"Rediscovered" is a posthumous Mississippi John Hurt compilation album released in 1998 on Vanguard Records that features 23 songs previously released on four of Hurt's earlier Vanguard albums: Today! (1966), The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt (1967), The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (1971), and Last Sessions (1972). These recordings are some of the last Hurt would make before his death in 1966. Read more on Last.fm.
John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892 - November 2, 1966) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. Singing to a melodious finger-picked accompaniment, he began to play local dances and parties while working as a sharecropper. He first recorded for Okeh Records in 1928, but these were commercial failures. Read more on Last.fm
