John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 [1][nb 1] – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [3] John Hurt was born in Teoc, [4] Carroll County, Mississippi and raised in Avalon, Mississippi.

Mississippi John Hurt, American country-blues singer and guitarist who first recorded in the late 1920s but whose greatest fame and influence came when he was rediscovered in the early 1960s at the height of the American folk music revival.

2024年2月22日 · A fire in Avalon, Miss., destroyed the museum dedicated to singer and guitarist John Hurt, and erases one of the last sites marking the community's history as a formerly all-Black town ...

His newfound fame lasted three years before his death on November 2, 1966. Mississippi John Hurt's grave is located outside his hometown of Avalon, Mississippi.

After his triumph at Newport, Mississippi John Hurt went on back home to Avalon, Mississippi to pick his cotton crop. John Smith Hurt was born in 1893 in the Mississippi hill country of Carroll County, on the fringe of the Delta, in the tiny community of Teoc.

Born John Smith Hurt, in Teoc, Mississippi in 1893, John gravitated towards the guitar at an early age. He recounted his first encounter with the guitar on Pete Seeger’s “Rainbow Quest” folk music television program.

John Smith Hurt was born in Teoc, Mississippi, in 1893 – an unincorporated town in Carroll County (just outside of Greenwood). He was raised on a farm in Avalon and worked as a farmhand and on the railroad line.

Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon. World-renowned 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.

2009年6月16日 · Born in Teoc, Mississippi in 1892 but raised in Avalon, Mississippi, “Mississippi” John Hurt spent the majority of his life employed as a farm hand. Though he briefly recorded in the 1920s, it was not until the 1960s that his music was widely distributed and recognized. Hurt was known for his humble nature and his unique, soft style of blues.

"Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (1892 – November 2, 1966) was an influential American blues singer and guitarist. Born in rural Mississippi, he learned guitar at an early age and performed at local dances until he was discovered by OKeh Records in 1928.