Such a kind, graceful, gentle man he was. I Love his mannerisms in all of these videos from the '60s, he's got a look on his face that seems to say "wow isn't this crazy?". Like he can't believe his luck. I mean, imagine for a moment- You're an aspiring musician in your 20s, you finally get what seems to be your big break and get to go to New York and record for a record company, then the depression hits, record sales plummet and that's pretty much it. Nothing else ever happens. You go back to your farm in Mississippi. Raise a family, 40 years or so years go by. Then one day all the sudden some young men come knocking on your door asking if you're the legendary Mississippi John Hurt. And just like that, you're world famous, recording albums again, playing to sold out shows of thousands of people, most of whom weren't even born when you had made your original recordings. It's one of the greatest come from behind victory stories of all time.
@mhandle60254 жыл бұрын
Man, you are the Indiana Jones of blues reels. It's a crime that footage like this is kept from the public. To actually watch John being interviewed while Dylan is heard onstage is another kind of extraordinary...
@josephanderson72372 ай бұрын
Newport Folk Festival I assume.
@nathanielrossi96593 жыл бұрын
I honestly Almost can't believe my eyes at this Mississippi John Hurt interview. There needs to be a demand for all John Hurt footage from where ever they may be.
@RenGuitar17505 ай бұрын
Can you imagine how many guitarists he inspired? I found his records in the public library while living in tucson az summer of 1981. He taught me to fingerpick.
@joesmith350113 күн бұрын
Wow. Listen to what’s on the stage while he’s talking. He transcends every song sung on that stage. He is an original. What I would give to be a fly on the wall listening to him, doc and Merle just picking and enjoying each others company
@David53D2 жыл бұрын
Interviewing John with Bob Dylan playing live in the background.
@pupusaslordking5617 Жыл бұрын
Crazy how Skip James was the exact alter ego of this man. Both great guitarists who made the same kind of music aproximately in the same era, but they could not be more different. John was a man of the bible, a hard worker and someone who found peace exploring the infinite universe which is acoustic guitar. On the other hand, we got Skip, who was a sketchy alcoholic singing about murders and toxic relationships with women. Thanks for the video
@99muddy99 Жыл бұрын
I love MJH; I've been a fan for many years. I have been a fan of Skip James for over 50 years, the man whom you describe pejoratively as a sketchy alcoholic. James wrote some of the starkest, most anguished poetry ever rendered in the Blues. His foreboding voice - spectral, unnatural, and utterly compelling - adds solemnity to his melancholy guitar picking and lyrics. In its bucolic beauty, Mississippi John Hurt music makes one smile. As geniuses often do, Skip James makes one uncomfortable. His works are desolate and profoundly beautiful. Skip James is the Baudelaire of the Blues.
@michaeldonaghey9 ай бұрын
@@99muddy99 As Rory Block said "everybody loves John" but Skip was very special.
@pupusaslordking56173 ай бұрын
@@user-bo6rd8vv6e Thanks, it is refreshing to see people still care about the history of these great men and women!
@shleep20009 ай бұрын
How odd that I have never thought to look for footage of John after all these years of listening to him! Wonderful footage, thank you very much. I am so glad it appeared on my timeline.
@lawrencewebster34202 жыл бұрын
Great to see these rare video clips of this wonderful and gentle blues man from the 30’s. Amazing that he was rediscovered in the 60’s. I discovered his music in the 70’s and he’s been the inspiration for my guitar playing over the last 50 years. Good to hear Bob Dylan singing Mr Tambourine Man in the background at Newport too!
@andrewz453711 ай бұрын
I had the good fortune to see him playing on a park bench in Sproul Plaza in the 60s. Notice in that very last clip a young John Hammond sitting next to Hurt and enjoying the master.
@thejmz2 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage. I learned to "travis pick" during quarntine, which allows me to play something like this - and man...he was a revolutionary.
@RickyBlackwell_X3 жыл бұрын
A genius guitarist, good and kind man and real gentleman. Thanks for the posting this material!
@MichaelHattemАй бұрын
That interview of him at Newport with Dylan playing in the background is amazing.
@christopherfreeman27672 жыл бұрын
I hope I get see him on the otherside. John's simplicity and being so humble and joyful to tears he finally got to share his God given talent with the world. We are fortunate his and others music was recorded and archived.
@sheilabloom67354 ай бұрын
Saw him several times at the Second Fret in Philly and we’d go upstairs to meet him. So sweet!
@RoshChodesh13 Жыл бұрын
None better. Every note played and sang is perfect in the soul.
@truckdaddy19576 ай бұрын
Bob Dylan in the background on stage as John Hurt does an interview....priceless!
@larrygottenberg8532 жыл бұрын
Historic..MJH @ the Newport Folk Festival w/Dylan going electric in the background.WOW
@darrylbrooks33612 ай бұрын
Somebody asked the other day how you learn and memorize songs quickly. Well, it starts with getting a melody in your head that won't go away until you have to sit down and learn it. Thank you, Mister Hurt for Lonesome Valley and Nobody's Dirty Business. Those and several others will always be with me.
