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Video: Mississippi John Hurt | Spike Driver’s Blues

Mississippi John Hurt used a syncopated finger picking style of guitar playing that he taught himself. According to the music critic Robert Christgau, “No one else has talked the blues with such delicacy or restraint.”

April 26, 2025 · 10 Comments

Audio: Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, 1977-05-08

Generally considered one of The Grateful Dead’s best performances…

March 18, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video: Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” played by musicians around the world

As part of Playing for Change‘s Song around the World program, here’s a tune from the Grateful Dead’s 1970 album American Beauty. The new clip features appearances by Washboard Chaz, … Continue reading

August 14, 2015 · 1 Comment

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