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Michael Hurley

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Born
20 December 1941 (age 81)
Born In
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. In addition to playing a wide variety of instruments, Hurley is also a cartoonist and a painter. He also plays the fiddle. Hurley's music has been described as "outsider folk". Hurley's debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the same reel-to-reel machine that taped Leadbelly's Last Sessions. He was "discovered" by blues and jazz historian Frederick Ramsey III, and subsequently championed by boyhood friend Jesse Colin Young, who release… read more
Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. In addition to playing a wide variety of instruments, Hurley is also a cartoonist and a painter. He also plays the fiddle. Hurley's music has been described as "outsider folk". Hurley's debu… read more
Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. In addition to playing a wide variety of instruments, Hurley is also a cartoonist and a painter. He also plays the fiddle. Hurley's music has been described as "outsider folk". Hurley's debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the s… read more

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1 Play track First Songs Just a Bum
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2 Play track Wolfways I Paint A Design
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3 Play track Long Journey Long Journey
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4 Play track Snockgrass Sweet Lucy
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5 Play track First Songs The Tea Song
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6 Play track Ancestral Swamp Knockando
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7 Play track Long Journey Hog Of The Forsaken
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8 Play track Down in Dublin Slurf Song
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9 Play track The Time of the Foxgloves Are You Here for the Festival
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10 Play track Ida Con Snock Wildegeeses
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  1. 55,695 listeners

    1 Jan 1970 · 14 tracks

    Armchair Boogie
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  2. 21,922 listeners

    31 Dec 1963 · 12 tracks

    First Songs
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  3. 20,229 listeners

    1 Sep 1994 · 13 tracks

    Wolfways
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  4. 12,121 listeners

    1 Jan 1976 · 15 tracks

    Long Journey
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