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News and Articles on Mississippi John Hurt
Dr. Ed Bromfield; neurologist created Boston hospital's epilepsy program, 58 May 17, 2009
Self-taught on guitar, he sang in a low, resonant voice, "trying to channel Mississippi John Hurt," his wife recalled. Hurt's music will be played at today's service, along with a jazz piece his son Benjamin composed as a Father's Day present a few years ago. (Boston Globe)
Seniors get back to the beat May 16, 2009
Giants such as Son House and Mississippi John Hurt had gone unrecognized for decades and no longer performed before blues fans brought them back to appreciate audiences. Nearer home, Orange County native Elizabeth Cotten, of "Freight Train" fame, made her first recordings after age 60 and won a Grammy at age 90. (News & Observer)
Around Madison: Child care volunteers Mar 25, 2009
Most of the songs he plays date to the 1920s, from blues greats such as Mississippi John Hurt. He fingerpicks antique wooden and steel acoustic guitars and, as R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck once said of Montgomery, "He's the best slide player around.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
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