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  • Bob Lara
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    I saw John Hurt in 1963/64 at a Berkley coffee house, not long after he was "discovered" again. His presence and guitar music was amazing. I loved his vocals. It is a shame we lost him for so many years; please forgive us…….

  • SONGSTICKS
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    Yeah I spose you're right,
    Still doesn't stop the adverts getting on my tits though !!
    I wouldn't mind so much if adverts weren't so crap !

  • Deborah Lawrence Hale
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    I'm now a 60 yr old semi-pro Mississippi Delta style blues guitarist/singer. My friend, Tom (Fang) re-discovered John back in the sixties. I must say John Hurt's Vanguard Album "Mississippi John Hurt Today" was probably the largest influence on my finger-style playing. Robert Johnson was naturally another giant influence on me, but Johnson's bass lines were generally beautifully crafted muffled single note lines. Hurt's rt thumb was like a ragtime pianists lft hand; he made the blues swing!

  • getarslim
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    @ catherineyronwode, Ihave heard it sung as total all and toodle-o is certainly not african for buttocks. My african girlfriend assures me the word is toto, not sure about the spelling but in Ghana it means a womans vagina

  • berwin19
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    @TeleDan I heard the exact same thing from the Blues channel on XM Radio

    and yes Wonderful Man – Wonderful Music.

  • John Malcolm
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    @dlyncherful Sometimes he leaves out a line that might have offended on a recording, such as in Rich Young Woman's Blues; "Red rooster says cock a doodle -do -do, Rich young woman says, Any dude cockle do" he sings "Any dude will do" and in Salty Dog Blues he sings "Two girls playing in the sand, " and leaves out the rest but some in the audience laugh because they have heard his live version before. Sometimes, like Robert Johnson, he lets the guitar imitate words that would have been there.

  • trebleclefts
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    At 1.08 there is a piece missing in the vocal, who took out the piece about dropping his pants ? ? ?

  • nico19611
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    you can see it in his face. you can feel it in his voice. you can hear it in his guitar playing. this man was really satisfied. everybody should have a grandaddy like him, sitting by his side, listening to his stories. doesn't this sound like the world being alright? i hope that john hurt knows, how much we love him

  • Dippides
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    @sauce33 I discovered him years ago without internet. Just browsing the record store. But due the internet there's not much record stores left.

  • James Thomson
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    It is the highest form of sacrilege and a true insight into the bullshit way our world is run (by corrupt evil fuckers) – that when one comes to watch an amazing beautiful man sing timeless music, one is put through an unskipable ad about washing up detergent or some bullshit insurance you ain't ever gonna need. i guess its a circular argument though; music like this makes you feel so good. Im sure you're in a good place John!