John Smith Hurt, known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Hurt recording for the Library of Congress in July 1963
Hurt's grave
Mississippi John Hurt Museum, in Avalon, Mississippi
Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar or bass guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking. The term "fingerstyle" is something of a misnomer, since it is present in several different genres and styles of music—but mostly, because it involves a completely different technique, not just a "style" of playing, especially for the guitarist's picking/plucking hand. The term is often used synonymously with fingerpicking except in classical guitar circles, although fingerpicking can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues and country guitar playing in the US. The terms "fingerstyle" and "fingerpicking" are also applied to similar string instruments such as the banjo.
Fingerstyle guitar
John Williams
Paco Peña
John Fahey