HURT, MISSISSIPPI JO - The 1928 Sessions (Sealed) (CD)

Listening to Mississippi John Hurt's original recordings is a trip back to an America that no longer exists. Fewer than 100 people lived in the hills around Avalon, Mississippi in the 1920s and John Hurt spent much of his life living and working there, working as a farm hand and sharecropper, playing guitar to entertain friends and neighbours. These tracks were taken from lovingly restored 78PRM recordings from Okeh Records.