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Thread #2067 Message #1805800
Posted By: PoppaGator
09-Aug-06 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Candy Man Blues (Mississippi John Hurt)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Candy Man (Mississippi John Hurt)
John Smith Hurt and Rev Gary Davis were EACH the first to record his respective song entitled "Candyman," because ~ as noted above, more than once ~ the two songs are completely different.
Of course, if people actually read through the thread before asking questions, this thread wouldn't have been resurrected after nearly three years of dormancy. Who wrote Tom Paxton's song about MIssissippi John? Why, Tom PAxton, of course!