Mississipp John Hurt was the grandfather we all wished we had. He was the wisest, sweetest, gentlest, most unassuming man I ever met. His playing was pure lyricism, and he could hold an audience spellbound.

I've learned a number of his songs, the latest being ""Payday"" and ""Nobody Cares For Me"". Yazoo has a CD of his 1928 recording sessions, when his tenor voice was young. It is a "Must Have".