First Recordings - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Sep 7, 2004
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Released: Sep 7, 2004
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At the time these tracks were cut, 1967 and 1968, R.L. Burnside was working on a plantation in Coldwater, MS, cutting silage. Folklorist George Mitchell was on a mission to record unknown blues...
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A Bothered Mind
Released: Aug 17, 2004
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Released: Aug 17, 2004
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When R.L. Burnside and the rest of the Fat Possum confederation emerged from the northern Mississippi hills in the early '90s, they gave contemporary blues a much-needed shot in the ass, reminding...
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First Recordings
Released: Jun 10, 2003
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Released: Jun 10, 2003
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At the time these tracks were cut, 1967 and 1968, R.L. Burnside was working on a plantation in Coldwater, MS, cutting silage. Folklorist George Mitchell was on a mission to record unknown blues...
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Burnside on Burnside
Released: Oct 23, 2001
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Released: Oct 23, 2001
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Like jazz, blues music has faced a problem of attrition, with its major names dying off and younger artists having trouble establishing themselves at anything like an equal level of recognition....
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Well Well Well
Released: Mar 27, 2001
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Released: Mar 27, 2001
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At first glance, this archival collection may appear to be too much of a hodgepodge. The recording dates range from 1986 to 1993; the locations range from a large theater in The Hague to a shotgun...
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Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
Released: Oct 24, 2000
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Released: Oct 24, 2000
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Like jazz, the blues has its share of late bloomers -- artists who didn't start recording or didn't become well-known until they were well into their 50s or 60s. R.L. Burnside is very much a late...
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