Mississippi John Hurt - Legend

Title: Legend Artist: Mississippi John Hurt Release Date: 10/7/1997 Label: Rounder Duration: 44:04 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 011661110021 Genre: Blues Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues Moods: Earnest, Laid-Back/Mellow, Organic, Rustic, Amiable/Good-Natured, Austere, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Plaintive, Reflective, Intimate, Melancholy, Somber, Earthy, Eerie Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Trouble I Had All My Days
2. Pera-Lee
3. C.C. Rider
4. Louis Collins
5. Coffee Blues
6. Nobody's Dirty Business
7. Do Lord, Remember Me
8. Monday Morning Blues
9. Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me
10. Payday
11. Stack O' Lee Blues
12. Casey Jones
13. Frankie and Albert
14. Stocktime (Buck Dance)

Year Type Label Catalog # 1997 CD Rounder 1100

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These 14 songs were recorded in 1963 and 1964; material from these sessions appeared briefly on Canada's Rebel label, as well as Piedmont. The mood is late-night informal, although there's little, if anything, in the Hurt catalog that could not be called informal. Hurt's originals are dotted with standards like "C.C. Rider," "Do Lord Remember Me," "Casey Jones," and a seven-minute "Stack-O-Lee." It's not as forceful, perhaps, as his best-known recordings, and some of the songs are duplicated on other releases, but the sound quality (despite the destruction of the master tape) is OK, and Hurt fans will almost certainly find it to their liking. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Ramsay Photography Dr. Toby Mountain Mastering Jon Hartley Fox Liner Notes Mississippi John Hurt Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica