John Ernest Hurt You would have to look far and wide to find a better person than John Hurt. John was born on June 1, 1945 in Glasgow, Kentucky to Clara Mae (Dotty) and Clarence Ernest (Ernie) Hurt.

AVALON, Miss. — The mystery surrounding the missing blues trail marker honoring legendary bluesman Mississippi John Hurt and the cause of the Mississippi John Hurt Museum fire is as winding as the ...