@BDFAN65 Жыл бұрын
Mississippi John Hurt. Wow. This is one of my greatest finds. Vocals and Guitar. From a Dylan fan...Lloyd Wolf :)
@markbieber4183 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Still working on “candy man”…so complex, unique and so MJH!
@Zander7406 ай бұрын
Bless his sweet heart. Wonderful man!
@travisbryson47443 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute. The interview was during a Dylan concert? How cool...
@jimparsons6393 жыл бұрын
It's most likely from new port folk fest where he played, the interview was probably after or before he played his set
@Vickytoriahirt12342 жыл бұрын
Lol sounds like it
@OurEnemyScalion Жыл бұрын
He’s one of my all time favourite people
@florriehathorn1890 Жыл бұрын
Great footage of this master! I love watching him play and sing. Thanks for this.
@vlady8me9 ай бұрын
Blessings upon ye for this.
@georgemoskal20983 жыл бұрын
The one and only. Without doubt the best. And a gentleman. Love this man.
@daringbarons2 жыл бұрын
My buddy and I drove by Mr. Hurt’s house in Avalon, MS a few years ago blaring “Avalon Blues” on the car stereo. It was magical. He was an original and one of the very best.
@daringbarons5 ай бұрын
@@user-om7rn5jq3g I heard about that. Bummed out about it. I hope his family is doing alright. His music will keep living on.
@jaques611 Жыл бұрын
I cant get enough of John Hurt!
@ephraimwarrior67666 ай бұрын
wow he playing leads parts back up parts and bass parts same time sick
@TheBluesmanBlue3 жыл бұрын
The Legendary Mr Mississippi John Hurt that something that you got that's what I want is to learn how to pick and Play Just Like You far as the question of Folk Music it totally means your upbringing but your music is definitely country Blues and a big shout-out to Pete Seeger and family for discovering some of the best talent when it came to folk blues and bluegrass music thank you for posting this performance of this Legend
@TimEastonSongwriter8 ай бұрын
my ears keyed in on dylan singing tambourine man in the background at newport during that interview
@HuckleberryAlexander3 жыл бұрын
Gibson or Guild or a Sears Silvertone... Any of those ones in the hands of Mississippi John Hurt would've sounded so great! P.S.*what kind of magic is that to hear him being interviewed during a young Dylan's premiering of "Mr. Tambourine Man" for the masses?* Awesome!
@ozoriotrio3 жыл бұрын
rare and exciting scenes, thank you very much for editing and sharing the sequence with legendary john hurt. I remember the first time I watched a video of him playing and it changed my life.
@pattieprophet79872 жыл бұрын
I miss old day simple times 🥰
@victoriaradut63862 жыл бұрын
Formidable.Thank you.
@SfoxL233 жыл бұрын
Dylan in the background, nice, thanks for this.
@oldbladderhorn9492 жыл бұрын
I've worked on this little Jem of Mr Hurt's (John henry) and this is the first time i've seen him do it live so to speak and happy i am, i got most all of it bang to right. Including all of the left hand gymnastics and thumb jumps, chuffed!! yeah chuffed you bet i am. Mississippi is one tricksy guitar player even now today and he sounds so very easy to copy which he is not by a long shot. just try it and sing along as well you'll know. (he was what Doc Watson tried to be, and both where the real, real deal) And no not easy no way, just an hour or so. though seen his picking style no thumb pick just flesh and nail that helped to figure it out some. as it is my own preferred way to play. though i'm not afraid of picks or plectrum style or claw or bouncing thumb twang and swing. But his Candyman had me stumped for a long while but, I figured it out he's an old trickster (yes) and i love him what a joker. there is an easy way to play it exact note for note (but i'm not going to let on) I just love him? And his sweet tone voice and the chit chat he has with his guitar. he never did really die he's alive still here, his spirit is near, that old guy and his smile. And it makes me smile just to think of him, and though we never met, and we never will. As he is long gone... but still.. Rest in peace rest and sleep well
@hennihabeck85023 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much.this friendly Gentleman deserves IT all. Still Love Mississippi John Hurt.
@soultylive3 жыл бұрын
I can't thank you enough for sharing those priceless pieces of History. Love the Folk definition passage. MJH has not only set the foundation of what US folk is today but no one yet has come close to his thumb picking technique, not even the great Tommy Emmanuel....
@zaniferox6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@DanielCassidy-ox8yf3 ай бұрын
Real music from real people,thanks.
@Janarnaud54 Жыл бұрын
A treasure, thank you
@josephanderson72372 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful history and life.
@reginaldd.paperstacks1942 ай бұрын
A beautiful soul
@janpeter3952 жыл бұрын
People of God are so special......so beautifull......
@nathanael86122 жыл бұрын
So captivating, so great, God bless
@walesdad3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see this, thanks for putting this together.
@MarioMartinazzi2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for the upload
@edgarverdieck9105 Жыл бұрын
Thank ya for this....love it❤
@MENFUSSMIKE2 жыл бұрын
The Valley Store is STILL standing strong
@weewee21693 жыл бұрын
dylan in the background is devastatingly chilling
@Ok-ju6qn3 жыл бұрын
That just pierced through my soul. Do you know if that was actually Bob singing live or just a radio or something?
