Although Mississippi John Hurt made his best-known recordings in the 1960s after being rediscovered during the collegiate folk and blues revival, his original 1928 recordings remain his finest work. In contrast to Robert Johnson's hellhound mythology or Bo Carter's salacious hokum, Mississippi John Hurt's original output, as collected on AVALON BLUES: THE COMPLETE 1928 OKEH RECORDINGS, is the gentle day to the perpetual night that over-romanticizing blues historians tend to emphasize..................
01 Frankie 02 Nobody’s Dirty Business 03 Stack O’Lee 04 Candy Man Blues 05 Blessed Be the Name 06 Praying on The Old Camp Ground 07 Blue Harvest Blues 08 Spike Driver Blues 09 Louis Collins (aka The Angels Laid Him Away) 10 Got the Blues (Can’t Be Satisfied) 11 Ain’t No Tellin’ 12 Avalon Blues 13 Big Leg Blues
BONUS TRACKS 14 Salty Dog 15 Shake That Thing 16 Talking Casey 17 Lonesome Blues 18 Trouble, I’ve Had It All My Days 19 Hot Time in The Old Town Tonight
