450 Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) “Frankie and Johnny” 1928

“One of Hurt’s closest musical associates was white neighbor and fiddler William Thomas Narmour (1889-1961)…Hurt would later describe how Narmour awoke him at one o’clock in the morning to inform him that a man from New York wanted to hear him play. An incredulous Hurt, thinking it was some sort of joke, was surprised to discover that Narmour was indeed telling the truth.” The Okeh recording agent provided money for Hurt’s recording trip to Memphis. Narmour “promised to deliver Hurt to the train station on time” (Daniel Fleck, Old-Time Herald, 2010). 

Mississippi John Hurt “Frankie and Johnny”