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Hurt (1893-1966) was a Southern African American blues singer & guitarist.
Hurt was a sharecropper & taught himself to play the guitar at the age of 9. He was "discovered" & brought to Washington to be recorded at the Library of Congress. He 1st played at the Newport Folk Festival in the same year.
| Candy Man Blues | RUS: Hard | p. 99 |
| Do Lord | RUS: Spirituals | p. 208 |
| Goodnight Irene | RUS: Lullabies | p. 132 |
| Lonesome Valley (Guthrie) | RUS: Faith | p. 44 |
| Make Me a Pallet | RUS: Good | p. 88 |
| Stagolee | RUS: Hard | p. 104 |
| When I lay my burden down | RA: Gospel | p. 118 |