@weewee21693 жыл бұрын
@@Ok-ju6qn i have no idea but we know they both went to the newport folk festival so it could well be this literal moment kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcuAZ6l3156cg4U.html it may be wishful thinking but if so it truly is an ethereal snapshot of history - the father and the son
@nilesdelta86363 жыл бұрын
It’s like end of the film I’m not there
@ameerordimly14493 жыл бұрын
@@weewee2169 this is what i thought of when i heard Bob in the backround The daytime 64 "workshop" they called it... Bob had just written Tamb.Man and was performing it for the 1st time. Its found on the dvd THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR
@weewee21693 жыл бұрын
@@ameerordimly1449 nice ill check it out
@user-rb8nl6ho8b Жыл бұрын
Você é um gênio do Blues 👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️
@merlinsmith55243 жыл бұрын
His fingers are so strong, god damn
@MapleSyrupPoet8 ай бұрын
Beautiful John #timeless 😍 ❤❤❤😅
@carlosreira413 Жыл бұрын
Priceless footage of the gentle and profound John Hurt. Always a wee bit out of tune. Perfection.
@rontaylor99993 жыл бұрын
Great document. 👌🏻
@elhombreoculto62403 жыл бұрын
Un genio!...buen video👍gracias
@FrankPaint-vi5zb3 ай бұрын
Nice surprise to hear Bob Dylan preforming in the background
@michaelleddy36603 жыл бұрын
Wow - and thank you. In the Newport footage at the end, I’m pretty sure that’s John Hammond Jr. and Taj Mahal to MJH’s right and left. In the Newport footage that follows his performance, that’s definitely Taj Mahal on harmonica, looking just as he does in the Dave Gahr photo (with MJH) on the cover of the album Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff. Totally speculative: could the guy with glasses and plaid jacket in that end footage possibly be a very young Alan Wilson?
@jaques611 Жыл бұрын
Hey Tim, my middle name is Pierpont, my mom's maiden name. My cousin's name is Tim Pierpont from Middlebury, Ct. I'm a member of a Pierpont historical organization.
@giraya52 жыл бұрын
Lou Reed and Dylan met this man
@Kanzi13 жыл бұрын
Thank you !!!!
@manimjustchillin2 жыл бұрын
Thank you vm
@joannehack7588 Жыл бұрын
✌🏽
@cj-yc2xt Жыл бұрын
He could really play
@Dolo784110 ай бұрын
Is there any chance to watch the full video of MJH at Newport folk festival?
@J-Loe Жыл бұрын
As far as it goes, those 78’s and later 45s that blues nerds were hunting for are very robust and maintain good fidelity if they’re not cracked in half. Must have felt like Petrarch digging through monasteries for Cicero.
@jimparsons6393 жыл бұрын
Awesome footage but can you post the full documentary?
@timpierpont74023 жыл бұрын
The full documentary is called American Epic: Out of the Many, the One. It is about the history of different artists including Mississippi John Hurt. I tried to include all the clips of live footage of him, I think there are some more I missed.
@TheNerdyMusician3 жыл бұрын
@@timpierpont7402 if you can post the full documentary. Please
@timpierpont74023 жыл бұрын
@@TheNerdyMusician Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9h-qrFq1Zyqops.html
@jimparsons6393 жыл бұрын
@@timpierpont7402 well at least I got see it before pbs blocked it
@Vickytoriahirt12342 жыл бұрын
Isn't that John Hammond Jr sitting next to John?
@johnhausmann23912 ай бұрын
Think of how much we're not seeing because the people who own the footage won't release it. They'll only give it up if you offer enough money to use it in a production of some kind. Makes me angry.
@juhahuovio35485 ай бұрын
1 or 2 by person life
@danielale77128 ай бұрын
Alguien puede traducir lo que dice en español o ingles y le pongo traducción en español ? En la entrevista
@timpierpont74028 ай бұрын
Hope this helps interviewer: were you surprised at the enthusiasm, for your work when you came up here? jh: Well, I was, because I had made some records and that was the end of it. Made some records and went back home, I had never did anything more than play a little music around the area where I was interviewer: you didn't think of it as folk music at the time did you? at that time they didn't call it folk music jh: just music, that's right. Well I didn't know what this folk music was and I began to learn what they mean now by folk music interviewer: well what do you think they mean by it? jh: well i think they mean songs that have died out and they've went back and renewed them, am i right? interviewer: well whatever you think it is jh: you know i read in the bible it says, the older men teach the younger ones, and i'm glad i've got something they want.
@danielale77128 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias bluesman ,de mis favoritos su vos es única y su estilo de tocar , muchas gracias por la traducción desde argentina un fuerte abrazo.
@seanguinan84665 ай бұрын
What documentary are these clips from?
@timpierpont74025 ай бұрын
BBC Arena American Epic Part 3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0536yf9
@joannehack7588 Жыл бұрын
Don’t get much finer
@juhahuovio35485 ай бұрын
makes the cult of personality omar
@turk1eighty210 ай бұрын
Good lord, at around 2:49 you can hear Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man in the background...