〔 ==Biography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mississippi John Hurt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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