{"product_id":"sound-machine-groove","title":"Sound Machine Groove","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded by ethnomusicologist \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e for High Water Records in 1979 and 1980, these are Burnside's first recordings with electric guitar and also his first with a band. That band was the Sound Machine, a band he literally created himself out of members of his own family, blending raw Mississippi blues with soul, funk, R\u0026amp;B, and other urban flavors to make a marvelous amalgam of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary beats and modern themes like \"\u003cem\u003eBad Luck City\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eSearching for My Baby\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eCan't Let You Go\u003c\/em\u003e\", and \"\u003cem\u003eSound Machine Groove\u003c\/em\u003e\" sit nicely alongside slower, traditional material like \"\u003cem\u003eGoing Down South\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eBegged For A Nickel\u003c\/em\u003e\", while \u003cstrong\u003eR.L.\u003c\/strong\u003e's duets with drummer \u003cstrong\u003eCalvin Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e on \"\u003cem\u003eGoin' Away Baby\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eLong Haired Doney\u003c\/em\u003e\" show a marvelous empathy and interplay. Especially notable is a version of \"\u003cem\u003eSitting On Top Of The World\u003c\/em\u003e\" with \u003cstrong\u003eBurnside\u003c\/strong\u003e on slide guitar that, with \u003cstrong\u003eJackson\u003c\/strong\u003e's help, neatly evokes the sound and feel of a fife and drum band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough \u003cstrong\u003eBurnside\u003c\/strong\u003e was hailed by the 1990's blues crowd as something of an overnight success, one listen to this disc tells you he was already forging a new chapter in the Mississippi blues tradition with these recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Water Records","offers":[{"title":"Blue LPx2","offer_id":50482779357515,"sku":"400807","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Sound_Machine_Groove_bd43dbf7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727555844","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/sound-machine-groove","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}