Best version I've heard of this

The best version of this song i'v ever heard thank you Duck Baker.

Duck Baker is one of a handful of guys who plays these tunes with any emotion. I love it.

man he really plays that brilliantly

best version. Also thanks so much this video and tab has taken my playing to the next level. So many challenges in this song with the left hand, that every other old blues song is easier now

Just when I'm coasting on a light breeze along comes a wind that reminds me what my wings are for and how just flapping them makes me feel alive!...

Duck puts the swing in this hundred year old classic.

Great song for improvising indeed, and an excellent lesson... thank you Mr Duck Baker! You show there is a lot of music in that first position!

this is the most impressive version of this song ive ever heard. I absolutely love it

Absolutely incredible.

Absolutely stunning !

Thanks for posting. Really sweet arranging--and explaining--of the variations.

Shaking my head in amazement! What a wonderful job brother!

Well looks like I've got the next 5 years of my life planned out for me now.

Duck Baker is one of the great fingerstyle players of this century.

Beautiful playing!

Round 1 - 1:17 Round 2 - 1:37 Round 3 - 1:56 Round 4 - 2:15 Round 5 - 2:32 Round 6 - 2:50 Round 7 - 3:09 Round 8 - 3:26

great lesson; love Mississippi John's tricks- thank you

Brilliant video lesson .Thank you David

Holy smoke! The best playing I've seen in a long time! Thanks for the lesson (but after seeing this I think I'll sell my instruments and go back to my daytime job...).

Mississippi John Hurt's style is the most fun you can have on a guitar.

I can only say Brilliant thank you so much I just hope I manage to play it half as good. Well done David.

Awesome video! Discouraging to realize how far away i am but great to watch. Thanks.

A FAVORITE SONG OF MINE!

Yes, Stefan Grossman, thank you so much. Would love to see you playing your new signature edition Martin. I love my Madagascar Martin and look forward to playing your model.

That's some mighty fine picking!

Outstanding

Excellent - I intend to check this video out.

Very well done!

I love this video!!! thanks

Thank you so much!

This is how lve always wanted to play. Taj Mahall andJorma Kaukonen introduced me to tjis 30 years ago.Roy Bookbinder is another guy who exells at this type very expressive playing.l was lucky to meet all these guys Duck you are in rare company.

Great lesson thanks !

great variations

Brilliant thanks

amazing

great playing

Well done. Very good, complete, easy to see, not too much yakking (so often the case on these vids). Love it. Thanks and congratulations.

Playing this good Mississippi John hurts!

Simple first position chords? Ya but you're doing backflips with em.

great tune.

Always loved this tune and like others Duck does it the best. Also being a fan of Jelly Roll Morton I like the lick he uses too. Thank you

damn good player, teacher and video thank you

I just went to Guitar Heaven. My God that is so beautiful.

And I had just "mastered" a baby version of the glorious song. Back to woodshed I go.

Great fingerstyle play and tone..

wow! nice! thanks!

Thanks Mr Grossman for this great MJH song, Duck Baker Does it more in a Ragtime Fashion fantastic :D.

Dam this guy has chops!

Very Nice

quite impressive

skip to 6:50 if you want to start learning

the best

wow.

*raises glass* cheers!

I hate it when these people make it look so easy!

There are some already posted. Search for Eric Thompson or Scott Nygaard, for example.

Play for 5 years every day with proper practice regime and then watch this video and learn from a master.

Yeah, go for it! I have always dreamed of owing one too. They start from 12 k at the moment (I'd bet this is a Brazilian rosewood Franklin, and I think it is/was owned by Stefan Grossman). Anyway, Duck is truly great, it is a pity he plays mostly nylon string guitar nowadays.

Really good. The improvisation was nice and it didn't interfere with the momentum of the song.

yeah he's right... i thought i seen some smoke come up from the fretboard there man.. . good job tho!

Mississippi John Hurt plays his own Unquie style for that time period he lived in, and I read his guitar is tuned in open G chord, while listening to a few of those guys from that time, their guitar playing sounds kind of flat to add another dimension to their bluesy sound. That's just my observation. I have been listening to MJH for ages now and play along with him, but I can't keep up with his brilliant style, he's the master.

You look like Napoleon Dynamite! Haha good lesson thanks!!

The funk makes it interesting.

Duck gets a good head of steam up.

1:16

sounds a bit like "When I'm 64" This is really cool

Flatpicking takes talent. I've seen guys who can whip a flatpick around like they have 3.

this is in standard tuning right?

please show the patterns of right hand !! thanks

Brain on sideways now! !0.0!

hahaa förjävlig version :D

good video however could you please post some flat picking style videos for us less talented people who can't finger pick thanks

I love DB's sound - he's got impressive technique but with just the amount of dirt and grit mixed in

john hurt's style doesn't really lend itself to flatpicking too well

Aww man I thought this was Donald 'Duck' Dunn.. YOU LIAR !! Just kidding. NIce job.

would it kill you to smile?

This is totally frustrating for a relative beginner- after a LONG intro it all moves so fast with no proper explanation of the fingers or order of them used in plucking

You Play it 10 times better than John Hurt. lol Don't be so MODEST.

Nice try but, not even close. i mean, emulating MJH is practically impossible, IMHO. His ability to create the complex rhythms with the tight and flowing lead is simply unmatched.