Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2021
Time: 55:02
Size: 126,1 MB
Label: Fat Possum
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
Year: 2021
Time: 55:02
Size: 126,1 MB
Label: Fat Possum
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Shake 'Em On Down - 4:49
2. Alice Mae - 3:31
3. Goin' Down South - 4:49
4. Nothin' Man - 3:42
5. Walkin' Blues - 4:28
6. Let My Baby Ride - 3:00
7. Peaches - 4:19
8. It's Bad You Know - 4:58
9. Snake Drive - 3:45
10. Highway 7 - 6:04
11. Miss Maybelle - 3:18
12. Someday Baby - 3:16
13. Poor Black Mattie - 2:06
14. Cummins Prison Farm - 2:52
1. Shake 'Em On Down - 4:49
2. Alice Mae - 3:31
3. Goin' Down South - 4:49
4. Nothin' Man - 3:42
5. Walkin' Blues - 4:28
6. Let My Baby Ride - 3:00
7. Peaches - 4:19
8. It's Bad You Know - 4:58
9. Snake Drive - 3:45
10. Highway 7 - 6:04
11. Miss Maybelle - 3:18
12. Someday Baby - 3:16
13. Poor Black Mattie - 2:06
14. Cummins Prison Farm - 2:52
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s. In the latter half of that decade, Burnside recorded and toured with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fan base in the punk and garage rock scenes.
Burnside had a powerful, expressive voice, that did not fail with old age but rather grew richer, and played both electric and acoustic guitar, with and without a slide. His drone-heavy style was more characteristic of North Mississippi hill country blues than Delta blues. Like other country blues musicians, he did not always adhere to strict 12- or 16-bar blues patterns, often adding extra beats to a measure as he saw fit. His rhythms are often based on the fife and drum blues of north Mississippi. As was the case with his role model John Lee Hooker, Burnside's earliest recordings sound quite similar to one another, even repetitive, in vocal and instrumental styling. Many of these songs eschew traditional chord changes in favor of a single chord or a simple bassline pattern that repeats throughout. Burnside played the guitar fingerstyle—without a pick—and often in open-G tuning. His vocal style is characterized by a tendency to "break" briefly into falsetto, usually at the end of long notes. Like his contemporary T-Model Ford, Burnside favored a stripped-down approach to the blues, marked by a quality of rawness. He and his later managers and reviewers maintained his persona as a hard-working man leading a life of struggle, a heavy drinker, latent criminal singing songs of swagger and rebellion. Burnside knew many toasts—African American narrative folk poems such as "Signifying monkey" and "Tojo Told Hitler"—and fondly recited them between songs at his concerts and on recordings. He narrated long jokes in concerts and social events, and many sources noted his quick wit and charisma.
Burnside had a powerful, expressive voice, that did not fail with old age but rather grew richer, and played both electric and acoustic guitar, with and without a slide. His drone-heavy style was more characteristic of North Mississippi hill country blues than Delta blues. Like other country blues musicians, he did not always adhere to strict 12- or 16-bar blues patterns, often adding extra beats to a measure as he saw fit. His rhythms are often based on the fife and drum blues of north Mississippi. As was the case with his role model John Lee Hooker, Burnside's earliest recordings sound quite similar to one another, even repetitive, in vocal and instrumental styling. Many of these songs eschew traditional chord changes in favor of a single chord or a simple bassline pattern that repeats throughout. Burnside played the guitar fingerstyle—without a pick—and often in open-G tuning. His vocal style is characterized by a tendency to "break" briefly into falsetto, usually at the end of long notes. Like his contemporary T-Model Ford, Burnside favored a stripped-down approach to the blues, marked by a quality of rawness. He and his later managers and reviewers maintained his persona as a hard-working man leading a life of struggle, a heavy drinker, latent criminal singing songs of swagger and rebellion. Burnside knew many toasts—African American narrative folk poems such as "Signifying monkey" and "Tojo Told Hitler"—and fondly recited them between songs at his concerts and on recordings. He narrated long jokes in concerts and social events, and many sources noted his quick wit and charisma.
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