John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording

Subject: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: voyager
Date: 08 Mar 15 - 06:22 PM

Found my 2 favorite musicians performing this tribute to John Hurt (on his March 8th birthday) - Doc Watson and Taj Mahal - Prairie Home Companion 1986


DOC & TAJ :
1. intro/Corrina
2. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
3. My Creole Belle

DOC :
4. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
5. intros
6. Blue Railroad Train
7. East Tennessee/Beaumont Rag

DOC & TAJ :
8. St. James Infirmary
9. Streamline Cannonball
10. Stormy Monday

TAJ :
11. (talk: Taj)
12. Cakewalk into Town
13. (unknown instrumental)
14. Long Gone
15. (talk: Taj)
16. Johnny Too Bad

DOC :
17. Deep River Blues
18. Midnight Train
19. (talk: Doc)
20. Black Mountain Rag

DOC & TAJ :
21. (hello & intros: Taj)
22. T for Texas
23. Florida Blues
24. (talk: Taj)
25. Deep Elem Blues/credits (fades out)

Complete show (Doc/Taj Mahal performances
voyager

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: BanjoRay
Date: 08 Mar 15 - 09:12 PM

Thanks for this, Voyager. Tremendous relaxed show with great songs, chat and the best instrumentals your ever likely to hear.

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: Will Fly
Date: 09 Mar 15 - 04:22 AM

Excellent stuff - thanks for the link!

Some years ago I bought a very nice CD called "Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt" - various artists each doing a John Hurt song. Worth a listen.

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: GUEST,Don Stevens
Date: 10 Mar 15 - 08:38 AM

One of our all-time Favorites. He was the 'Real Thing'.
We purchased all 25 of His Albums.

Sure miss Him.

Subject: missippi john hurt happy birthday
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 Mar 21 - 03:02 AM

1893 Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi (d. 1966
128 today)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_YGCq_-Ey8

Subject: RE: missippi john hurt happy birthday
From: gillymor
Date: 03 Mar 21 - 08:33 AM

Happy Birthday, John!
Recently I started playing Shake That Thing and a few other MJH tunes that I've neglected for a few decades.
Thank gawd for Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest show.

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: GUEST,#
Date: 03 Mar 21 - 12:59 PM

Recording whereon one can hear Mississippi John Hurt sing Gilbert and Sullivan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1LorzOpPtY

He had a sense of humor, too.

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: voyager
Date: 03 Mar 21 - 01:53 PM

Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me - a favorite of mine.

hbd mjh

Subject: RE: John Hurt's Birthday - Tribute Recording
From: cnd
Date: 03 Mar 21 - 10:02 PM

For anyone wanting to help ID the unknown instrumental, it's 42:20 into the recording.

To me, it just sounded like a standard 12-bar blues improv, though I could also be convinced it's improvisation on Cakewalk.