For no particular reason, here’s Mississippi John Hurt performing “Lonesome Valley” in 1965.
Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York.
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For no particular reason, here’s Mississippi John Hurt performing “Lonesome Valley” in 1965.
Ed Kilgore, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a columnist for New York.
More by Ed Kilgore
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