Songs of Mississippi John Hurt

Bill Morrissey, Bill Morrissey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1999)
• Original Release Date: February 2, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philo / Umgd
• ASIN: B00000HZPU
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,748 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He Nailed It, March 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs of Mississippi John Hurt (Audio CD)

You need a little courage to think you can bring something new to a musician as singular as John Hurt. Morrissey does it by careful selection of songs with an emphasis on the humor and fun in Hurt's music, a good match. Peter Keane has always sounded like he's listened to Hurt all his life and plays beautifully here.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Morrissey is a songwiter's songwriter., May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs of Mississippi John Hurt (Audio CD)

This album is a slight departure for Morrissey with regard to the horn section. But I love it. It works. Morrissey has always been a songwriter's songwriter and remains very much respected amoung the many songwriters he has introduced to his audience. Among them is Peter Keane, an exceptional ragtime blues guitarist and songwriter/performer. Another old friend of Morrissey is the brilliant songwriter Bob Martin whose CD "The River Turns The Wheel" is truly a masterpiece with Morrissey doing backing vocals on "Stella Kerouac". Absolutely breathtaking.

Morrissey continues to add more quality writing with this CD to the body of work he has produced and unselfishly introduce many outstanding performers.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bill Morrissey's interpretation of Hurt's songs is brilliant, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs of Mississippi John Hurt (Audio CD)

We've known for a long time Morrissey's ability to convince us with tight lyrics, surprising and powerful phrasing, and dead-on arrangements. And we heard his ability to make covers fresh in his collaboration with Greg Brown on "Friend of Mine" (Philo) But this recent album is pure genius in interpretation, pacing, and genuine homage paid to a master, Mississippi John Hurt. Joan Baez says in her autobiography, "Perhaps people don't thank the old lions enough for having given away their entire youth to a million eyes they will never see." In this album, with utter humility and grace, Morrissey thanks the old lion. He speaks for those of us who didn't know quite how to say it. The CD is simply beautiful. Thank you, Bill.