Last Sessions (Mississippi John Hurt album) explained

Last Sessions is an album by Mississippi John Hurt.^{[1] [2]} It was recorded at a Manhattan hotel in February and July 1966 shortly before Hurt's death that year, and released in 1972 by Vanguard Records.

Critical reception

Reviewing Last Sessions in (1981), Robert Christgau wrote:

The record was later regarded by Christgau as "one of those nearness-of-death albums", along with Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind (1997), Warren Zevon's The Wind (2003), Neil Young's Prairie Wind (2005), and Johnny Cash's (2010).^[3] In The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (1983), Dave Marsh reviewed Last Sessions within the context of Hurt's late-period music; while he had "lost some technical ability due to age" and "wheezes and rattles, clearly on his last legs", the album "does not surrender his marvelous spirit".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Grossman, Stefan. Anthology of Country Blues Guitar (2007), p. 87. ISBN 0739043285. Last Sessions (Vanguard 79327).
2. Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter. The Blues Encyclopedia (2004), p. 484. ISBN 1135958327. "Hurt, John Smith Mississippi John Influence during his lifetime Hurt's influence was primarily local, a situation that did ... April 15, 1965"
3. Web site: Christgau. Robert. May 2010. Consumer Guide. MSN Music. February 27, 2019. robertchristgau.com.
4. Book: Marsh, Dave. Dave Marsh

   . Dave Marsh. Mississippi John Hurt. 237–238. Marsh. Dave. Swenson. John. 1983. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. 0394721071.