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When this musician was 70, Tom Hoskins tracked him down in his hometown of Avalon and convinced him to start performing again, culminating in his 1966 Last Sessions album, released posthumously. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this blues musician whose “Spike Driver Blues,” a variant of “Nine Pound Hammer,” appeared alongside his version of “Frankie Johnny” in Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music.
ANSWER: Mississippi John Hurt [or John Smith Hurt]
[10e] Mississippi John Hurt played this style of blues music, named for a region of Mississippi. Robert Johnson and Charley Patton also played in this blues style.
ANSWER: Delta blues
[10m] Mississippi John Hurt influenced the musical stylings of Dave Van Ronk, who arranged this folk song for Bob Dylan. A version of this song declares that “the only thing a gambler needs / Is a suitcase and a trunk.”
ANSWER: “The House of the Rising Sun” [or “Rising Sun Blues”]
<Minnesota, Other Fine Arts> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota

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