Track Listings
Disc 1
1. Monday Morning Blues
2. Nobody's Dirty Business
3. If You Don't Want Me
4. Spike Driver (John Henry)
5. Salty Dog
6. My Creole Belle
7. Casey Jones
8. Beulah Land
9. Waiting For You (I Forgive You Before I Go)
10. Stackolee
11. Walking The Floor Over You
12. Camp Meeting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground
13. Blessed By The Name Of The Lord
14. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
15. Blind Man Sit In The Way And Cried
16. Glory To His Name
17. I'll Fly Away
18. Ten Virgins, The (When The Bridegroom Comes)

Disc 2
1. Avalon Blues - (alternate take)
2. Cow Hooking Blues
3. I'm Satisfied
4. Ain't Nobody But You Babe
5. Shortnin' Bread
6. Redwing
7. Four O'Clock Blues
8. See See Rider
9. I Got Mine
10. Good Morning Miss Carrie
11. Alabama Bound
12. Looking This Way
13. God's Unchanging Hand
14. Poor Boy A Long Way From Home
15. Frankie No. 2
16. Chicken Song
17. You Are My Sunshine
18. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
19. You Got To Get Ready


"Personnel: Mississippi John Hurt (vocals, acoustic guitar).

Recording information: Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, DC (07/15/1963 - 07/23/1963).

The second half of an epic recording session Mississippi John Hurt cut for the Library of Congress on July 15th-23rd, 1963 (the first half is available on D.C. BLUES--THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS VOL. 1), VOL. 2 reveals all the delights of this legendary bluesman. Though his most essential recordings were waxed in the late '20s for OKeh, Hurt's complex, fleet fingerpicking style and gentle, conversational singing were little diminished when the artist was "rediscovered" during the folk and blues revival of the '60s. Over two discs and 37 tracks, Hurt delivers versions of some of his best-known songs ("Nobody's Dirty Business," Stackolee"), spirituals ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken"), and popular songs ("You Are My Sunshine"). Hurt's soothing, pleasant style of rural blues wears particularly well here; VOL. 2 makes an excellent companion to the first Library of Congress set, and would make a fine addition to any blues collection."