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September 1, 2005

R.L. Burnside Dead at 78

Legend's brand of Delta blues spoke to hard times
August 10, 2005

N. Miss. Allstars Go Blue

Roots rockers' fourth CD features beyond-the-grave collaborations
December 20, 2000

R.L. Burnside Not Ready for Heaven Yet

Fiery new album proves that the blues still burn in R.L.
December 13, 2000

R.L. Burnside Not Ready for Heaven Yet

Fiery new album proves that the blues still burn in R.L.

Recordings and Reviews

A Bothered Mind

It doesn't take long into A Bothered Mind to sense that R.L. Burnside, the wise old voice of Mississippi hill-country blues, has visited this chicken shack before. The set starts with some straight-up traditional blues -- the growling "See What My Buddy Done" -- but around track four, the legend...

2004 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Burnside On Burnside

2001

Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

2000

A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey

1996

Mississippi Hill Country Blues

1995

Too Bad Jim

1994

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Biography

After a 30-year career spent in near obscurity in small-time northern Mississippi juke joints, R.L. Burnside was "discovered" by Fat Possum Records in the late 1980s, for which he's recorded a series of traditional blues sides as well as rowdy, remarkably experimental works that are credited with inspiring all kinds of punk blues, from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to the White Stripes.

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