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Born in 1926 in coldwater, mississippi, rl burnside was a contemporary and protege of the great mississippi fred mcdowell, the bluesman famous for his statement 'I do not play no rock and roll.' burnside, on the other hand, did and does on the surprisingly wonderful 'a ass pocket of whiskey'. Burnside is backed here by the punk-influenced avant-blues noisemongers of the jon spencer blues explosion. The combination is more credible than some blues purists might imagine. Burnside's distinctively gritty modal blues were an acknowledged influence on captain beefheart, and many of these 10 tracks recall nothing quite so much as the captain's distinctively wild blues experiments-with spencer's aggro-skronk guitar noises standing in for the magic band. Blues classics like john lee hooker's 'boogie chillen' and the '40s broadside 'tojo told hitler' sound just fine next to burnside's idiosyncratic originals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50469161206091,"sku":"308169","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/A_Ass_Pocket_of_Whiskey_aaa5cc6f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727357367"},{"product_id":"raw-electric-1979-1980-2","title":"Raw Electric: 1979-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRL Burnside\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the most recognized bluesmen in the world. For years, he mesmerized audiences with his unique North Mississippi Hill Country Blues style and influenced a new generation of blues musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Memphis professor, David Evans, recognized Burnside's extraordinary talent while he was still working in the cotton fields in North Mississippi. The seventeen tracks on \u003cem\u003eRaw Electric 1979-1980\u003c\/em\u003e reveal \u003cstrong\u003eR.L.'s\u003c\/strong\u003e true talent. Most of the recordings were made at Burnside's home near Independence, Mississippi, with a live audience participating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSong-by-song descriptions and rare photographs are included in the \"bonus\" booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inside Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50469557600587,"sku":"2022197","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_18b8c8c6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727362764"},{"product_id":"mr-wizard-1","title":"Mr Wizard","description":"\u003cp\u003eback in for after burnside's breakthrough recording 'too bad jim', he collaborated with the jon spencer blues explosion in 1996 for 'ass pocket of whiskey', which merged spencer's post-modern punk-blues with burnside's gritty traditionalism. on the following year's 'mr. wizard', spencer and company are present on only two tracks, but burnside's mississippi homeboys prove that they can rock just as ferociously on the other seven. as on 'ass pocket', 'mr. wizard's electrifying chicago \/ delta combo platter is amplified into an unerring sonic death ray capable of obliterating anything that crosses it's path, by virtue of its piledriving riffs and jackhammer rhythms. burnside opens the album unaccompanied, with a powerful spiritual tune, 'over the hill.' when the band kicks in, the guitars of burnside and his disciple kenny brown interlock for an unrelenting assault that utilizes repeating patterns, cutting, distorted tones, and savage, maniacal slide work. drummer cedric burnside (r.l.'s grandson) lives up to the task of matching all this electric blues fury with his simple, driving approach. 'mr. wizard' is probably the best example of the controlled chaos that is an r.l. burnside concert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470679773515,"sku":"152477","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/07a09bbc-1bfe-4025-ac56-01b74384f4e3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727380334"},{"product_id":"burnside-on-burnside","title":"Burnside On Burnside","description":"\u003cp\u003eback in stock on vinyl. rl's burnside's sold-out march up the west coast in january 2001 had the celebratory feel of a valedictory tour. after decades of toiling in obscurity, rl was finally reaching the public in something resembling the numbers he deserved: he had become a blues eminence, the oldest living exponent of a kind of music and way of life that will go with him to the grave. recorded live in concert on that tour, this record catches that pure rl burnside spirit in a way no other burnside album can, simply by going directly to the place where burnside has always made his home - on the stage, live, with amps turned up and a crowd ready to party - and letting the tape roll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50470836765003,"sku":"358590","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/37521cbc-b1a7-47b0-9db6-d625c28df5b6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727383808"},{"product_id":"come-on-in-1","title":"Come On In","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow, here's what you call a break from tradition. After bridging the gap between punk and blues on his collaboration with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, A Ass Pocket of Whiskey, Mississippi bluesman R.L. Burnside ventures into the world of beats and grooves with Come On In, a series of remix projects with producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Foo Fighters). The cynics among you may smell opportunism, but Rothrock is sensitive and respectful enough to Burnside's originals to do them proper justice. Even the 4\/4 high hat and filtered sound effects of \"Rollin' Tumblin'\" sound appropriate to the music at hand. Though these treatments—largely instrumental—erase the most of the presence of Burnside's searing vocals, Burnside and Rothrock's adventurousness will win over most to their progressive-thinkin' boogie chillun'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470978093387,"sku":"360862","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50470978191691,"sku":"367523","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b1722031-2987-4020-8e1b-77032b55cae4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727386688"},{"product_id":"mr-wizard","title":"Mr Wizard","description":"\u003cp\u003eback in stock on vinyl. after burnside's breakthrough recording 'too bad jim', he collaborated with the jon spencer blues explosion in 1996 for 'ass pocket of whiskey', which merged spencer's post-modern punk-blues with burnside's gritty traditionalism. on the following year's 'mr. wizard', spencer and company are present on only two tracks, but burnside's mississippi homeboys prove that they can rock just as ferociously on the other seven. as on 'ass pocket', 'mr. wizard's electrifying chicago \/ delta combo platter is amplified into an unerring sonic death ray capable of obliterating anything that crosses it's path, by virtue of its piledriving riffs and jackhammer rhythms. burnside opens the album unaccompanied, with a powerful spiritual tune, 'over the hill.' when the band kicks in, the guitars of burnside and his disciple kenny brown interlock for an unrelenting assault that utilizes repeating patterns, cutting, distorted tones, and savage, maniacal slide work. drummer cedric burnside (r.l.'s grandson) lives up to the task of matching all this electric blues fury with his simple, driving approach. 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