HURT, JOHN
(1893–1966)> BLUESMAN
HURT, JOHN (“MISSISSIPPI”). Bluesman (3 July 1893 in Teoc, Mississippi; 2 November 1966 in Grenada, Mississippi). He taught himself to play guitar when he was nine years old and soon thereafter began playing for local social entertainments. He spent most of his life in Avalon, Mississippi, which was remote, and he had little opportunity to hear live blues performances. He learned the folksongs of his community, listened to records, and wrote his own songs. He made his first recordings in 1938…