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Mississippi John HurtHis Life, His Times, His Blues$
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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues

Philip R. Ratcliffe

Print publication date: 2011

Print ISBN-13: 9781617030086

Published to University Press of Mississippi: March 2014

DOI: 10.14325/mississippi/9781617030086.001.0001

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. Management Problems and the Death of Mississippi John Hurt

. Management Problems and the Death of Mississippi John Hurt

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(p.174) 4. Management Problems and the Death of Mississippi John Hurt
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Mississippi John Hurt
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Philip R. Ratcliffe

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University Press of Mississippi
DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781617030086.003.0004

This chapter describes problems at Music Research Inc; Mississippi John Hurt and his family's return to Mississippi in 1966; the recording of three Vanguard studio albums, destined to become Mississippi John Hurt Today, The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt, and Last Sessions; Hurt's management and recording contract; and Hurt's death from a myocardial infarction on November 2, 1966 at the Grenada County Hospital.

Keywords:   African American musicians, black musicians, Mississippi John Hurt, recording, albums, Music Research Inc, death

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