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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
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zinfan2
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Kublakhan,

Once you've digested your current crop of purchases, all of which I second, you might also want to try Bill Morrissey's Songs of Mississippi John Hurt, a 1999 release on Philo. It's an admirable piece of work, and beautifully recorded.
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