Though Mississippi John Hurt came from the Mississippi Delta, he was certainly NOT a Delta Blues man, as described here. His music was more in the Folk and popular (for his time) idiom and, to me, more closely related to the Piedmont style than the true Delta Blues style.

His songs were more melodic and lyrical than true Delta Blues. He kept a steady alternating bass, with his thumb, played melody with two fingers, and never bent notes or played single note licks. I also never saw him use a bottle neck or thumb pick or finger picks. I love his music and am trying to learn as many of his songs as I can find in TAB.

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