Jim Duff Music Blog

Growing up in Kentucky, Jim Duff counted the legends of traditional Country music as his heroes. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt made a huge impact on the young songwriter and helped shape his sound. However, music was not his only talent and life took him in another direction for a while.


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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892 — November 2, 1966)

John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an influential country blues singer and guitarist. Raised in the tiny Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine.

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AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES

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ONE WAY OUT

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