R.I.P. R. L. Burnside

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000066" size="2"><a title="R.I.P. R.L. Burnside" href="http://www.fatpossum.com/home.html" target="_self">R.I.P.&nbsp;&nbsp; R.L. Burnside</a></font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000066" size="2">R. L. Burnside was an adventurous old Mississippi hill country bluesman who extended the&nbsp;boundaries of the&nbsp;blues (to the chagrin of the &quot;purists&quot;) &nbsp;by his collaborations w/ players from other styles, punk rock, hip hop, etc... If you've never heard him, you should check him out!</font></strong></p><p><img title="a ass pocket of whiskey" height="300" alt="a ass pocket of whiskey" src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/assPocket.jpg" width="309" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp; this is a good place to start</p>

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[landarch]

This is very sad news.&nbsp; I grew up in Oxford, Mississippi (a wonderful place to go, by the way, for any reason) and had the chance as a kid to sit outside Taylor Grocery (in Taylor, Mississippi, 8miles south of Oxford, population 280) and have a long chat about nothing with Mr. Burnside.&nbsp; The former mayor of the town has many contacts in the film industry and was assisting in the shoot of a PBS Documentary of which Mr. Burnside was a subject.&nbsp; My job, as a 12 year old assistant, was to stand &quot;in the middle of the road, you know, down yonder way&quot; and stop any car that may drive by and interrupt the filming.&nbsp; He talked about the blues, about growing up many many years before me in the same North Mississippi hills that we were sitting in during that very moment.&nbsp; I will always remember him telling me, &quot;now son, you can take this to heart.&nbsp; I don't drink no more..........&quot;&nbsp; Then with a teasing grin you can only witness between an old man and a young impressionable pre-teen, he added &quot;but I don't drink no less either.&quot;&nbsp; Admittedly, I do enjoy blues music but am not a huge follower of&nbsp;Mr. Burnside's&nbsp;music.&nbsp; What a treat though, to have spent the afternoon with a national treasure.&nbsp; Those old blues men are kind of like the old time barber.&nbsp; They are all dying&nbsp;off with&nbsp;no one&nbsp;to replace them.&nbsp; Sad indeed.

[DarkHippie]

This is a shame.&nbsp; Didn't he just cut an album earlier this year?

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[bobrobot]

<p><font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font></p>This is a shame.&nbsp; Didn't he just cut an album earlier this year? <p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font color="#000066">He put out &quot;A Bothered Mind&quot; last August.</font></strong></p><p><img title="a bothered mind" height="453" alt="a bothered mind" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002M1X34.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="500" border="0" /></p><br />

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[TheMojoPin]

<p>Man, too bad.&nbsp; But he was getting up there...still one of the best modern day blues musicians out there...and good call saying he was &quot;adventurous.&quot;&nbsp; He put out an album&nbsp;with his nephew and Jon Spencer (who he also worked with on the great &quot;Ass Pocket...&quot; album posted above)...</p><p><img height="300" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000008UMZ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="343" border="0" /></p><p>...that kicks impossible amounts of ass.&nbsp; It's seriously one of the most badass albums I've ever heard.&nbsp; &quot;Remixed&quot; blues done funk and hip-hop style...there's nothing that sounds like it.&nbsp; And a lot of the tracks have been used on &quot;The Sopranos,&quot; too...</p><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=TheMojoPin" border="0" /> <br />Too drunk to dream... &lt;&lt; Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends. &gt;&gt; &quot;You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad...&quot;

<font color=black>This message was edited by TheMojoPin on 9-2-05 @ 11:15 AM</font>

[WhistlePig]

I gotta check this guy out. Does anyone have an MP3 of a song or two?

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[curtoid]

Thansk for the info, Bobo. Really incredible stuff. Very sad that I'm only now getting hip to him.&nbsp;

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[Freakshow]

<p>Nice Hess&nbsp;album cover</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.christpuncherrecords.com/sigs/fs_boh.jpg" border="0" /><br />We don't need a cure we need a final solution

<font color=black>This message was edited by Freakshow on 9-2-05 @ 8:56 AM</font>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font size="+3">R. L. Burnside<br /></font><font size="+2">November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005</font></strong></p><p><font face="Garamond" color="#000000"><font size="2"><strong>A memorial service for R. L. Burnside will be held this Saturday, September 10, at one o'clock.<br /><br />The service will take place at the Doxey Building on the Rust College campus in Holly Springs, MS.</strong></font></font></p><p><font face="Garamond" color="#000000"><img title="rest in peace, R.L." height="247" alt="rest in peace, R.L." src="http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/BurnsideRL/Burnside23.jpg" width="234" border="0" /></font></p>

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[FUNKMAN]

he'll be playin with Jimmy and Stevie now...&nbsp;

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[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000066" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; God bless 'em all, it breaks my fuckin' heart...</font></strong></p><p><img title="jimi" height="641" alt="jimi" src="http://homepages.wmich.edu/~m2valeen/jimi%20hendrix%20(1).JPG" width="501" border="0" /></p><p><img title="stevie" height="360" alt="stevie" src="http://www.bluesup.com/StevieRayVaughnPhotorazzi.jpg" width="288" border="0" /></p><p><img title="Burnside style" height="253" alt="Burnside style" src="http://www.thirstyearfestival.com/interviews/burnside.jpg" width="200" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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