Stranger Songs
Tuesday February 7th, 2023 with Mike Regenstreif
Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress
The theme on this edition of Stranger Songs is "Songs Mississippi John Hurt Sang for the Library of Congress."
Mississippi John Hurt, who died in 1966 at age 73, was one of the most influential and important of the African American blues artists and songsters rediscovered in the 1960s. The songs on this program – some of which were written by Mississippi John Hurt – were all sung and recorded by him for the Library of Congress in 1963.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| See See Rider Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| My Hometown Avalon (Avalon Blues) Bruce Cockburn - Rarities - True North
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| Sliding Delta Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta - Borealis
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| Richland Woman Blues Maria Muldaur with John Sebastian - Richland Woman Blues - Stony Plain |
| Coffee Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| Corrina, Corrina Doc & Merle Watson - Then and Now - Tomato |
| Stack O’Lee Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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| The Angels Laid Him Away (Louis Collins) Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway - Nonesuch |
| Keep On Knocking "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks - Many Miles of Blues - Rooster Blues |
| Pallet on the Floor Tim Williams - Evenings Among Friends - Cayuse
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| Trouble I’ve Hall All My Day Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| Spike Driver Blues Dave Van Ronk - Down in Washington Square - Smithsonian Folkways |
| Frankie Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur - Penny’s Farm - Kingswood |
| Candy Man David Essig - Redbird Country & High Ground - Appaloosa
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| Got the Blues That Can’t Be Satisfied Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| I'm Satisfied Rosalie Sorrels - Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1 - Green Linnet |
| Pay Day Martin Grosswendt - Pay Day! - Martin Grosswendt |
| Nobody's Dirty Business Peter Keane - Rural Electrification - Peter Keane |
| Funky Butt Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| Monday Morning Blues Happy Traum - Bright Morning Stars - Lark’s Nest Music |
| Talkin' Casey Andy Cohen - Tryin’ to Get Home - Earwig |
| My Creole Belle Eve Goldberg - Ever Brightening Day - Sweet Patootie
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| Hot Time in Old Town Tonight Mississippi John Hurt - Mr. Hurt Goes to Washington - Sunset Blvd. |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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Looking forward to listening to this one Mike. Mississippi John help to inspire a lot of artists !!
10:27 PM, February 4th, 2023