Artist: Mississippi John Hurt Title: American Epic: The Best Of Mississippi John Hurt Year Of Release: 2017 Label: Columbia/Legacy Genre: Blues, Folk Quality: 24-bit/96 kHz FLAC Tracklist: 01. Frankie 02. Ain't No Tellin' 03. Spike Driver Blues 04. Avalon Blues 05. Louis Collins 06. Candy Man Blues 07. Stack O'Lee 08. Praying On the Old Camp Ground 09. Blue Harvest Blues 10. Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) 11. Big Leg Blues 12. Nobody's Dirty Business 13. Blessed Be the Name Blues fingerpicking guitarist, singer and sharecropper Mississippi John Hurt was born in the heart of Mississippi Hill Country, along the veiny tributaries of the great American river. His moving renditions of "Frankie" and "Spike Driver Blues" were included in Harry Smith's American Anthology of Folk Music in 1952 and were vitally influential on the Greenwich Village folk music revival of the 1960s as well as John Fahey's development of the American Primitive Guitar genre. Single LP with single pocket tip-on jacket with soft touch finish.