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Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. He also plays the fiddle.
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 released his 2nd & 3rd albums on The Youngbloods’ Warner Bros. imprint, Raccoon. In the late 70’s, Hurley made three albums for Rounder, all of which have since been reissued on CD.
Hurley has done much of the artwork for his own albums, and the two oft-featured cartoon werewolves, Jocko and Boone, have been something of a theme across Hurley's musical career, even appearing in their own comics. Both were based on real dogs that Hurley owned.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hurley_(musician))
Tracklisting:
1. Werewolf
2. Grand Canyon Line
3. English Nobleman
4. Be Kind To Me
5. Troubled Water
6. Red Ravager's Reel
7. Sweedeedee
8. Open Up
9. Jocko's Lament
10. Light Green Fellow
11. Get The Best Of Me
12. Bisciut Roller
13. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
14. Penguins
