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Voting is now open for WYCE "Jammies Sixteen" Listener Choice Awards!
Visit WYCE dot org to cast your ballot for west Michigan's "Best New Artist" and "Best Album of 2014."
Voting continues through January 31st and the Listener Choice Awards will be handed out at the Sixteenth Annual Jammie Awards - coming to The Intersection - Friday, February 13th!
John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt. Born in either 1892 or 93 died November 2, 1966 was an American country blues singer and guitarist. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how to play the guitar around age nine. He was completely self-taught, spending much of his youth playing old time music for friends and dances, earning a living as a farmhand into the 1920s. His fast, highly syncopated style of playing made his music adept for dancing. After the commercial failure of early recordings and Okeh Records going out of business during the Great Depression, Hurt returned to Avalon and obscurity, working as a sharecropper and playing local parties and dances. In 1963, a folk musicologist, Tom Hoskinswas able to locate Hurt near Avalon, Mississippi using the lyrics of Hurt’s song"Avalon Blues":[9] Avalon, my home town, always on my mind/Avalon, my home town. While in Avalon, Hoskins convinced an apprehensive Hurt to perform several songs for him, to ensure that he was genuine. Hoskins was convinced, and seeing that Hurt's guitar playing skills were still intact, Hoskins encouraged him to move to Washington, D.C., and begin performing on a wider stage. His performance at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival saw his star rise amongst the new folk revival audience. Before his death he played extensively in colleges, concert halls, coffee houses and on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as well as recording three further albums for Vanguard Records. Much of his repertoire was recorded for the Library of Congress. His fans particularly liked the ragtime songs "Salty Dog" and "Candy Man", and the blues ballads "Spike Driver Blues" (a variant of "John Henry") and "Frankie".[5] Hurt's influence spanned several music genres including blues, spirituals, country, bluegrass, folk and contemporary rock and roll. A soft-spoken man, his nature was reflected in the work, which consisted of a mellow mix of country, blues and old time music.[8] Hurt died on November 2, 1966, of a heart attack in Grenada, Mississippi.
Grand Rapids Public Schools is holding the early bird school choice expo on Thursday, January 29 from 4-7pm at City High Middle School. This event is free and open to the public. Find more information on the web at WeAreGr.com.
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Kalamazoo percussionist