Mississippi John Hurt – Satisfied (Remastered CD) artist-stevie-nicks drawing from Robert Johnson and

drawing from Robert Johnson and Skip James while the world was burning outside

2 is a fine companion volume and fills in some different kinds of gaps

Sutton's influence on Billy's playing is obvious throughout—the clean tone

Open Season

who adds keyboards

Mississippi John Hurt – Satisfied (Remastered CD) artist-stevie-nicks drawing from Robert Johnson andHurt's 1928 Okeh sessions were so far outside the aggressive Delta style dominating commercial blues at the time that they almost defied categorization, which may explain why the recordings faded from view for decades. When folklorist Tom Hoskins tracked him down in Avalon, Mississippi in 1963, Hurt's fingerpicking was utterly unchanged, a reminder that some musicians simply play the way they play, with no concession to fashion or time. Perhaps the