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Mississippi John Hurt and Tom Waits

I've noticed this before but today I was listening to Mississippi John Hurt and was once again astonished to hear how much Tom Waits (in his first recordings) borrowed from him. And Tom Waits is my favorite musician of all time (well, tied with John Coltrane) so it's not an attack on the man.

Anybody have recommendations for music in the style of MJH? Preferably something from that time period, especially his "last sessions" recording in the mid 1960s

By the way...MJH had an amazing career...falling totally off the radar around the depression and working as a sharecropper until he was rediscovered 30 years later! Check the link below for a little info on him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_John_Hurt
kublakhan

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kublakhan OP
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I just got these links. Old footage of Mississippi John Hurt playing. Fantastic! In the first one MJH talks about how he learned how to play the guitar at age 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr3RB9l7_I4&search=mississippi%20john%20hurt

http://tinyurl.com/rxsjc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwhN5-7pmk&search=mississippi%20john%20hurt

If you like this kind of music, you really owe it to yourself to watch. Very interesting.
kublakhan OP
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Thanks for all the recs guys. I went to amazon and took a listen and bought a bunch of stuff...

Avalon Blues tribute
Mance Lipscomb
blind willie johnson and bill monroe to start.

can't wait.
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