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R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie

R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie (02:51)

RL Burnside, Mississippi bluesman from the Hill Country, performing Poor Black Mattie in 1984. Harmonica player Johnny Woods can also be seen.

R.L.Burnside - it's bad you know

R.L.Burnside - it's bad you know (04:42)

from the 'come on in' album

R.L. Burnside - Come On In

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RIP Mr. Burnside

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R.L. Burnside (02:53)

RL with Dave Stewart. RL, a very great country blues man teaching D. Stewart how to tune and play that art. And Stewart posing like an idio*. You can see the contrast of the poor and the rich and the things he had to...

R. L. Burnside - Rollin and Tumblin

R. L. Burnside - Rollin and Tumblin (04:54)

The Late,Great Mississippi Hill Country Blues Master RL Burnside performing The Mississippi Blues standard "Rollin & Tumblin" in concert

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R.L. Burnside Biography

R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 - September 1, 2005), born Robert Lee Burnside, was a North Mississippi hill country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the 1990s, Burnside repeatedly recorded with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fanbase within the underground punk blues music scene.

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R.L. Burnside's Best Songs

  • 1. It's Bad You Know
  • 2. Goin' Down South
  • 3. Shake 'Em On Down
  • 4. Old Black Mattie
  • 5. Miss Maybelle
  • 6. Snake Drive
  • 7. Walkin' Blues
  • 8. See What My Buddy Done
  • 9. Long Haired Doney
  • 10. Rollin' and Tumblin'
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R.L. Burnside Discography

R.L. Burnside albums.

  • Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down - 24/10/2000 (Fat Possum Records/US)
  • My Black Name A-Ringin' - 07/12/1999 (Genes Records/US)
  • Come on In - 11/08/1998 (Fat Possum Records/US)
  • Mississippi Blues - 21/10/1997 (Arion music/US)
  • Acoustic Stories - 23/09/1997 (M.C. Records/US)
  • Sound Machine Groove - 22/07/1997 (Hightone Records/US)
  • Mr. Wizard - 11/03/1997 (Fat Possum Records/US)
  • A Ass Pocket of Whiskey - 25/06/1996 (Fat Possum Records/US)
  • Too Bad Jim - (Fat Possum Records/US)

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