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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 5, 2017 22:58:52 GMT -5

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Post by Jim on Mar 5, 2017 22:58:52 GMT -5

When I saw Mississippi John Hurt in Toronto in 1964, he was playing a blonde Guild, but most of the photos on Google Images show him playing a sunburst Guild F-30. Any idea how many Guilds John had? I assume the one he was given after his Newport appearance was the sunburst guitar.

-1962 Martin D-21
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-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 6, 2017 4:00:05 GMT -5 Jim likes this

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Post by Derick on Mar 6, 2017 4:00:05 GMT -5

Jim,
Never seen John, playing live, but one of my guitar hero's.
May be totally wrong, but he never gave me the impression of owning many guitars, but he must have been responsible for Guild selling hundreds maybe thousands of there guitars.

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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 6, 2017 15:10:00 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Jim on Mar 6, 2017 15:10:00 GMT -5

Derick and @sleigh , John was one of my guitar heroes as well. Al Kirby and I recorded a CD, Sittin' In The Kitchen, about a decade ago which opened with an instrumental version of a mashup of Creole Belle and Richland Woman (which are really the same song with different lyrics). We also closed the CD with a reprise of the tune. We often did it live and used the lyrics from one or the other. These days I'm playing in a jug band and I'll use John's picking style for Charlie Poole's Goodbye Booze, which uses the same changes.

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-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

Greg Ballantyne Supreme Member Posts: 1,139 Location: Maryland, USA Playing guitar since: 1974	Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 6, 2017 18:21:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greg Ballantyne on Mar 6, 2017 18:21:33 GMT -5 Jim , I've got several of his albums, but have never seen him play, and don't know a lot about him. I didn't know he played Guilds until this post.
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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 6, 2017 18:47:00 GMT -5

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Post by Derick on Mar 6, 2017 18:47:00 GMT -5

This is one of the first songs that I learned, will have to see if I can remember it.

Faith Mercury, Parlour Guitar.
Tanglewood TW40 Sundance Historic, 12 freter. Solid Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides.
Takamine GY93E-Nat, Parlour Guitar, solid Spruce top.
Epiphone ES339, semi acoustic Electric guitar,
Fender Mex Stratocaster, White with Maple neck.
PRS se Custom, 24 fret, Mahogany back with Maple cap.
Tanglewood TW 45 Re Sundance Reserve, All solid wood, Cedar Top,Mahogany back and sides.

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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 10, 2017 1:05:13 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Jim on Mar 10, 2017 1:05:13 GMT -5

Derick, I thought I'd heard all of John's songs. This is also one of the first songs I learned to fingerpick. I got it from Dave Van Ronk's Folksinger album. I wouldn't have guessed that this was John Hurt. I wonder where he learned it.

-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

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Mississippi John's Guild Guitars Mar 19, 2017 18:09:16 GMT -5

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Post by jamesM on Mar 19, 2017 18:09:16 GMT -5

Wow, I have a few of his albums too and I was listening to this thinking, 'that can't be John Hurt, it doesn't sound anything like him'. Did a bit of research and sure enough, it's him. I guess I've only heard him after his re-discovery. He has a much different sound in his later years. As for the song, the version I learned is from John Martyn on one of his first albums.

Just noticed the date on the previous postings. Guess I'm a little late.

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