Members m90guy Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 One of the all time greats, and one of my all time favs. [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldMattB Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 One of my favorites. He is like your older uncle singing for you - always upbeat and friendly. I love how he skips the "bad" words in the suggestive songs. I have a T-shirt with him on it. I bought it at the blues museum in Clarksdale. When I am 80, I would like to sing and play stuff like that. oldmattB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguyjon Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me was the first fingerstyle song I learned, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fjs1229 Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 love him. The acoustic trio I play in does a couple of his tunes, but arranged differently. That said, I love the instrumentation on Richland Women Blues. We play Richland Women, Pallet on your floor, Nobody's Dirty Business, Louis Collins..... I think that's it, but we love us some mississippi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 Oddly upbeat for a delta blues player, some folkish elements to it....definitely a different version of that song than I'd heard previously in O Brother Where Art Thou. Bluesman with some folky spirit, sorta an inverse of Leadbelly, I'll check him out a little more I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted February 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 Bits of old timey country, and bluegrass in his playing too. I just love his upbeat melodic playing the most. For some reason I get butterflies in my stomach when listening to him. He is just one of the very few musicians that do that to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Citizen_Insane Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 His finger picking is amazing. You don't realize how hard some of his songs are to play until you try. A couple of my friends who play acoustic perform a few of his songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 great tune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brandass Posted February 9, 2010 Members Share Posted February 9, 2010 Great to see him get some love here, I've been a big fan for a long time and have yet to run across a mediocre (much less a bad) record from him. Candy man, salty dog. Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted February 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Good to see that there are a few people here that appreciate the man and his music.[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jack harper Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 "If it wasn't for Mississippi John Hurt, I would not be making music at all." - Ben Harper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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