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A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field. Tablatures and chords for acoustic guitar and electric guitar, ukulele, drums are parodiesinterpretations of the original songs. Dave van ronk spike driver blues smithsonian folkways. Spike driver blues music and lyrics mississippi john hurt original transcription unknown updated and augmented by jeff t mississippi john hurt would play. Mississippi john hurt recorded countryblues songs for the okeh electric records company in 1928. Mississippi john hurt salty dog blues lyrics genius lyrics. Spike driver blues guitar lesson mississippi john hurt youtube. Columbia river, satisfying blues collectables, revisited varese, and mississippi john hurt dressed to kill. Acoustic blues guitar lessons jim bruce 128,020 views. Worldrenowned master of the acoustic guitar john hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around avalon in carroll county and performing for parties and local gatherings. Spike driver blues mississippi john hurt song info allmusic. Complete 1928 okeh recordings music skip to main content. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues 1928 lyrics. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues blues matters magazine.
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Lyrics to spike driver blues by mississippi john hurt from the the piedmont sessions, vol. Mississippi john hurt 1928 sessions 2016, color, vinyl. Mississippi john hurt aint nobody but you babe tabs az chords. In 1928, after being recommended for recording by his neighbors, fiddler willie narmour and guitarist shell smith, john hurt recorded songs for o keh records.
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