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Να θυμηθουμε λιγο τον Mississippi John Hurt μερα που'ναι? Ενας απο τους πιο ιδιαιτερους Delta bluesmen, με στυλ που ισως φερνει παραπανω στο Piedmont παρα στο Delta. Διασωσμενος (sic) απο την αφανεια στις αρχες του 60 απο τους Spottswood/Hoskins, αφησε μεσα στα λιγοστα χρονια της καριερας του υλικο που τον καθιερωσε ως εναν απο τους τιτανες των country blues που επηρεασε γενιες blues, folk και rock μουσικων μετεπειτα.
"One of the more unusual of the Delta bluesmen was a short, soft-spoken man often in a battered fedora named Mississippi John Hurt. Born in the late 1800s, he lived nearly all of his life in a settlement called Avalon at the eastern edge of the Delta. “Classic” Delta blues was melodically complex, haunting and often discordant. Songs frequently spoke of violence, infidelity, poverty and material longing. While Hurt shared that lyrical tradition, his music was different—so different that some historians don’t consider him a Delta bluesman at all.
In both style and repertoire, it seems he was influenced by ragtime and popular music he may have heard on records and at minstrel and medicine shows Blacks were able to attend. Whether the hill-country musical tradition was important in his formative years is uncertain. His virtuosity secured him a position unusual among the Black folk singers of the early 20th century whose recordings survived."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/pilgrimage-honor-blues-legend-180981004/
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"One of the more unusual of the Delta bluesmen was a short, soft-spoken man often in a battered fedora named Mississippi John Hurt. Born in the late 1800s, he lived nearly all of his life in a settlement called Avalon at the eastern edge of the Delta. “Classic” Delta blues was melodically complex, haunting and often discordant. Songs frequently spoke of violence, infidelity, poverty and material longing. While Hurt shared that lyrical tradition, his music was different—so different that some historians don’t consider him a Delta bluesman at all.
In both style and repertoire, it seems he was influenced by ragtime and popular music he may have heard on records and at minstrel and medicine shows Blacks were able to attend. Whether the hill-country musical tradition was important in his formative years is uncertain. His virtuosity secured him a position unusual among the Black folk singers of the early 20th century whose recordings survived."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/pilgrimage-honor-blues-legend-180981004/
Αναμεινατε στο ακουστικο σας και για bonus round 2, αν τα καταφερω επιτελους αυτο το μηνα να βγαλω το Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt...
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