Mississippi John Hurt

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1954

First Recording: 1928

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Mississippi John Hurt
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
✅500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll
✅Nat'l Recording Registry
Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2016 (ranked #43 in the Influences - Pre-Rock Era category) .
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Stack O' Lee (1928)☆☊
Spike Driver Blues (1928)☆☊
Ain't No Tellin' (1928)☆☊

Mississippi John Hurt @ Wikipedia

Will Mississippi John Hurt be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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I hear both The Beatles and Bob Dylan in his songs - somewhere between folk and the blues - which might make him more of a direct influence than performers who were one or the other ?

Posted by Bookhouse on Tuesday, 12/6/2022 @ 09:47am

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