Burnside On Burnside

back 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.