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Track Listings
| 1. Just Like A Bird Without A Feather |
| 2. Goin' Down South |
| 3. Come On In |
| 4. Little Babe |
| 5. Rollin' And Tumblin' |
| 6. Jumper On The Line |
| 7. Skinny Woman |
| 8. Poor Black Mattie |
| 9. Long Haired Doney |
| 10. Peaches |
| 11. Walkin' Blues |
| 12. Hobo Blues |
| 13. My Time Ain't Long |
| 14. Sat Down On My Bed And Cried |
Product Description
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Today, at age 77, this popular North Mississippi singer-guitarist is a master of dirty juke-joint blues. But Burnside was a farm hand when these late ’60s recordings captured him developing his staples "Goin’ Down South," "Jumper On the Line," "Poor Black Mattie," and "Long Haired Doney"--and his playing style--in bare-boned acoustic form. Burnside practically cries over the roiling John Lee Hooker-influenced guitar lines of the heartbroken "Like a Bird Without a Feather," which he’s never again recorded, winning sympathy until he admits that he murdered his lost lover. In "Skinny Woman," covered recently by the North Mississippi Allstars, he offsets the rippling picking style associated with John Hurt by beating his knuckles against his six-string’s body. Burnside’s slide on "Walkin’ Blues" favors the low strings until his solo stabs into the high register with keening, measured authority, matching the sweet and dusty tones of his voice, which then possessed a youthful flexibility that wrung all sorts of nuances from these 14 songs. --Ted Drozdowski
Album Description
Following up R.L. Burnside's Grammy nominated Burnside on Burnside, this CD goes back to R.L.'s beginning. For the first time on CD, these are the complete George Mitchell recordings from 1968. Digipak. Epitaph/Fat Possum Records. 2003.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Blues CD EVER,
By Darcy Hoover (Fall River, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: First Recordings (Audio CD)
I can't say enough about this CD, I can't get enough of it and ended up buying all the Burnside I could get my hands on. I don't understand why this guy isn't HUGE. Bird Without a Feather is the best blues song I've ever heard. Deep, raw, hypnotic Mississippi delta solo acoutic blues.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
well, well well,
By Logan Seguin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Recordings (Audio CD)
Basically, this album is a must for any blues fan. I bought his recent live album "Burnside on Burnside" and thought that was good, until i heard just how good his early recordings were. His songs capture the feeling of the blues in the same way that Robert Johnson could. His simple single guitar and vocals style is in many ways right at the heart of the blues. And this older recording is incredibly high quality. Great, early blues music by a musician who had incredible staying power.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Blues CD EVER,
By Darcy Hoover - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Recordings (Audio CD)
I can't say enough about this CD, I can't get enough of it and ended up buying all the Burnside I could get my hands on. I don't understand why this guy isn't HUGE. Bird Without a Feather is the best blues song I've ever heard. Deep, raw, hypnotic Mississippi delta solo acoutic blues.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
caught my baby cheatin', now home aint where it used to be,
By bashopoem - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Recordings (Audio CD)
this cd is the kind of thing that can get you lost on your way home from work. literally. one wrong turn around this place and im out twenty minutes. burnside just sucks you in and there's nothing you can do about it. emotion to rival 'a love supreme'. backhand to the cheek. swagger.
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