Spike Driver Blues
by Shuja Haider Last month, a shotgun shack in Carroll County, Mississippi burned to the ground. A tragic event in any circumstances, but this one also represented the loss of a site of quiet significance in American history. The small, 200-year old structure off County Road near the unincorporated community
Last month, a shotgun shack in Carroll County, Mississippi burned to the ground. A tragic event in any circumstances, but this one also represented the loss of a site of quiet significance in American history. The small, 200-year old structure off County Road near the unincorporated community of Avalon was the home of John Smith Hurt, born in 1892, who worked most of his life as a sharecropper in the surrounding area until his death in 1966. But as a composer, player, and singer of the blues, Mississippi John Hurt attained immortality, twice. Hurt was one of countless musicians in regions…
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